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The watch is offered on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... otohosting
Thank you in advance

Bruno

Bruno,

The watch looks good to me. The dial's markings seem authentic. For some reason, I cannot see the images of the movement on my computer. I am a bit watchful of Ebay's Breitling listings from sellers in South America. They tend to re-make vintage watches with pieces of other watches. My guess is that this piece is okay based on what I can see of the dial and the other pieces he has for sale. These also look authentic.

Joe

Thank you Joe!!!

FYI: I wrote to the guy and he said the only non original parts are the crown and the strap.
it is a vintage breitling from the 50s with a venus caliber movement

man you cant go wrong for that price. very nice watch.

My observations on this one are; the gold color of the hands doesn't match the gold color of the markers on the dial. Breitling hands usually match the dial markers much better. For a fifties watch the lack of a reference number on the back of the case would make me suspicous too. I think the dial has been redone but it does look like it was an original. The movement appears to be correct. The serial number on the back, if using the breitling numbers as a guide, says it was produced in 1958 but all of my fifties Breitling's have Breitling on the back, ref number, and serial number either on the back or inside the back.

Paul

Here's an example of what a completely original one would look like. This one is almost identical. But notice this one doesn't seem to have the ref number on the back either but it does have the Breitling mark.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Breitling-Geneve-17J-Winding-Man-Watch-NR_W0QQitemZ300145906318QQihZ020QQcategoryZ31387QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Paul L