Help.......Breitling dive watch or baume and mercier>>>

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Originally Posted by salty_snack

No argument here on the sub over the PO. Personally I'm a little torn over the dial on the steelfish because its trying to be a tool watch with a decorated dial which seems out of place to me. The royal oaks tapisserie pattern is easily one of the most amazing engravings in any dial, ever.

The PO goes for around $1k more than the steelfish so it seems that may be a bit of a stretch for what your getting.

I don't think the Steelfish dial is decorated or highly stylised. It is perhaps a little busy but that is Breitlings style and their bezels are subtle, whereas Rolex and Omega dials are more Spartan but their bezels are more stylised.

As for the RO yes the tapisserie is beautiful, I have one myself, I was only saying the Steelfish blue colour was more stunning than RO blue and actually reminds of tropical seas. New price of the 8500 is £4Kish, new of Steelfish was £2K, used is £3Kish and £1.5Kish, so it is pretty much double the price so the Steelfish is much better value.