Frank5817
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About the 5817 Bracelet
Jack,
I have to say that I love the 5817 in gold with the leather band. That is a very attractive watch.
I do tend to prefer bracelets on my watches. Most of the watches I wear regularly have bracelets. Among other things, I find that they breathe well in the heat. The 5817 with the bracelet is fairly heavy. I don't find it uncomfortably so, and I do like the feeling of a substantial watch on my wrist.
That said, I like the looks of the 5817 with a leather band. I'm looking into getting a leather (probably brown alligator) band to use with mine. It looks like changing bands is fairly straight forward.
Frank
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Problem With a New Breguet
I'm new here and just one week ago bought my first Breguet, a Marine 5817 in stainless steel. I bought it new from an AD, and I've worn the watch since I bought it. At any rate, today at just about 3:00 pm, I looked at my watch and noticed for the first t...
Hi Frank....I am sorry to hear of your....
...problem. It is always disapointing when we buy something so nice and it is not perfect. I am sure Breguet will fix it very quickly. I have the same watch in yellow gold and leather and have not seen one with the stainless band. How do you enjoy it in a...
About the 5817 Bracelet
Jack, I have to say that I love the 5817 in gold with the leather band. That is a very attractive watch. I do tend to prefer bracelets on my watches. Most of the watches I wear regularly have bracelets. Among other things, I find that they breathe well in...
Follow Up
Well, I took the watch into the AD today and showed a print of the photograph to the sales person who sold me the watch, and then I showed her the watch. She immediately called the assistant manager over. He looked at the photograph and the watch and said...
That is fantastic....and what you would expect....tell
me if possible what country are you in because in my country they would be lucky to have one of any model...let alone a chance to draw another from stock. kindest regards, Jack.
Jack,
I'm in the United States, specifically the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Best regards, Frank
Thanks Frank...I also live in a tropical climate ...
where a metal band is more practical than leather.....Queensland Australia.... but we dont have a big watch culture in this country and so chioce and stock are limited. Actually, there are only 5 Breguet ADs in the whole of Australia and the AD in Queensl...
VERY unusual service!
Hello, misaligned hands are not so rare as one might think at top brands,no idea why they don't check their pieces better before they sell them to the AD. Normally they fix it quickly at the AD. But I never heard that a watch is replaced because of that! ...
Hi Lutz....Unusual yes...but we should expect that
service........and it's another "Tick" for Breguet. So many times we buy something at the top end of the market and a fault developes and the retailer gets a local to "fix" it. I get really disapointed and anoyed in that, as I am sure the local service gu...