Breguet Appreciation Megathread

[jrodshibuya]

Can you finish the thread soon Bonesey? I've now got 3 Breguet's I want to order and I'm getting impatient :lol:

 

[Bonesey]

Lol, not much more to add really. The Marine I can only find one rep of on Puretimes site, and the XX looks quite a dull A7750 SS model that doesn't do anything for me. All that's really left is for me to pick my favourites and try and go over them in a little more depth. Most of the information is already there for you to make a choice

 

[jrodshibuya]

Yeah, true enough. The quartz XX on Timeshop actually has a better looking dial than the 7750.

Unrelated to Breguet, I just went to my local department store, has a huge Rolex, Patek Philippe, Franck Muller, IWC, and Jaeger Le Coulture section. The staff are super-helpful and don't mind me trying on watches for ages. I got a Rolex catalogue and a bag out of them too

 

[Bonesey]

What were you wearing at the time?

 

[jrodshibuya]

Nothing Well, erm obviously I was wearing clothes but no watch. Thought about wearing my Invicta but decided against it. The lady invited me to a Rolex fair they're having there in a couple of weeks.

 

[Bonesey]

Awesome, get some wristshots

 

[jrodshibuya]

Just ordered two Breguets

These two.

Actually the second one is reasonably close to a gen (well, the dial, not the back obviously), I checked in my Breguet catalogue. The gray in the inner dial is wrong, which is disappointing. Obviously when I'm spending a total of $136 on these I demand incredible accuracy. :lol:

Thanks Bonesey for making me realise that there were some Breguet reps of a reasonable size. I love the ones with more complications but they tend to be 42mm or so, or expensive. I'm going to wear my $68 reps with pride, thinking of the awesome horological history and amazing people that have worn the gens.

I guess I need to find some decent straps for them now, particularly the second one which needs a brown strap like the picture above.

 

[Bonesey]

:SERVER IS TOO BUSY: BOLLOCKS!!!

Wrote a whole post. I'll summarise. Watches nice, catalogue nice, post pics, i ordered a catalogue as well!

 

[jrodshibuya]

Where should I look for straps do you think? It seems most of the straps around are for PAMs or other big watches, not dress watches like these.

 

[Celt]

You can check ABP (atelier du bracelet Parisien) on google. Expansive but worth every cent

 

[Bonesey]

If you ebay for Breguet straps there are a few up for around the $200 mark. But you could definately find cheaper straps and just transplant the clasp on to it.

 

[jrodshibuya]

Thanks CelticPride for the french strap place, beautiful stuff but probably out of my budget. Looking at e-bay the gen straps ($200-300) don't even come with the buckle, so a transplant job would be necessary anyway. I won't do it for these 2 that I've bought, but a proper Breguet tourbillon rep, plus a genuine strap would be pretty sweet. I have 7 watches on the way at the moment, so maybe at Christmas time. :lol:

 

[Bonesey]

lol jrod. Signs of a definite addiction there Have to give us a group shot once everything arrives.

 

[jrodshibuya]

Oh no This one out of stock, and I have to choose another :*(

It really is a classic, so I'm disappointed, particularly as the size was perfect.

I might go for this one, although would rather not have another RG:

http://timeshops.net/product.php?id_product=799

Edit - I see it is very similar to an actual model (5140BA/12/9W6), but obviously the gen is yellow gold, and doesn't have the odd crown placement.

Or this one, which I've coveted for ages, and might just have to take the risk of it being a little too large (42mm) for my wrist. Don't the lugs look massive? That's mainly what I'm worried about, lug overhang.

http://timeshops.net/product.php?id_product=7915

Edit2: further disappointment - the simple RG one isn't available either. Annoying.

 

[Bonesey]

it will probably wear about the same size as a Rol sub tbh. Shame about the first one not being in stock though. I'm partial to how simple and elegant it looks.

 

[jrodshibuya]

It's really bothering me now that I haven't got one of the classic style, since TS out of stock on theirs. I even resorted to checking out Watcheden, as they have an amazing selection. How many they actually have in stock is the real question though. I'm wary of WE but might give them a try at some stage.

What's Trusty/Perfect Clones current website btw?

 

[Bonesey]

Josh is http://www.1-pc8838.com/index.php

http://www.yourtrustytime.com/

But I just tend to browse them most because they have the most stock photos, then ask our TD's to source them if needed

 

[Bonesey]

Ok, that's it, i've ended the post on a slightly low note with the XXI and the Marine versions, both of which are a bit poor. For reference my choices on which are the best reps out of the lot;

Classique Chronograph
Heritage Tourbillon
Type XX in Stainless Steel w/ or without date.

 

[jrodshibuya]

What are you going to go for Bonesey? I want to get a Classique, plus a skeleton dial, in addition to the open-heart tourbillon I ordered from TS.

 

[Bonesey]

Heritage Tourbillon in Rose Gold on brown leather. Although the strap is irrelevant as once I order it I'm going to measure the strap dimensions and get one made by these folks here;

http://www.abp-paris.com/custom_breguet_watchbands_watch_straps.html