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| Author: | abrahamovic [ Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | First vintage Breitling landed /cal.12 |
Hello all, I am new here, thannks for your advice in advance. Few days ago I bought my first vintage chronograph, unpolished Breitling ref 2110. It was from reputable online shop from germany. Guy stated that watch is in UNTOUCHED condition. I would believe, but there is one detail that seems really odd to me. Can you see the crown, how it stands out? I see almost 1mm space that should not be there. Before I re-claim, wanted to ask about you experienced guys, what you think about it. I checked other 5 watches, cant see it there, what does that tell you? thank you. tomas |
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| Author: | buddman [ Fri Jan 26, 2018 2:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First vintage Breitling landed /cal.12 |
I suspect the crown was changed and a new stem installed that was not the right length. Can be fixed by a watchmaker. The watch looks nice overall and I don't think I would return a watch for what I would hope is just a small issue. |
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| Author: | abrahamovic [ Fri Jan 26, 2018 2:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First vintage Breitling landed /cal.12 |
Thank you buddman, I hoped for it to be some small thing. Winding works fine, watch keeps quite accurate time. (-1minute/day). I need to explore, if the crown is original. Any idea where to look/ how to check crowns for particular ref? I checked like 10 different models on forums/ google, not sure still. But definitely I will get back to the owner and I am gonna ask, why he said watch is untouched. I decided to pay more for the watch, as I thought trusted source matters. Maybe I am just not well educated on vintage Breitling, pls, does changed crown / stem still belongs to "UNTOUCHED"? thanks for opinion. tomas |
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| Author: | buddman [ Fri Jan 26, 2018 3:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First vintage Breitling landed /cal.12 |
Well if was changed, it was touched! Hard to tell in your photo if the crown is the correct one, but I certainly doesn't look immediately wrong. |
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| Author: | saabreit [ Mon Jan 29, 2018 1:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: First vintage Breitling landed /cal.12 |
Stem has been replaced and cut 0.8mm to 1.0mm too long , and the crown diameter is probably just a bit too big in diameter . The ideal gap would be 0.1 to 0.15mm btx crown back and case. The watch looks very nice and it is really a minor thing , easy to fix by a watchmaker , and imho not enough to claim against the description " untouched" . |
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