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 Post subject: Is this a Breitling?
PostPosted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:15 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Is this a Breitling?
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It's a Wakmann. The piece has a contract date of 1958 which is when Wakmann was the US distributor for Breitling. As far as I'm concerned if it doesn't say Breitling on it anywhere then it's a Wakmann. There are some similar Wakmann model cockpit clocks that do have both names and some with only Breitling.
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 Post subject: Re: Is this a Breitling?
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vintage wrote:
It's a Wakmann. The piece has a contract date of 1958 which is when Wakmann was the US distributor for Breitling. As far as I'm concerned if it doesn't say Breitling on it anywhere then it's a Wakmann. There are some similar Wakmann model cockpit clocks that do have both names and some with only Breitling.


It does have Breitling stamped on the dial in the later photos. I suspect though that was a later addition.
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