Horological Meandering

Vintage aficionados, a story you might enjoy; Eitan might remember this one ? This seems to be the rarest of the Breitling Worldtimers - we have no production figures, but almost none come up for sale and if they do, most are in a sorry state, incorrect a...  

Are you and your friends thinking about taking on similar projects for other collectors? (No, I don't have one myself.)

we are manufacturing electronics for the automotive industries & the AV market, not planning to branch out into watch restoration; this was a totally lunatic project I decided to have my people do, as I wanted to save this watch; an ROI was never thou... 

But what an appealing Watch! I will post one with the metalic insert, which came, from my understanding, after your version. Superb post, great Watch. Thank you, Fred. Nicolas

Fred, Congratulations for your watch and for your quest for the bezel. This shows your love for Breitling and your care for those vintage beauties. Cheers and thanks for sharing, Nilo

Congratulation! I would love to follow the WT theme with one or two from the Breitling family. My Tissot Navigator says hello... Best Blomman ...  

WatchFred, I thank you for a most compelling tale of dedication to an (almost) impossible cause. Also, for educating me about Breitling watches that I never knew about. Regards, MTF

Wear in good health

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do you happen to know if the index and hands lume has been redone on this one ? all others I have seen are either clearly relumed in white or have aged to that brownish green like mine ? knew this picture and this is why I am hesitantly thinking about rew... 

Great to read the full story and it looks amazing (like the others in your amazing collection). Thanks for sharing, Andrew

Whether you are into vintage, current or futuristic models, there is always something to talk about, admire and bring people together. Great to see you on here by the way. Cheers Andrew

Truly an amazing tale and really completing an important part of this watch. I totally understand your obsession with making this beautiful watch whole again. With the red contrasting insert it is gorgeous. What's the date on it? I wonder with the prolife... 

it was a slightly crazy project, but I'm quite happy with the results I must admit. we do have two "enthusiast/hacker" 3D printers we mostly play with a bit, these are quite far from achieving the level of resolution we would need for component manufactur... 

very happy with the results and thanks god do neither have a board of directors or god forbid investors to answer to, the hours that went into the project were quite unreasonable, I must admit ......