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Breitling Premier Dial Variations and Tolerances

  1. Snickers1985 Nov 23, 2020

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    Hi all,

    So 2 weeks ago I bought the Premier B01 Panda. I have to say I love the watch, however, after a few days on the wrist I noticed that on the dial the applied markers are all offset very slightly to the left and I initially took this to be a flaw. So before kicking up a stink at an AD I took to the web and decided to look at some photos for other Premiers for comparison. Sure enough I found lots of instances of the same thing, in some cases markers were applied at a slight angle as well.

    Now, for a watch with a £6,600 price tag I was surprised that this amount of variation could occur so consistently, that is until I started looking at other watches... the Patek I have provided a photo of retails around the 50k mark and it too displays variations when it comes to the applied markers in relation to the second track on the dial.

    It's gotten me thinking, what do others think about this? Clearly it's down to tolerance at the factory but do you consider it below the standards you would expect? Or is it a detail that you consider to be a unique identifier for your watch or do you just not care either way?

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  2. UCZ_15 Nov 23, 2020

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    I was pissed off at the slightly misaligned bezel on my Seamaster 300m diver but that was £4.4k in comparison to the Breitling/Patek. In your shoes, I possibly would be kicking up a stink. They should honour their warranty and consider this a defect, I suppose? Beautiful watches by the way...
     
  3. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Nov 23, 2020

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    The 6 on the Brietling is not be 100% happy about the others are virtually unnoticeable.

    the Patek I do not see it. It’s lighting, those markers are 3 sided not 2 sided.
     
  4. dinexus Nov 23, 2020

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    Sure it's not just the curvature of the crystal?
     
  5. stevec14 Nov 23, 2020

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    On the metal bracelet breitling, I’d be more concerned by the chrono not resetting to zero. I can’t really notice the markers on that one..

    (edit, I can now)
     
  6. Snickers1985 Nov 23, 2020

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    I will pop in next week and see what they say, its not a huge deal but I was surprised. 4.4k is not to be sniffed at I would expect that bezel to be lined up!
     
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  7. Snickers1985 Nov 23, 2020

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    Pretty confident its not lighting, I've seen the same watch from different angles. I've also seen other versions of that reference with the same tolerances.
     
  8. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Nov 23, 2020

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    You clearly see other markers are 3 sided...
     
  9. Snickers1985 Nov 23, 2020

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  10. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Nov 23, 2020

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  11. Snickers1985 Nov 24, 2020

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    Maybe we aren't talking about the same thing, I'm referring to the gap between the applied markers and second track. It's easier to see on my phone where I can zoom in.
     
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  12. whiteibex Nov 24, 2020

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    yep, or simply parallax.
     
  13. Snickers1985 Nov 24, 2020

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    Pretty sure, the dial isn't domed.