Could you kindly give your opinion in relation to the authenticity and condition of this vintage 7808 Chronomat? I know that the photos resolution is not great. It is certainly a busy dial. The kind of time piece that one either loved or hate it, I guess. I have also tried a Breitling dedicate forum, but it seems that there is no much going on there. Many thanks.
I do not know the model well enough. In essence, I am looking for assistance to make an informed decision.
In all seriousness, in these situations, I generally like to do a lot of research myself so that I feel well-informed. It's still nice to ask for other opinions, but TBH it can sometimes be hard to know whether you can believe the opinions you get if you don't have a good foundation.
I am wondering if it's missing one orange hand on the 9 o' clock sub dial. Otherwise I would enjoy owning this piece.
In many of these, the shape found at 9 can/should be the black placed at 6; meanwhile, the shape and orange at 3 duplicated at 9 Point being, I *think* the hand at 9 should be moved to the 6 For what little my opinion is worth, funny things with subdial hands is no deal breaker on these 60’s Breitlings if the price is right and it’s intended as a wearer or mini-project. The 60s were so zany regarding inconsistency of factory or replacement parts that one might consider such inconsistencies only barely “incorrect” ... at the right price
I believe you are correct - it looks like the hour sub-dial hand was replaced with a black one. As stated above, this would not bother me that much on a watch from this era, if it was well priced.
Than you guys for spotting the inconsistency and the helpful advice. The asking price is US$ 5,600 (plus taxes), which now seems a bit too high based on the info above. I wonder how difficult (or feasible) would it be to find the right orange hand to place at the 9 sub-dial. Many thanks for your thoughts.