No one wants a Breitling?

[rgilbert24]

I must concur that the average Breitling is just as well made as an average Rolex. You have to shop wisely for a breitling though if you want to resell it for anything close to what you paid for it. But that is the same for almost all brands under the $10,000 mark except Rolex. .

[andpassport]

Because it is not a very reliable or high quality watch.

[gwozhog]

Originally Posted by rgilbert24

I must concur that the average Breitling is just as well made as an average Rolex. You have to shop wisely for a breitling though if you want to resell it for anything close to what you paid for it. But that is the same for almost all brands under the $10,000 mark except Rolex. .

My buddy jumped into the lake off my boat today. His crown was not screwed in. I saw him fumbling with it . when he climbed back on the boat his watch filled with water. for a watch that has a water resistance of 5000 ft its a shame breitling did not install an extra O ring for better protection of a common mistake that people will make. Im pretty sure a Sub would not leak with the crown pulled out.

[Baco Noir]

You have to buy well to not lose you arse. That said I love my Aerospace. It gets a LOT of wrist time.

[azguy]

Originally Posted by andpassport

Because it is not a very reliable or high quality watch.

Uneducated statement

[Baco Noir]

Originally Posted by andpassport

Because it is not a very reliable or high quality watch.

Originally Posted by azguy

Uneducated statement

+1 If they are so poorly made, I don't understand why so many pilots (including military pilots) wear them.

I think the main reason they don't get the same level of love that other mainstream brands like Rolex and Omega get is the styling. You either like it or you don't. It's very unique and not for all tastes.

[locutus49]

I took a loss on both of the Cartiers I sold (Pasha and Roadster). The dealer I sold them to said, unless you have a rare one, they have poor resale value. There are other brands in the same boat. Nice looking watches, but poor resale value. Just a fact.

Now i'll stick to Rolex, Patek, AP, etc.

If you like your Breitlings, keep them. Otherwise, eat the loss and move on. In a year you won't remember it.

[007Sub]

Originally Posted by JonMatrix

Hi All, new to the forum as I am in the market for a Rolex. I have been primarily a Breitling guy for years and currently have a SuperOcean 44 and a SuperOcean Chrono. I have been hounding everyone with a Sub or a GMT for sale and no one is interested in a trade plus cash. I know this is primarily a Rolex site, but there seems to be a lot of other luxury watch brands they are willing to trade for. Why not Breitling?

I used to be a superocean guy... had 2. Sold both for my first sub. My breitlings all went down in value where my sub when up. We could say its the in-house movement or the connection with Bond... but whatever it is... Rolex has a very tight and loyal market where the breitlings just don't. Once you unload the Lings and get your Sub, you will never turn back! Trust me... i love breitlings but i've never been able to hold on to one long term...

[Brad737]

I'm a pilot, and I've tried to love Breitlings. The reason so many pilots wear them is because Breitling gives HELLACIOUS discounts for very small runs with commemorative dials. The first cost me something like $900 for a $2200-ish retail watch. I've owned 3 altogether, a Navitimer, a Blue Angel, and an Aerospace.

Navitimers are for guys who want to advertise they're pilots...typically private pilots. In 24 years of professional aviation, I've NEVER seen, nor personally had to use the E6B slide rule. The important stuff, we know how to figure in our heads. The difficult stuff is done by the FMC. As for Breitling advertising the fact that Scott Carpenter wore a Breitling on his Aurora 7 Mercury mission. They never mention the fact that Carpenter fired his retrorockets 3 seconds late. He overshot the landing area by over 250 miles. NASA thought he was dead for awhile. Soooo...

The Blue Angel I had was a BEAUTFUL watch. But I found it to be a bit delicate. It seemed like if one would look at it funny, a new ding would show up. It also didn't keep very good time. When I compared it to my Rolex GMT2, or my Speedy Pro, it just didn't fare well. Too jewelry-ish, and gained about 15 seconds a day. To add further insult to injury, my 40 year-old Rolex OP Date gains 2 seconds per day.

The one I liked the best? The Aerospace. The titanium and gold looked nice, felt like wearing nothing, and was tough as nails. It also had multiple timers. I liked that watch, but sold it to a buddy for what I paid. (One of those sick discounts...)

What this all boils down to for me is that Breitlings are gorgeous, fragile, and they really aren't known for in-house movements. If you want one to tell decent time, you need to get quartz. I'll stick to Rolex and Omega.

[007Sub]

Originally Posted by Brad737

I'm a pilot, and I've tried to love Breitlings. The reason so many pilots wear them is because Breitling gives HELLACIOUS discounts for very small runs with commemorative dials. The first cost me something like $900 for a $2200-ish retail watch. I've owned 3 altogether, a Navitimer, a Blue Angel, and an Aerospace.

Navitimers are for guys who want to advertise they're pilots...typically private pilots. In 24 years of professional aviation, I've NEVER seen, nor personally had to use the E6B slide rule. The important stuff, we know how to figure in our heads. The difficult stuff is done by the FMC. As for Breitling advertising the fact that Scott Carpenter wore a Breitling on his Aurora 7 Mercury mission. They never mention the fact that Carpenter fired his retrorockets 3 seconds late. He overshot the landing area by over 250 miles. NASA thought he was dead for awhile. Soooo...

The Blue Angel I had was a BEAUTFUL watch. But I found it to be a bit delicate. It seemed like if one would look at it funny, a new ding would show up. It also didn't keep very good time. When I compared it to my Rolex GMT2, or my Speedy Pro, it just didn't fare well. Too jewelry-ish, and gained about 15 seconds a day. To add further insult to injury, my 40 year-old Rolex OP Date gains 2 seconds per day.

The one I liked the best? The Aerospace. The titanium and gold looked nice, felt like wearing nothing, and was tough as nails. It also had multiple timers. I liked that watch, but sold it to a buddy for what I paid. (One of those sick discounts...)

What this all boils down to for me is that Breitlings are gorgeous, fragile, and they really aren't known for in-house movements. If you want one to tell decent time, you need to get quartz. I'll stick to Rolex and Omega.

Well said. Interesting info re nasa!


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[Baco Noir]

Interesting to hear that Brad. I've only owned the Aerospace and it's one of my favorite watches in my collection. Like you, I love how light it is on the wrist and the accuracy is amazing.

Most of the other models in their collections, with the exceptions of the Colts and Superoceans, are too busy for me.

[AK797]

I do find it funny that many people criticise Breitlings for being too busy when most of us would gladly take a Patek PC chrono, only the Breitling chronos cost sooo much less.

[Exclusivewatches]

I find Breitling to be very toolish, even the most sophisticated Breitlings are imo toolish. Rolex, Omega etc are timeless pieces that never go out of style, they also tend to fit a larger audience. Some people are breitling, some arent.

[incontrol]

I have had a Chronomat Evo since 2007. No dings, or dents. It always keeps very good time and always gets compliments. I know the resale is not good but the watch is made with very high quality. It was my main watch for years.

[Kevin.S]

Originally Posted by Brad737

I'm a pilot, and I've tried to love Breitlings. The reason so many pilots wear them is because Breitling gives HELLACIOUS discounts for very small runs with commemorative dials. The first cost me something like $900 for a $2200-ish retail watch. I've owned 3 altogether, a Navitimer, a Blue Angel, and an Aerospace.

Navitimers are for guys who want to advertise they're pilots...typically private pilots. In 24 years of professional aviation, I've NEVER seen, nor personally had to use the E6B slide rule. The important stuff, we know how to figure in our heads. The difficult stuff is done by the FMC. As for Breitling advertising the fact that Scott Carpenter wore a Breitling on his Aurora 7 Mercury mission. They never mention the fact that Carpenter fired his retrorockets 3 seconds late. He overshot the landing area by over 250 miles. NASA thought he was dead for awhile. Soooo...

The Blue Angel I had was a BEAUTFUL watch. But I found it to be a bit delicate. It seemed like if one would look at it funny, a new ding would show up. It also didn't keep very good time. When I compared it to my Rolex GMT2, or my Speedy Pro, it just didn't fare well. Too jewelry-ish, and gained about 15 seconds a day. To add further insult to injury, my 40 year-old Rolex OP Date gains 2 seconds per day.

The one I liked the best? The Aerospace. The titanium and gold looked nice, felt like wearing nothing, and was tough as nails. It also had multiple timers. I liked that watch, but sold it to a buddy for what I paid. (One of those sick discounts...)

What this all boils down to for me is that Breitlings are gorgeous, fragile, and they really aren't known for in-house movements. If you want one to tell decent time, you need to get quartz. I'll stick to Rolex and Omega.

Must have needed a service. I have owned several Breitlings ( no Quartz) and they all were very accurate, certainly not fragile. This debate reminds me of the Ford vs Chevy

[Brad737]

It was brand new. They were all new.

Originally Posted by Kevin.S

Must have needed a service. I have owned several Breitlings ( no Quartz) and they all were very accurate, certainly not fragile. This debate reminds me of the Ford vs Chevy

[AK797]

Originally Posted by incontrol

I have had a Chronomat Evo since 2007. No dings, or dents. It always keeps very good time and always gets compliments. I know the resale is not good but the watch is made with very high quality. It was my main watch for years.

Nice BCE!

[JonMatrix]

Originally Posted by 007Sub

I used to be a superocean guy... had 2. Sold both for my first sub. My breitlings all went down in value where my sub when up. We could say its the in-house movement or the connection with Bond... but whatever it is... Rolex has a very tight and loyal market where the breitlings just don't. Once you unload the Lings and get your Sub, you will never turn back! Trust me... i love breitlings but i've never been able to hold on to one long term...

I finally did sell my superocean Chrono and put the money toward a year old GMT II. I paid $4k for the breitling and sold it for $2,300 after 2 years of ownership. Now that I have my first Rolex, I am looking to unload my superocean 44 and get a Sub. I def have the Rolex bug and have a hard time wearing anything else.
Although I am wearing the SO 44 right now, it just doesn't feel the same.

[Nycturbovr6]

I have been having trouble selling my breitling Bentley white dial

[bayerische]

While Breitling makes nice watches, I get lost in the myriad of models, names etc, which are all quite the same...

Also by making small adjustments to the models often, make older models "obsolete" as buyers tend to want the newest and hottest model.

Also find many Breitlings too "busy".

[hchj]

I recently sold 2 Breitling. Took me quite sometime... I now left with one, a two tone Chronomat powered by the B13 movement. I won't part with it cos it was too gorgeous...



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[waQstar]

I have the A23322 bug...I want a blue one.

[Ravager135]

Originally Posted by Brad737

I'm a pilot, and I've tried to love Breitlings. The reason so many pilots wear them is because Breitling gives HELLACIOUS discounts for very small runs with commemorative dials. The first cost me something like $900 for a $2200-ish retail watch. I've owned 3 altogether, a Navitimer, a Blue Angel, and an Aerospace.

Navitimers are for guys who want to advertise they're pilots...typically private pilots. In 24 years of professional aviation, I've NEVER seen, nor personally had to use the E6B slide rule. The important stuff, we know how to figure in our heads. The difficult stuff is done by the FMC. As for Breitling advertising the fact that Scott Carpenter wore a Breitling on his Aurora 7 Mercury mission. They never mention the fact that Carpenter fired his retrorockets 3 seconds late. He overshot the landing area by over 250 miles. NASA thought he was dead for awhile. Soooo...

The Blue Angel I had was a BEAUTFUL watch. But I found it to be a bit delicate. It seemed like if one would look at it funny, a new ding would show up. It also didn't keep very good time. When I compared it to my Rolex GMT2, or my Speedy Pro, it just didn't fare well. Too jewelry-ish, and gained about 15 seconds a day. To add further insult to injury, my 40 year-old Rolex OP Date gains 2 seconds per day.

The one I liked the best? The Aerospace. The titanium and gold looked nice, felt like wearing nothing, and was tough as nails. It also had multiple timers. I liked that watch, but sold it to a buddy for what I paid. (One of those sick discounts...)

What this all boils down to for me is that Breitlings are gorgeous, fragile, and they really aren't known for in-house movements. If you want one to tell decent time, you need to get quartz. I'll stick to Rolex and Omega.

Very true. I was a Navy flight surgeon for a few years and luckily I got a lot of stick time at the controls of an SH-60. Breitling was big on our base and I saw a lot of pilots that I took care of wear them. I had a two tone Navitimer and I definitely got it because it looked like a pilot's watch. I never once used its slide rule even when I was in API at Pensacola. It looked cool and people noticed it. As soon as I returned to civilian medicine, I sold my Navitimer to fund a Rolex Milgauss which I later flipped for an Explorer. I really did like my Navitimer aesthetically but in the end a Rolex is just a far superior watch.