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Rider tabs to the rescue!
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Author:  dlNYC [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:58 am ]
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Man I like my rider tabs! Yesterday at work, I managed to bang my Crosswind Special against the wall in my office and thought "oh crap"! Looked at my watch and 2 rider tabs (the 30 and 45 marker tabs) were all scratched up on the polished part near the crystal. Wish I took a pic of it prior to polishing it all out when I got home, but was too anxious to get the scratches out. A few minutes with the cape cod cloth on the rider tabs and watch looks like new again!

Can't help but thinking if those tabs weren't there, it would be the crystal that would have taken the hit against the wall. Good job rider tabs. Lol.

All shiny again...
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Author:  Driver8 [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:26 am ]
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Perhaps getting rid of the rider tabs is a cunning plan by Breitling to raise some income from all the scratched crystals they'll have to be replacing in future! :wink:

Your CWS looks great! :thumbsup:
Author:  zak57 [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:37 am ]
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Driver8 wrote:
Perhaps getting rid of the rider tabs is a cunning plan by Breitling to raise some income from all the scratched crystals they'll have to be replacing in future! :wink:

Your CWS looks great! :thumbsup:

:yeahthat

Maybe Breitling should make these............
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-SELLER-SEI ... 43b24843be
Author:  wessa [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:40 am ]
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As much as, thanks to Don, I love my Chronomat 01 LE and as much as it has been discussed here on many occasions, I still don't understand why Breitling changed the tabs on the new generation.
After all it was the rider tabs and the slider rule bezel On the Navis that made Breitling a Breitling.
Author:  Roffensian [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:03 am ]
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Driver8 wrote:
Perhaps getting rid of the rider tabs is a cunning plan by Breitling to raise some income from all the scratched crystals they'll have to be replacing in future! :wink:

Your CWS looks great! :thumbsup:



You're giving Breitling way too much credit.
Author:  dlNYC [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:15 am ]
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Thanks guys! You know you're a certified watchnut when you come home after a long day at work and instead of eating dinner, you sit there trying to polish out scratches on your watch. Lol. My wife was like, what are you doing?! Umm...well, there's scratches on my rider tabs! :D
Author:  angstfree [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:47 am ]
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dlNYC wrote:
Thanks guys! You know you're a certified watchnut when you come home after a long day at work and instead of eating dinner, you sit there trying to polish out scratches on your watch. Lol. My wife was like, what are you doing?! Umm...well, there's scratches on my rider tabs! :D


My sincere condolences to your watch widowed wife. (Alliteration furnished @ no charge.)
Author:  Breitling Nut [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:22 am ]
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Take care of that Crosswind Special! Not many floating around lately. ;)
Author:  Watch nut [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:48 am ]
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This is the watch that got me hooked, I saw my friends and now I have 3 super avengers all stainless, love them all
Author:  thebuilder [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:36 am ]
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Beautiful looking piece! Glad you could nurse it back to health.
Author:  dlNYC [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:06 pm ]
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Thanks again all. It certainly is my favorite watch, and I'll be sure to keep it in tip top shape.
Author:  Sooner [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:43 pm ]
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Beautiful watch. Pics like these test my aversion to chronos.
Author:  dlNYC [ Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:21 pm ]
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Thanks!..well, in that case, here's more pics of it to lessen your aversion! ;)

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Author:  Dr J [ Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:07 am ]
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close call there. Looks like it scrubbed up pretty nicely though :)
Author:  Sooner [ Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:28 am ]
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dlNYC wrote:
Thanks!..well, in that case, here's more pics of it to lessen your aversion!

Enabler!
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