Breguet - I looked at those photos carefully and closely...

I looked at those photos carefully and closely...

Mar 24, 2018,14:46 PM

... and my impressions have not changed.

The paint in the engraved numerals does not look clean and precise to me, also I find the bezel too „rounded“, which again looks to me like a polish job having gone wrong.

Again, that’s only my personal take on what I see on the photos. I do not have a Transatlantique at my fingertips for comparison, so I am building on other watches I have seen.

Look at pic 3: the dots indicating 25 and 35 look painted badly, the engraved 40 even worse. Pics 1 and 2 give me an idea that the bezel is too rounded, especially towards the outer edge. The lume triangle looks refilled, since I miss the small gap between the lume and the metal shape of the triangle.

I am also not sure about the lugs, but the photos are unfortunately not clear enough to really give a justified opinion.

I hope that my thoughts are taken as an opinion only, far away from a full assessment. The best thing to do is inspect the watch personally with a loupe.

Cheers
Henrik

Any platinum type xx owners ?

By: Horology75 : March 21st, 2018-12:46

Hi, Iam in the process of acquiring a platinum Breguet type XX preowned offcourse . Any ideas on how many were produced or how rare are they? I love the blue dial combo hence going for it . Any feedback will be helpful P.S . the watch image is with plasti...

Henrik is our Type XX specialist. I would say that the one you show is not a limited edition but limited in production. I don't have the numbers. BUT... There was a LE...

By: amanico : March 21st, 2018-12:54

Platinum case, salmon dial, 90 pieces circa 2003 / 2004. I am its lucky owner. ...

Thanks Amanico

By: Horology75 : March 21st, 2018-13:07

For your insight . I do have one more type xx limited edition . Pic for your ref . ...

Ah, the beautiful 3803 Anniversary 👍🏻 [nt]

By: shortys home : March 21st, 2018-13:18

That one is uber cool! [nt]

By: amanico : March 21st, 2018-13:19

I don’t know production numbers for the one shown in the picture...

By: shortys home : March 21st, 2018-12:55

...another Transatlantique with salmon dial was limited to 90 pieces, the platinum Aeronavale was limited to 100. The one with blue dial looks great, I had only seen a version with printed numerals before. If you go for it, make sure it has the correct bo...

Thanks !

By: Horology75 : March 21st, 2018-13:06

The watch has box and papers & the dp is in platinum . Adding few shots for you to see the dial ...

Well, I know this type of dial from a WG version only...

By: shortys home : March 21st, 2018-13:16

... so Nicolas will be absolutely right that in platinum it will be comparatively low production numbers. From the pictures I have one observation on the bezel, though: It looks like the engraved numerals have been re-painted, they appear thicker than usu...