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Breitling Skyland Avenger V3 from D4ME [pic heavy]

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OK Well as you know I ordered this ages ago and unfortunately the first one died straight away and I went mental lol. This one is working- but the chrono again has problems- the top and bottom dials do nothing :-[

OK well here's my review of the replacement and as of this moment working SA on black rubber in slate. OK here's a quick summery:

Pros:
-I would have thought it gen save the EMS label and this website!

-despite D4ME appearing distant he (when a problem was highlighted) was very quick to repsond and resolve the issue

-correct back, serials, production code etc etc!

- its stunning!

Cons:

-On this one the Lume dots arent as good as the orig- but they are still amazing and D4ME asked his dealer to check them specially so a big thanks to them both.

-CHRONO---> again!

-Unfortunately again the box arrived very battered yellow is pretty much destroyed and the wooden was marked)- but as the watch was working I didnt mind!

-Errr the crown feels a little wobbly when out but now Im just being pedantic

-its soooo big! Too big for my puny wrist (holes dont tighten it enough!!) and it wont fit under a shirt with cuffs!

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opened up

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first impressions were... of awesomeness! NB damage to leather lid where crappy parcelforce must have beaten it around!

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face picture

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the detail I think is amazing!

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Everything that was included:
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me trying to be artistic with my crappy compact (or phone as it is)!
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You did not said anything about the AR, so im thinking its good.
Nice Pics, but the back of the watch?
 
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acharria said:
You did not said anything about the AR, so im thinking its good.
Nice Pics, but the back of the watch?
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AR is simply amazing- not as good as a gen I may add; but its even better than my gen Skyhawk A-T

Pics of back tomorrow (7PM UTC) and D4ME is already sorting out the 2 issues I had- he is amazing.
 
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I did not charge him for the box to begin with as I felt bad he had to send the watch back.

As for this watch.... It's so rare for this watch not working 2 times is....... Well, dont know what to think about that.

My supplier says this....
"I think that is inconceivability, I checked the chrono at least 5 times*within 24 hours, it is no any problem.*"
 
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"I think that is inconceivability, I checked the chrono at least 5 times*within 24 hours, it is no any problem.*"

what is inconceivability :)
 
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Honestly im not stupid enough top break it- d4me did send it for free (which was amazing!) and Im not moaning. Im just a little irritated at the chrono its not working as it should- can anyone recommend a fix?

more pics time though

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and the wristshot!
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Nice watch smidsy! Con grats!
To bad your chronos dosnt work properly.
 
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All I can suggest is to put up a short and sweet video of how you are using the chronos and then D4M or others can chime-in whether it is the correct way of doing it or is it really faulty.

I guess Gr... did not ask his source whether the watch received was a case of bad functioning chronos or something else?
 
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hmm Im noticing when I reset the chrono after its been running for like 4 mins the chrono hand flies back to about the 10 or 11 mark before resting at 12 (but really quickly)... I thought only the V2 does that (know its a v3...).

Pics of what Im doing uploaded---> link to album:
http://s657.photobucket.com/albums/uu299/SMIDSY1134/chrono/


Pic at 1min:

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@ 2 min:

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etc... the top/bottom just dont move at all.
 
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What does the top chrono supposed to time?

What does the bottom chrono supposed to time?
 
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SMIDSY said:
hmm Im noticing when I reset the chrono after its been running for like 4 mins the chrono hand flies back to about the 10 or 11 mark before resting at 12 (but really quickly)... I thought only the V2 does that (know its a v3...).

Pics of what Im doing uploaded---> link to album:
http://s657.photobucket.com/albums/uu299/SMIDSY1134/chrono/


Pic at 1min:



@ 2 min:



etc... the top/bottom just dont move at all.
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Dude in both the pics all hands seems to to be in stationary state. Once you start the chrono by pressing the top right push button the sub dial at 12 should move completely from 0-60 in one second. The bottom dial at 6 should move 1 tick per minute and the dial at 9 should be constanly moving regardless paused or started or 0ed. I am stressing again you post a video for atleast 5 minutes length for everyone to see. I am not disputing your claim and from the looks it is kinda faux but atleast lets make things clear here.

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What does the top chrono supposed to time?

What does the bottom chrono supposed to time?
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Top chrono is for seconds so may stop at the mili second he stopped or paused. The chrono at six after 2 minutes should be on 2nd tick.
 
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An A7750 chrono is seconds, minutes, hours - no tenths. @12 is minutes, @6 is hours, and @9 is seconds.


At least that's what I've read and that's what my v3 does.
 
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Anopsis said:
An A7750 chrono is seconds, minutes, hours - no tenths. @12 is minutes, @6 is hours, and @9 is seconds.


At least that's what I've read and that's what my v3 does.
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sorry- the pics are poor- they were taken exactly 1 min apart hence appearing stationary- the top and bottom dials refuse to move even after like 2 hours. and this is the prob.

smidsy.

I am Sam said:
Dude in both the pics all hands seems to to be in stationary state. Once you start the chrono by pressing the top right push button the sub dial at 12 should move completely from 0-60 in one second. The bottom dial at 6 should move 1 tick per minute and the dial at 9 should be constanly moving regardless paused or started or 0ed. I am stressing again you post a video for atleast 5 minutes length for everyone to see. I am not disputing your claim and from the looks it is kinda faux but atleast lets make things clear here.



Top chrono is for seconds so may stop at the mili second he stopped or paused. The chrono at six after 2 minutes should be on 2nd tick.
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I know how it looks- will post 5 min video after work as Its 6.20AM UTC and i do a 12hr shift now!

cheers for the help and I hope from the vid you can help

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