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Old 21 August 2017, 11:31 PM   #1
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My review of Breitling SteelFish A17390 / X-Plus

Wrote another review in my blog. Enjoy!

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Old 22 August 2017, 05:11 AM   #2
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Old 22 August 2017, 05:57 AM   #3
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Old 16 September 2017, 07:23 AM   #4
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I had this watch, one of the first luxury brand ones I ever had, dial was lovely in the sun and the bracelet was very nice and comfy, excellent watch for the price.
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Old 26 September 2017, 03:24 AM   #5
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I had this watch, one of the first luxury brand ones I ever had, dial was lovely in the sun and the bracelet was very nice and comfy, excellent watch for the price.
Indeed it is. It's my all-time favorite diver watch along with 16610.
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Old 28 September 2019, 01:45 AM   #6
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Two cool diver watches of mine.

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Old 19 October 2019, 01:02 AM   #7
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The Superocean Steelfish is fantastic. It was my second Breitling and second real luxury watch. This was maybe ten years ago, when I knew a lot less than I do now. That watch was fantastic, and surprisingly, probably one of the most accurate watches I have ever owned, a solid +/- 2 s/day. Aesthetically, Breitling hit it out of the park, an excellent dive watch with a unique functional design, and nearly completely devoid of any Sub design queues. Just a fantastic watch.

Still, occasionally regret trading mine.
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Old 29 October 2019, 01:37 AM   #8
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The Superocean Steelfish is fantastic. It was my second Breitling and second real luxury watch. This was maybe ten years ago, when I knew a lot less than I do now. That watch was fantastic, and surprisingly, probably one of the most accurate watches I have ever owned, a solid +/- 2 s/day. Aesthetically, Breitling hit it out of the park, an excellent dive watch with a unique functional design, and nearly completely devoid of any Sub design queues. Just a fantastic watch.

Still, occasionally regret trading mine.
Thanks man. Yeah this old style Fish is awesome.

That new one (replacement of this model) never quite grabbed me for whatever reason. Cheers.
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Nice writeup, thanks for sharing!


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Old 7 December 2019, 09:08 AM   #10
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Nice writeup, thanks for sharing!
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Old 21 February 2020, 02:21 AM   #11
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I've had my eye on this watch for a while because of that blue dial. I also like Breitlings for the most part.
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Old 21 February 2020, 02:29 AM   #12
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Old 24 February 2020, 06:18 AM   #13
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Well written. Thanks for sharing. Its a great watch indeed. I loved to old ones in Yellow and Orange for 1500 Meters depth. If I remember correctly they were called steelfish.
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Old 15 March 2020, 10:40 PM   #14
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Well written. Thanks for sharing. Its a great watch indeed. I loved to old ones in Yellow and Orange for 1500 Meters depth. If I remember correctly they were called steelfish.
Yes indeed. The old SuperOcean came with yellow and orange dials. I'm not sure if they were called SteelFish though. But in the SuperOcean line definitely.

Seawold also came with those dial colors I think.

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Thanks. This watch would probably survive a nuclear bomb.

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Old 3 October 2020, 11:17 AM   #16
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First watch I ever bought, was actually when they discontinued the older one and the X-Plus name was no longer used

It’s a tank and to this day, having never been serviced, keeps fantastic time
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Always had a soft spot for Breitling - tough watches that wear so comfortably. I recently enjoyed watching a couple being rescued from years of neglect by this guy...

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Old 31 December 2021, 07:35 PM   #19
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First watch I ever bought, was actually when they discontinued the older one and the X-Plus name was no longer used

It’s a tank and to this day, having never been serviced, keeps fantastic time
The new version is ok but it never captured the essence and feeling of this old model. The dial in the new version is a bit bland and mundane.
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Great review. Cost me $3000 beautiful watch.
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Old 13 February 2022, 11:57 PM   #21
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Sold originally for $2025 in the Caribbean in July 2005.
Don’t think it was ever worn more than a handful of times.
Very impressed with this against the PO Oreo, Pam 1314 or
Blancpain Bathyscape SS I currently own.

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Great review. Cost me $3000 beautiful watch.
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Wow. Looks great man.

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