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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mens-Breitling- ... 4ab6a07954

This watch has the same hands as the previous model on this site. Is this one real.

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

Weird that the hands are the same - makes me question the theory that they are wrong (but they look wrong).

I don't like the finishing on hte movement - looks like someone has attacked it with yellow paint???

It looks fundamentally OK, but would like to have a comparison piece to hand to confirm the caseback.

know that yellow paint from several mid/late 60s pieces, Roff
still dislike the hands, do not seem to fit the dial design & lume,
but those Cadettes are always an enigma .....

Thanks Fred and Roff

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

well, another one just listed w/ the same - brand new - hands,
little (no) doubt this one is incorrect.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/261010731396#ht_1080wt_922

Obviously a job lot of hands in South America!

I do not feel good with those hands! Too much green luminova, too much repaint !
We can see quite similar hands in the 40s' catalogs - ie on models 737 and 747. It is not so difficult to source such hands new from ie Cartier Pasha or Longines range...

correct, very similar hands on those and also on some 769s, the 765 has those in the 1946 "Breitling 8" section, also my 734 has them. but late 30s, early 40s, have not seen that shape on later 1950s watches.

none of these sellers show a serial number, the yellow printing on the V188 would be from the 60s, so a mishmash of components, would stay away, Rick.

Thanks Again: It's nice I have someone I can depend on to look after my interests. The best thing I ever did was join Breitling Source.

Regards, Rick

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