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Old 20 April 2020, 07:30 AM   #1
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Brietling Superocean Rainbow Edition

Can't wait to see it in store!
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Old 20 April 2020, 07:41 AM   #2
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That's colorful.
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Old 20 April 2020, 07:56 AM   #3
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Not feeling the bezel. At all. Love the color, however.
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Old 20 April 2020, 08:56 AM   #4
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Nice face. Bezel let’s it down. Shouldn’t have gone matte.
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Old 20 April 2020, 10:34 AM   #5
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Ceramic bezel, bi-directional rotation.
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Old 20 April 2020, 10:39 AM   #6
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Ceramic bezel, bi-directional rotation.
Still dull compared to the dial’s personality.

To me anyway.
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Old 20 April 2020, 11:55 AM   #7
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Can't wait to see it in store!
Not sure how many will make it to the store since it's a 250pc limited edition. Actually interested in seeing it myself!
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Old 20 April 2020, 08:01 PM   #8
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Might already be sold out, breitlings website shows “call us” instead of “preorder” which it used to say.


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Old 20 April 2020, 08:03 PM   #9
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Nice face. Bezel let’s it down. Shouldn’t have gone matte.

It’s a glossy ceramic bezel, check out the real photos not rendered ones


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Old 20 April 2020, 10:40 PM   #10
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Old 21 April 2020, 12:15 AM   #11
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not for me.
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Old 21 April 2020, 01:17 AM   #12
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Cool and nice
Will be my first Breitling

But seeing it in a store will be impossible, I bet they’re already sold out many, many times
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Old 21 April 2020, 01:22 AM   #13
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You’re right. I’ll have to do that. Ty
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Old 21 April 2020, 02:07 AM   #14
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I’d need to see the concave bezel in person. Other than that I think it looks great.
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Old 21 April 2020, 04:16 AM   #15
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Hideous. I remember the SO from 20 years ago. It's a shame it's turned into what it has.
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Old 20 May 2020, 12:47 PM   #16
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Now there is a blue dial rainbow version available to help support COVID relief.
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Old 20 May 2020, 02:42 PM   #17
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Breitling needed this badly.
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Old 20 May 2020, 08:54 PM   #18
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Bit of a miss for me - I was thinking about the old Zenith Rainbow, but this is quite different. Bezel would've been better with numbers, and also only 100m w/r? But it's helping to raise money for healthcare charities and that's great
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Old 20 May 2020, 11:05 PM   #19
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Now there is a blue dial rainbow version available to help support COVID relief.
In the past I was a big Breitling supporter, unfortunately I now have a hard time supporting them. I just see this as an opportunity to sell another 1000 watches of a popular model in an effort to improve the bottom line for a future buyer of the company. Interesting that they choose to utilize a model that had previously been limited to 250 pieces.

Yes, they are earmarking money for COVID relief and for that they should be commended. But if they were truly interested in such relief they should have announced it when the watches were first released. They were one of the few companies to release new watches in the early stages of the pandemic. Unfortunately I see it as more of a publicity stunt than anything else.
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Old 21 May 2020, 12:54 AM   #20
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In the past I was a big Breitling supporter, unfortunately I now have a hard time supporting them. I just see this as an opportunity to sell another 1000 watches of a popular model in an effort to improve the bottom line for a future buyer of the company. Interesting that they choose to utilize a model that had previously been limited to 250 pieces.

Yes, they are earmarking money for COVID relief and for that they should be commended. But if they were truly interested in such relief they should have announced it when the watches were first released. They were one of the few companies to release new watches in the early stages of the pandemic. Unfortunately I see it as more of a publicity stunt than anything else.
My thoughts originally posted elsewhere...

Honestly, it is a combination of things for me. "investment potential" is irrelevant for me but I do like rare things and my excitement at bagging one of the 250 has been massively dampened by the immediate (prior to even receiving the watch!) undermining of its limited nature, combined with the transparently cynical way in which they've done it. Anyone with half a brain can see all of these donations are costing them nothing (due to selling online avoiding dealers margin) and it is, in fact, allowing them to sell another 1,000 watches they couldn't have otherwise got away with making, at a substantial profit. Would I have had a different reaction if all proceeds were going to charity? Yes, I'd probably have bought one. But they're being shady as f** about it and I don't like that. Certainly hope the new one sells out and raises the cash but there were plenty of ways they could have raised as much (maybe even putting their hand in their own pocket...) without going this route. I've not had a Breitling before and I can't see me having one in future now.
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Old 21 May 2020, 08:49 AM   #21
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Interesting piece and I am a big fan of Breitling but I don't think the colouring is for me on this one I am going to keep it a bit more classic
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Old 21 May 2020, 09:40 AM   #22
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Think this might be a marmite watch
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Old 21 May 2020, 10:38 AM   #23
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Sold out

Sold out - both editions - on Breitling.com
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Old 21 May 2020, 02:40 PM   #24
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Sold out - both editions - on Breitling.com
That's what Breitling said last year about the Navi 806 re-issue, then in the Fall they were sitting in AD's cases.
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Old 27 May 2020, 09:36 AM   #25
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The minute and hour hands match the colour of the dial where they are in the pic. Do the hands change colour as they go round the dial!? ����
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Old 28 May 2020, 01:36 AM   #26
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That's what Breitling said last year about the Navi 806 re-issue, then in the Fall they were sitting in AD's cases.
Ewwwww. That’s a bad look.


In today’s luxury market (even Covid affected). The words SOLD OUT carry a lot of weight. If that isn’t true or accurate, it’s toxic stuff.
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Old 28 May 2020, 05:11 AM   #27
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Very tacky looking for me. The SOH 44 with the green dial looks way nicer.
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Old 30 May 2020, 12:06 PM   #28
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Dear God.......what have they done to a once iconic brand?????
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Old 30 May 2020, 12:19 PM   #29
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No screw down crown. ETA movement. No thanks. They should have based this off of SOH II which is a great diver.
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Old 28 June 2020, 12:54 PM   #30
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Not feeling the bezel. At all. Love the color, however.
I agree. Love the dial, but the bezel needs "SUB" numbers or something. Not feeling the Heritage look
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