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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

lovely piece, Renè !

Thanks Fred

Breitling used the same model by accident ?

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

by accident - yes ! what a surprise !

dot instead of triangle, black date wheel, here's the B:

Who made which one first? Was it marketed watch with dial that all you had to do was apply your brands name. Very intriguing.

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"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."

Rumour has it marc nicolet was the oem , i personally wont guess which is who or what as there are little hardware differences like the lume dot / triangle

Its interesting though to see all the similarities

Fred , i'll get the digital calipers out an start measuring the case

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

Rene I appreciate the update. The similarities are phenomenal. Are ref #'s and production dates very similar?

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"A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure."

These didn't have serial numbers corresponding to what Breitling normally used so impossible to date other than when they first appeared in the catalog (1969). Probably another good indicator they started life being manufactured by a third party.

no serial and a 5 digit ref. no.
clearly not "normal" Breitling production, but documented in catalogs.

5 digit ref ? , i thought 4 ?

3865/75 for men and the 3962 for ladies ?

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

sorry, confusedFred. something was off & I doublechecked, 5-digit yes, but it was the serial number - totally different from others of the same period, mine has 28251.

this has an inside 3 digit number : 564
outside it as 4 digit number : 2962

here's a little info with a 3 digit number inside as well

http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthre ... otor-query

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard

I've seen other brands using the same hands and case but none with exactly the same dial as well. I get the feeling the case was used by a few companies.

I just got the same watch and I truly believe it's original. The watch was sitting in a jewelery box for 0ver 40 years.

Ive been looking for one for a long time

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"I spent most of my money on Booze, Breitling and Boats. The rest I wasted" - mostly Elmore Leonard