Breitling Navitimer question

thanks JSPDL , I intend to send it to Breitling for service. I know, it menas that I ll pay 2700 + 900 breitling service but do not know of any alternatives in Paris or Germany. The Breitling document also increases its re sale value

sure, thank you for the advice ! i just think that the Breitling cats have access to spare parts that other do not. Obviously expensive, but you are right , worth looking around. Paris is a rip off place , so trust here . Germany - yes .

That's not necessarily true for vintage models like yours.

When Breitling closed in 1978, the company and its assets were essentially liquidated. And it's only a year later that Ernst Schneider, at the time Sicura's boss, bought the rights to the name and restarted production of Breitling-badged timepieces in his own factory. So I very much doubt that they had any parts for older models that had been made by what was for all intents and purposes a separate company.

I'm pretty sure that since then they have made huge efforts in restocking parts, especially now that they are fully embracing their heritage beyond the Navitimer models. But the fact remains that genuine period-specific parts for your watch are more likely to be found on the open market than at the brand's current headquarters.

Pascal , thanks very much for this very wel informed and interesting reply !

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