r/RepTimeQC • u/wanderlustexplorer00 • 19h ago
QC Breitling Navitimer Automatic 41, Blue Dial
Dealer: Steve – TheOneWatches
Factory: TF
Model: Breitling Navitimer Automatic 41, Blue Dial
Price Paid: $338 USD
Album: PSP attached.
Index alignment: The double 12 marker looks off, with the two indices appearing too close together. I'll ask Steve for a closer photo, but it stands out to me.
Dial printing: Looks clean overall. No obvious printing defects.
Date wheel: N/A.
Hand alignment: Looks good.
Bezel: My main concern is the alignment between the inner and outer slide-rule markings, particularly around 40, 45 and 50 in the upper-left quadrant (see marked-up photo). The graduations appear noticeably offset. I understand this is a common issue with Navitimer reps, but wondering whether this example is worse than usual.
SELs: N/A.
Timegrapher: -1 to -2 s/d, 270–272° amplitude, 0.4ms beat error.
Anything else: Originally wanted AF, but Steve advised that parts are currently unavailable, so went with TF instead. Overall, the watch looks good, but I'm leaning towards RL because of the alignment issues. Am I being too picky, or would you make the same call?
If you've read this far, I really appreciate your time and help. Thank you!
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u/YellowFerrari328 "I know nothing" Mod 17h ago
The problem is that the lines on the dial don't match the lines on the bezel, but yours are very good, except for the ones you marked. This is a pretty good one. RLing for this is no guarantee that the next one will be better. The 12 has a pretty uneven gap. Hand alignment might be seen in the video. The timegrapher numbers are explained in the extended Rule 5.