Is that the one you have (just with different colored face): http://www.intime.co/breitling/1588-navitimer-gmt-ss-black-bp-1-1-best-edition-a7750-.html ??
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Review / Rep vs Gen: 2014 Breitling Navitimer World
- Thread starter kennycoder
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I originally owned a gen white dial World several years ago but like a fool I sold it . Fast forward to late last year I ordered the Rep white dial world. It is indeed a very nice watch and well made but the dial color was way off. It had more of a beige/ goldish tone compared to the Gen . It never left the house and sold it a few days after I received it. Black probably is a different story. I liked my last gen so much I bought another this past December.
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I originally owned a gen white dial World several years ago but like a fool I sold it . Fast forward to late last year I ordered the Rep white dial world. It is indeed a very nice watch and well made but the dial color was way off. It had more of a beige/ goldish tone compared to the Gen . It never left the house and sold it a few days after I received it. Black probably is a different story. I liked my last gen so much I bought another this past December.
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Thinking of getting the same black one. Is that the BP edition? Which dealer?
Great watch. Just wondering are all the subdials positioned and works like gen?
What about the GMT function?
What about the GMT function?
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So.. small update.. I've managed to source gen dial, hands and crystal is incoming next week.
Rep dial vs gen dial: (gen on the right):
The difference in terms of quality of print is not that big, subdials are much smoother and nicer on the gen but the biggest tell (as well as on Navi 01) is the paint type.. genuine uses some kind of silver reflecting paint that is simply stunning when the light hits it. Kinda like sunburst effect.
As for hands, the GMT hand is different, has less red paint and overall the cutout is better:
Regarding the crystal.. rep is pretty damn good, but the AR is not as strong and it doesn't have the dome effect as gen has when you look at it from the side.
With the gen dial, slide rule doesn't align properly BUT after doing quiet some research (especially on breitlingsource and checking some gens) this is an issue even with the genuine watches. Apparently breitling updated the dial somewhere mid 2014 and added "swiss made" on the bottom, but not all models got the updated slide rule so it never aligns properly.
For example:
Or even worse:
So.. no harm done
Hope this was helpful.
Rep dial vs gen dial: (gen on the right):
The difference in terms of quality of print is not that big, subdials are much smoother and nicer on the gen but the biggest tell (as well as on Navi 01) is the paint type.. genuine uses some kind of silver reflecting paint that is simply stunning when the light hits it. Kinda like sunburst effect.
As for hands, the GMT hand is different, has less red paint and overall the cutout is better:
Regarding the crystal.. rep is pretty damn good, but the AR is not as strong and it doesn't have the dome effect as gen has when you look at it from the side.
With the gen dial, slide rule doesn't align properly BUT after doing quiet some research (especially on breitlingsource and checking some gens) this is an issue even with the genuine watches. Apparently breitling updated the dial somewhere mid 2014 and added "swiss made" on the bottom, but not all models got the updated slide rule so it never aligns properly.
For example:
Or even worse:
So.. no harm done
Hope this was helpful.
Tschacko
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