Breitling contacts?

[tonker]

I have a Tissot watch that cost me £120 and uses exactly the same mechanism as the Breitling above(£2000)

[StopStart]

Brilliant, well done I'm struggling to care less.

PS. £2000? Halve that and then knock off 20%.
PPS. Watch out, the minute hand will probably fall off soon.

[PPRuNe Pop]

Might as well buy one of those Japanese Breitling replicas, 1 year warranty, identical details and only $81. In fact they copy Rolex and Omega - and many many more - with what looks like perfection.

[BEagle]

Only counterfeit people buy counterfeit goods..... Although an obviously joke bitch-bling Rolex was always a laugh - the more horrible and gaudy the better....

Except for ba; some trolley tarts of the 'male' (-ish) gender worked some scam where they replaced the genuine Rolex items on sale aboard their flights with counterfeit versions, then flogged the genuine ones. Went quite well until someone actually bought a watch on board - when it failed a few weeks later he took it to a Rolex dealer under warranty. "Ah, sir, where did you get this POS?", he was politely asked..... ba tried to sort it all out without publicity, but the word got out.

Stoppers, I recommend the Tunbridge Wells address; the link to the London e-mail address may no longer be valid.

[silverknapper]

I have a Tissot watch that cost me £120 and uses exactly the same mechanism as the Breitling above(£2000)

Hmmmm I very much doubt it

[frogone]

I've had problems too, but all were resolved. This lady is very helpful in Brietling UK.

UPS your watch to them in a sunglasses case and they will take a look at it. Both times I got the watch fixed for with no charge. (If you exclude the initial purchase)

[email protected]

Hermione Carr
Customer Service Team

BREITLING UK & EIRE
Unit 2, Tunbridge Wells Trade Park
Longfield Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN2 3QF
UNITED KINGDOM

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
Check our website at Breitling

[StopStart]

Frogone - nice one, thanks very much.
I'll have to make it even less vitriolic now as I don't think I can be rude to someone called Hermione...

[Old-Duffer]

There's Always One Smartass..........

............ and today it's me!

In Borneo '65/'66 everybody had to have an Akai M8 open reel tape recorder and a Breitling NAVITIMER (snobs had the one with the 24 hour sweep).

I bought my Navitimer in Changi Village and it's still with me. Odd problems with the luminous hands losing their luminous bits, needs cleaning/regulating now and again and the bezel is ropey but not bad for 40+ years.

In the early days of space travel, NASA used navitimers but then went for Omega Speedmasters. I am told there is a good watch called an ORIS ?? spelling but have no personal experience of it.

Time to go - uhhh

O-D

[Farfrompuken]

Silverknapper,

The Aerospace basically consists of a case and a sealed module inside. The sealed module is used in Tisssot watches. You pay for the Titanium Breitling case.

Breitling don't make their own movements, you see.

Mine (before I got rid sharpish) had a minute hand that wasn't the most stable. A common problem on the aerospace model, which is a shame as functionally it wasn't bad.

Stoppers, send it off to any decent watchmaker who will put it right for you. Then flog it!

[anotherthing]

Pressure testing Breitling etc

BEagle and anyone else whom it may interest...

Next time you need a battery change, just buy one off-the-shelf and take the watch to a dive shop that does servicing... chances are they will be cheaper than £70 and they will pressure test to at least the same standard, if not better than Breitling

[spekesoftly]

Breitling don't make their own movements, you see.

With the exception of the Chronomat B01 - a snip at £4,500

[BEagle]

anotherthing, the work involved in a Breitling 'battery change' includes various power-soak and other checks. I doubt whether your diving shop does such electrical checks?

Hermione sounds to be very helpful, so I will stick to the OEM, thanks.

[anotherthing]

BEagle -

You are correct - you only mentioned pressure testing before... although diving computers are much more sophisticated and sensitive than any watch, if there are specific Breitling checks, then maybe it is a no-goer.

Mind you, Breitling may be pulling a fast one - not unknown for manufacturers to claim that they have to do servicing because of 'specialist' procedures!!!

[WhoAreYa]

Or forget the battery and go for a mechanical watch.

Something like an Oris which seem to be good value at the moment.

[mad_jock]

RLT Watches

Nothing to do with the compnay just a happy customer.

They are quite good for straps pins etc as well.

They also do a made to order service which you can choose the colours of various bits of the watch eg hands face etc. I got one from my sister and she was chuffed to bits with it.

[AYTCH]

I Refer The Honourable Gentleman To The Answer Given Only moments Ago...

Soz, but I got Cheal Watch contact details direct off the Breitling website when I needed a battery and re-pressurisation a few years ago. Again as my previous post...it worked, STILL works, I dive with it very frequently (live and work in the Carib on an island that is in top 10 for quality divesites in the World) and it is STILL sealed and I love it.

Speak to Cheal Watch yourself, ask them whatever questions you need to make a decision whether to use them or not, then as someone else said, once fixed, sell the thing.

I love mine, you obviously do not love yours, so get rid.

[Farfrompuken]

Spekesoftly, I stand corrected.

Nice to see some mainstream manufacturers making their own movements again at last. Let's hope it's catching.

[BEagle]

Stoppers, did you ever get a satisfactory response from Breitling UK?

It looks as though mine needs a new battery (although the last change was Nov 2007), so it'll be off to Tunbridge Wells shortly.

[Gnd]

If you don't go swimming in it, do it yourself? I did and no trouble for the past 2 years. much cheaper.

[tonker]

The Breitling Aerospace movement is the 986-333 movement and is just a run of the mill quartz movement.

As used in many sub £100 watches!!!!