Which World GMT/Cosmonaut NaviTimer rep is most accurate?

[Slanglican]

Hey there!
i have two Navitimer 01 on order and I kind of wish I had bought either a World GMT or a Cosmonaut....
but, as I researched that JF was about the best Navi 01 and I have just been obsessed with the gray dial stratos, I felt confident ordering those!

As the shipping is just horrendous and it is taking forever, I am trying to occupy my free time and I want to put that focus into another Breitling rep, ha!! [i know the logic is brilliant!!]

which rep and from which TD do you guys recommend?

 

[tkingjr]

Navitimer World Black dial by BP model number A24322, I have both Black and Blue versions. I am close to ordering the gray dial Stratos because it looks so good.

https://www.intime05.co/breitling/1588-navitimer-gmt-ss-black-bp-1-1-best-edition-a7750-.html

The shipping is long to avoid seizures.

I use BreitlingSouce.com to confirm the details are correct and not a fantasy watch. A fantasy watch was never made by Breitling. Many times on a new release the caseback is from another watch with the wrong model number.
https://www.breitlingsource.com/watch_details/Navitimer_52.html

 

[Slanglican]

The stratos says ab0120 on caseback and it’s really ab1027 I believe.. so you got the nail on the head with that one...

MAN!! I’ve been waiting forever it seems like... one has been a month Monday and the other a month the following Sunday... it’s 4px.... it’s terrible and I had no choice in the matter...

I am more about the blue than black...
what about the cosmonaut?

 

[Slanglican]

One thing that I just noticed....
..,,both the stratos I ordered and the JF both have crooked numbers on the sundials? Why??? I didn’t see that in the BP version?
i don’t know how I missed that before... seems like a glaring flaw, yeah?

 

[Slanglican]

Nm... I just found quite a few with with the twisted subdial numbers..

 

[tkingjr]

Nm... I just found quite a few with with the twisted subdial numbers..

It all depends on the factory. ZF is notorious for crooked numbers and markers. I have ZF watches. I just have to be careful what I accept.

 

[tkingjr]

Slanglican Did you find a Gen photo of the Stratos AB1027 ? I haven't been able to find one.

 

[Slanglican]

I meant I looked up some gens and saw the same thing... the 20 and 40 crooked on sub dials..

yeah lemme look it up real quick.. I saw it somewhere... but I was in a googlehole when I found it so getting back is the issue...

 

[Slanglican]

Here it is...
unfortunately, gen is 46 and does NOT have the crooked 20 and 40 on 9oclock sub dial..
...so it isn’t one I can show off much to anyone half way knowledgeable but it ought to be beautiful if it ever shows up!!!!!!!!!! I have no faith 4px will ever get it here.

https://www.swisswatchexpo.com/watc...tratos-gray-dial-limited-edition-ab0127-19799

 

[Polskagenetics]

The best Gmt from Breitling is absolute the Navitimer World from Bp factory with the black Dial! Best ootb Breitling rep i would say.

 

[Slanglican]

I really want the blue dial...
show me your black dial polks...

 

[andyr]

^^^ This. Stratos is a great colour combo but just not accurate enough for me. Bezel is really poor.

 

[Slanglican]

Huh? Which pics are you talking about?
the one I posted above?
if so, ...that’s the gen...

 

[andyr]

I'm well aware that's the gen, I'm talking about the rep.

 

[andyr]

Btw, the ^^This at the beginning of my post was referring to the post above yours. The BP black GMT (Breitling have stopped calling it the World and now call it the GMT), is the best B rep.

 

[Slanglican]

Will you show me what you mean?

 

[andyr]

Sure, but its not the AB0127, as you rightly point out, its the AB12124 which is 43mm so you're ok there. In terms of the bezel markings on a B Navi, the indices always go to the edge of the bezel so they meet the indices on the dial, its a slide rule as you know, designed for pilots to accurately calculate flight details, so lining up the indices is obviously important. If you look at the rep there is a clear gap all the way round which forms a visible empty ring. Add to that the wrong model number on the back (AB0120) and the fact the casebacks on these should be transparent, the wrong sub dial spacing (problem with all Navi 01 reps) and sunken datewheel (problem of using 7750 movement), and its not the most accurate rep. But it is a pretty watch and i really like the colour combo.

 

[Slanglican]

Well thank you for ruining my anticipation with the facts!

 

[Slanglican]

I knew about the date wheel and the caseback already.. although after I ordered though

 

[Slanglican]

Yea there still that gap on the gen but yes the indices on the bezel are a fraction of a millimeter longer on the gen than the rep. The navitimer is a busy dial so th tea certainly more to get wrong, but I think they did a damn good job.

My JF QC photos have that same gap but they are a hairs-width longer than the stratos rep...
I thought talking about things on here would help the wait and allow me to pass time a little easier during the down times, but it’s not... it’s just making me more anxious for them to arrive...

you seem super knowledgeable so tell me which Breitling navitimer whether 01, GMT cosmonaut montbrilliant or what is the best rep? Form, function and aesthetic??