Breitling's Aviator 8 Mosquito

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Breitling's Aviator 8 Mosquito

Post by AtomicTom » Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:43 am

Did you guys check out another nice Breitling in the Aviator 8 Mosquito?

The watch honors one of the fastest planes of the early 1940's in the
British aircraft the De Havilland Mosquito. With just some of the specs
including a 43mm stainless steel case, 100m WR, a convex AR-coated
a satin-brushed ADLC-coated stainless steel bezel with cool red pointer,
numerals, and indeces, black dial with luminous hands, and markers,
brown leather strap, and 47 jewel Breitling in-house Caliber 01 too.

Some pictures everyone...

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Re: Breitling's Aviator 8 Mosquito

Post by hoppyjr » Thu Sep 26, 2019 9:18 am

I like it, but Breitling wants too much for their stuff.

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Re: Breitling's Aviator 8 Mosquito

Post by tattoo chef » Thu Sep 26, 2019 9:26 am

hoppyjr wrote:I like it, but Breitling wants too much for their stuff.
Give it 6 months and see what an AD will offer it to you for. I’ve found unless limited editions they rarely go for close to full retail.


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Re: Breitling's Aviator 8 Mosquito

Post by hoppyjr » Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:07 am

tattoo chef wrote:
hoppyjr wrote:I like it, but Breitling wants too much for their stuff.
Give it 6 months and see what an AD will offer it to you for. I’ve found unless limited editions they rarely go for close to full retail.


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I just don’t find Breitling to be compelling, even at the typical discounts. Just my opinion.

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Re: Breitling's Aviator 8 Mosquito

Post by logan2z » Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:24 am

I like it but $7700 is a bit much for a Breitling. At 25-30% off it could be compelling. I do think their watches have gotten a lot nicer under Kern.

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Re: Breitling's Aviator 8 Mosquito

Post by TimelessLuxWatches » Thu Sep 26, 2019 2:41 pm

hoppyjr wrote:
Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:07 am
tattoo chef wrote:
hoppyjr wrote:I like it, but Breitling wants too much for their stuff.
Give it 6 months and see what an AD will offer it to you for. I’ve found unless limited editions they rarely go for close to full retail.


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I just don’t find Breitling to be compelling, even at the typical discounts. Just my opinion.
I concur. I get that there's a niche for everything, but how Breitling has become such a runaway mainstream success befuddles me.

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Re: Breitling's Aviator 8 Mosquito

Post by AtomicTom » Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:10 am

I honestly just check out the pictures guys. :grin: It's better that way. :lol:

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Re: Breitling's Aviator 8 Mosquito

Post by Dedalus » Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:36 pm

tattoo chef wrote:
hoppyjr wrote:I like it, but Breitling wants too much for their stuff.
Give it 6 months and see what an AD will offer it to you for. I’ve found unless limited editions they rarely go for close to full retail.


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Coming back from Fiji the duty free at the airport had some chronomats and other offerings for 40% off. And the salesperson tried tempting me by taking another few hundred off the discounted prices.

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