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Originally Posted by 56scooter
This watch was discontinued once Georges Kearns took over at Breitling. He was of the opinion that the watch did not represent what he had in mind for the image of Breitling. AD's still have them and you can still find them, probably could do just as well as Joma and still get a warranty!
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That's exactly what I read.
Funny, I have a 2018-2019 Breitling catalog, and that watch ( the Skyracer ) is not listed anywhere in it. So, that even further proves that point.
I can't wait to get this watch in, and "dip my toes" in Breitling. Most of my watches are mechanical ( I also ordered a Marathon GSAR that's coming in tomorrow as well ), and I wanted a Quartz piece that I can use as my daily wearer and not worry about anything.
With an 8 year battery life, and a movement of +15 seconds a YEAR, PLUS with it being discontinued, I think this is gonna be an awesome piece. Seems that they only made this watch for not even 2 years, since it was released at Bazel 2017.
Oh, and I called my local AD, and they had the watch for $1850 ( WITHOUT the strap ) and an additional $150 with the strap. Odd how they can just sell the watch with no strap. So $2000 out the door. They said they would work on a price ( they offered me no tax, so $2000 out the door without the 8% additional state sales tax.
Needless to say, I'm sticking to Jomashop for this one.