I hope that I tell the story correctly. Please chime in if you feel the need to set something straight At the end if the 70ies / beginning of the 80ies also Breitling was heavily shaken by the Quartz crisis and in 1982 Willy Breitling finally gave up. Hel...
with the Lemania 1873 manual in it. I also have other Sinn pieces. Their QC is excellent, their after sales servicing too. They remain a bargain in honest watchmaking I think and the first piece I grab if I'm not sure how wet, crashy or bashy its going to...
Broxi, Looks like you should get it while you can still read the font on the dial. It has that sensible feature of both mph and km scales. Plus the twist in the tale should you meet the right PuristS at a bar..."No, it's not a Breitling but..." Regrets? I...
... the original ones, with the Lemania movement, were not watertight at all, due to their unique construction with the rotating bezel being a unit with the crystal and the inner calculator scale. The Breitlings, too, were not water resistant. Then Breitl...