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I ordered a NOS Breitling chronograph and naively assumed that their NOS watches are fully serviced before sale, but no, not so, they are sold "as is"

Personally I think this is quite poor, something that's been sitting in a box for 40 years isn't going to function without a service clearly.

I basically complained to Tina the very helpful lady there on the phone and she agreed to have a complete service for $150! I just paid the bill via PP and it came to £98 That includes full gasket replacement & ultrasonic component clean, which would cost over £400 if breitling had done it!

So overall I would say I've very pleased with their service but make sure you get it serviced first.

The actual watch ships today so I should have it by Monday, will post pics

Glad it worked out for you, and that's a great price for servicing.

To be fair to them, they do say on the site that a servicing is recommended, and the same advice has been given on here whenever anyone has asked about one of their pieces.