http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=402380
I have never seen this one---not sure about the price but in my opinion
one of the nicest Sinn's around...w/a sweet Lemania movement..
Kind of like the Navitimer...
Mike
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Re: Sinn 903 H2
Wow, that looks very nice. Thanks for the link, was not aware of that LE.
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Re: Sinn 903 H2
Found this on the web:No coincidence that it looks like a Breitling...
Brand and Reference:
For info of the Sinn brand and the man who started the company, Helmut Sinn, see my review on the Sinn 656.
This model, the 903 has got a very interesting background. In 1979 the Breitling company went bankrupt, and parts of the company were liquidated. Mr. Helmut Sinn bought the rights to use the dial lay-out of Breitlings 806 and 809 Navitimer watches. This explains the resemblance with the Navitimer. So the 903 is not an illegal rip-off version, but Sinn still owns the rights to produce these watches. Interesting is that the Ollech&Wajs company bought many of the Breitlings spare parts, machinery and hardware. O&W still manufactures legal Navitimer look-alikes under the brand name Aviation. Later on in 1979 Breitling was sold to Mr. Ernst Schneider, and now Breitling is back in business as never before.
Sinn also had the rights to produce a Navitimer style watch, now they needed a movement in it. They needed a movement with the so called "tri-compax" lay-out. That is where the subdials are located on the 3, 6, and 9. They found such a movement, the proven Lemania 1873, witch also served as the base for the Omega Speedmaster Professional starting in 1968. The 903 sold for a mere 1100 Euro's. Far under the price of a modern Omega Speedmaster (2220 EURO for the basic model 2003 price) and of the modern Breitling Navitimer (3450 EURO for the basic model 2003 price). The 903 was loved not only because of it's price. But early 2000 Lemania decided only to sell the 1873 movement to sistercompanies of the Swatch Group. I got an e-mail from Sinn that the 903 with Lemania 1873 movement sold out in september 2001. So Sinn had to look for another movement, they found it in a modified automatic Valjoux 7750 movement. This model is still sold today.
Pretty cool...That 1873 Lemania is in the Speedmaster 3573.50....
Mike
Brand and Reference:
For info of the Sinn brand and the man who started the company, Helmut Sinn, see my review on the Sinn 656.
This model, the 903 has got a very interesting background. In 1979 the Breitling company went bankrupt, and parts of the company were liquidated. Mr. Helmut Sinn bought the rights to use the dial lay-out of Breitlings 806 and 809 Navitimer watches. This explains the resemblance with the Navitimer. So the 903 is not an illegal rip-off version, but Sinn still owns the rights to produce these watches. Interesting is that the Ollech&Wajs company bought many of the Breitlings spare parts, machinery and hardware. O&W still manufactures legal Navitimer look-alikes under the brand name Aviation. Later on in 1979 Breitling was sold to Mr. Ernst Schneider, and now Breitling is back in business as never before.
Sinn also had the rights to produce a Navitimer style watch, now they needed a movement in it. They needed a movement with the so called "tri-compax" lay-out. That is where the subdials are located on the 3, 6, and 9. They found such a movement, the proven Lemania 1873, witch also served as the base for the Omega Speedmaster Professional starting in 1968. The 903 sold for a mere 1100 Euro's. Far under the price of a modern Omega Speedmaster (2220 EURO for the basic model 2003 price) and of the modern Breitling Navitimer (3450 EURO for the basic model 2003 price). The 903 was loved not only because of it's price. But early 2000 Lemania decided only to sell the 1873 movement to sistercompanies of the Swatch Group. I got an e-mail from Sinn that the 903 with Lemania 1873 movement sold out in september 2001. So Sinn had to look for another movement, they found it in a modified automatic Valjoux 7750 movement. This model is still sold today.
Pretty cool...That 1873 Lemania is in the Speedmaster 3573.50....
Mike
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Re: Sinn 903 H2
Huh-didnt' know about that one either. Pretty cool.
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Re: Sinn 903 H2
Great info, Mike, thanks! 
Cool watch.
Cool watch.
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