Went to get my new breitling today (at last)...
 

or so I thought :cry:

Had decided on the colt gmt, tried it on again and it just ain't big enough :(

Thought long and hard about it and decided I just was never going to be happy as I do like a big watch.

Tried all other breitlings on (thumbs up to goldsmiths in birmingham they were excellent) and none appealed, until this one :luvlove:

http://www.blitzwatches.co.uk/produc...productid=1948

It is just beautiful, picture doesn't do it justice at all, prefer the white dial though. problem is its a £1000 more.

Now can't make my mind up what to do, no point in spending 1300 and not being happy with a watch but I can't justify another 1000.

Looks like I am remaining watchless for a while :(

chop

You have to be 100% happy or every time you looked at it, it would be a compromise.

If I was spending that kind of money on a big watch today, I'd be getting me one of these:

http://www.giulianomazzuoli.com/watch_manometro.html
http://www.lacotedesmontres.com/Giul...ro-No_4128.htm (French but nice pics)

Big enough for ya..?
:D

You want it BIG.

Ill show you BIG...

http://www.rugift.com/watches/divers.htm

56MM x 23MM.....:eek:

A posher one.

http://apple.clickandbuild.com/cnb/s...dCategoryID=13

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Breitling-Navi...QQcmdZViewItem

I have a Brietling "Jupitor Pilot" for sale if your interested PM me.... similar to the above but it has a black face and St.Steel bracelet boxed with papers....used and not A1 mint, but still good condition, the rotatating bezel is slightly marked.


This one is the same as mine but mine has a black face see how it goes....I think £700ish


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Superb-Breitli...QQcmdZViewItem

If you like big, the Chrono Avenger http://www.blitzwatches.co.uk/produc...productid=2764 is huge and cheaper then the one you're lusting after.

New money, no class. :)

Not wishing to offend anyone - but why on earth would you want something so expensive sat on your wrist when something so much cheaper will do the same job, especially in today's climate - street crime etc? :)

My favourite big watch is the Rolex Yachtmaster. 40mm. Very, very nice watch that I very nearly bought two years ago, but to be honest couldn't afford / justify it at the time, think it was in the region of 5 or 6 grand depending on the waiting time. A few years though! It's not easy finding your perfect watch, and for that sort of money, it has to be perfect!!

My current watch is a dress watch really, and I need "more chunk"! :D


Why do people buy engagement rings for ten grand (or whatever price you want to say) when Elizabeth Duke do one that "does the same job" for twenty five quid? ;)

Tried that quote when I got engaged but she was having none of it

Fair point - i'm tight :D
Haven't owned any sort of time telling device since i was at school 12 years ago. Besides that - my mobile came free with the time :D

Canny beat a nice blue-face Breitling B1.

Granny bought me one a few years back, ace watch.

I think the Colt is a quartz watch isnt it? Never buy a watch with a battery ....... its just pants.

:eek: thats a little big :D

chop

gmt is a automatic.

chop

:confused:

why post that?

chop

Tried that on to yesterday, it is no where near as nice as the evolution in the flesh. The evolution has highly polished strap and bezel which is a real statement.

Thanks for pointer though.

chop

Breitling - they are soooo cool.:)

Got mine almost a year ago and it has been faultless. I never take this thing off, it's been baked on a beach, dug in the sand, spent hours diving - and never missed a beat. I've even whacked it a few times in the engine bay - and not a mark on it:brickwall :lol1:

Now all I need is a navitimer:luxhello: :notworthy

Easily the best £1500 I've spent:)

Did anyone see the GIANT warning on breitling.com not to buy from the net..? (Sighting lack of warranty etc. IIRC)

I chickened out and went to an authorised dealer - who then matched the net price - result:notworthy :)

I've got the Montrilliant Datora (same as picture), never had a problem with it and has never missed a beat!! I think it's well worth spending the extra money on a nice watch, and a Breitling is deffinatley that:) Big face too;):D:D:D http://images.watchfinder.co.uk//ima...0_bracelet.jpg

Yeah I wouldn't buy off the net, only because I like the idea of a big name dealer as like goldsmiths as a fall back if anything goes wrong.

Also IMO it is out of order me going into their shops having a good service and then buying off the net, they can get to within a 100 of blitz prices anyway.

chop :)

nice watch that is, if I didn't need mine to dive I would definately consider a datora.

chop

Another thumbs up for the Yacht-master :D Its a snip at 4,600

My other one is a GMTll Rolex, I actually prefer the look of it than the yachty, 2,400 I think. If youre getting from a big store, Goldsmiths is a good choice. Got both of mine from the one in Leicester, and I *think* they do % finance over 9 months too.

good choice chopper i have a breitling b2 and i love it, superb batch, just remeber to list it on your contents insurance..

how much are you looking for yours yoza - just in the market for one at the mo

your face ?? http://img216.echo.cx/img216/2855/a5...375x5006ag.jpg http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/2...larm6004ls.jpg

Let me get this right... you work on your car, in the engine bay, with a £1500 watch on?!!!!!

WHY?

Because girls like jewellery?

Actually I don't mind flash watches, but of all the ones I've had (inc rado, omega & Dunhill but not brietling to be fair), none have been as trouble-free as the Swatch I'm wearing now.

You can say that about juat about everything.

We would all be running about in Yugos
Buying all our clothes from tescos value range


People have asperations a choice as to how and why we spend our money and i for one will not be dictated to by the scum of the country:)

Talking of which, are you still after that video? If so, give me your address.

Quite, the same as men like jewellery, which often is best expressed through a watch, was the point I was trying to make........

Well I wasn't really being serious, but I do think it's fair to say that women spend more on jewellery than men, as a rule of thumb. And comparing an engagement ring, which is obviously symbolic of many things, with a bit of bloke-bling seems a bit wierd! A cheap engagement ring doesn't "do the same job" as a cheap watch... very feckin far from it I should think. Brun's point (I thought) was that a cheap watch still performs its primary function, but that depends what you think its primary function ought to be I guess.

Each to his own innit. My cousin collects this sort of watch, seems wierd to me but he likes it.