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Vintage Breil sub diver with patina.

  1. Castle4444 Apr 25, 2018

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    Picked this lovely example up today, shipped from Italy. Anybody came across these Breil watches before??? Apparently Italian?? Great patina on dial at 1 and 2. Very happy with it!!

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  2. amanson Apr 25, 2018

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    I’ve never seen one of those. Looks burly. I like it. :thumbsup:

    What is the case size of that beast?
     
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  3. bardamu Apr 26, 2018

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    Nice example you have here, I've never seen one before: is it manual winding?
    And yes, Breil was born in Milan, Italy, in 1939. They made in the past (till mid 80's) very collectable divers for the Italian Navy, Marina Militare, with ETA2824 inside. At the end of the 80's they start to put in as standard chinese calibers Miyota 8215.
    Nowadays they are quite a mainstream but low quality brand.
     
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  4. Castle4444 Apr 26, 2018

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    37mm. Looks bigger on the wrist to be fair.
     
  5. Castle4444 Apr 26, 2018

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    Manual wind. Which movement would you say this is? image.jpg
     
  6. bardamu Apr 26, 2018

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  9. bardamu Apr 26, 2018

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  11. amanson Apr 26, 2018

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    Great size too. Congrats!
     
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