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Valuation of a Gold Breitling emergency

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  1. Jon Von Bon

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    Gentlemen, I am bidding on some equipment at an auction and one of these odd ball lots showed up in the form of a gold breitling emergency watch. I love Breitlings and possess an analog emergency (titanium) with gold dogs and a blue quartz face Paid $10K and I have a Navitimer, a Tag and a very cool and rare (lowly LOL) Seiko.

    What should I bid? What’s it worth?

    Thanks in advance.
     
  2. flat_plane_eddie

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    Post pics or a model number of it for a better evaluation.
     
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    Chrono24.com is a good market to see asking prices. Obviously auction should be lower as wholesale...
     
  4. Jon Von Bon

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    Hope this pic transferred.
     
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    Wholesale should be around 15k, you can pay up a bit more (high teens) but it's not worth 26k.
     
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    Yup. Mid to high teens.
     
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    I know about this and Even though I’m not an overtly “show off guy” , I sometimes like the “not so subtle, subtleties” of such a piece.

    Thanks for the quality intel guys.
     
  10. Jon Von Bon

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    The one I purchased new I had to sign an agreement to acknowledge that I was responsible to pay for the guys sent to save me if I pulled the “antenna” in a Copenhagen club.

    If I pulled it during a real emergency, breitling would pick up the tab of the rescue and putting the watch back together. But I would have to tell the story.

    Either way, they don’t make them anymore making them relatively rare. I think good style too. Certainly large.
     
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    New ones are huge.
     
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    Right???

    LOL.

    As a watch dealer, what is your opinion of the Emergency?
     
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    I have a stainless steel Mission Emergency. Nice conversation starter with other pilots. Actually gets more comments than my Ceramic Daytona.I love the gold, I would buy at 15.
     
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    There was a limited edition (NON Emergency) RCAF Breitling that a WJA pilot was wearing in the lounge at YOW. I offered him $15K and he declined it. Apparently there were a very limited number made like 22 IRC.. He didn't seem like a BS er and it was the most beautiful sports piece I'd ever seen.
    Certain Guns, Cars, watches and Women are irresistible and make us do stupid things with our money LOL!
     

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