Breitling and Sponsorships

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Do they really sell enough watches to sponsor a jet team, air races, etc? Or is there another revenue stream I'm missing?
 
I couldn't imagine spending over $100.00 on a watch much less 5K+
 
There's a lot of watch nuts around the world. I'd say they do just fine.
 
Even at $5k a piece though... have to pay retailer, channel, import/export, staff, R&D, materials, facilities, overhead, etc. Seems like it doesn't leave much left over to sponsor seven L-39s and all the other stuff they do.

But maybe they do sell that many watches.....
 
Since college I haven't had a watch that I paid less than 2k for, but 5k is the top for me.

Not a breitling guy, more show than go, and all their movements are basically slightly tweaked Valjoux stuff, same motor my current O&W has.

When you're priced near the same as a Omega, it's not even a competition when you can get a speedy for the same price, which is also a tweaked Val, still much more of a pro watch, especially the manual moon version. Heck I'd get a marathon CSAR before a breitling

But yeah, I think breitling has more than enough funding to toss their name on the side of a few planes.
 
go sit at a poker table in a casino and you'll see the type of people that wear breitlings. they're generally too big for me but some of them look aight.
 
Wholesale is about 42%-50% off depending on the piece, there's a TON of money in timepieces.
 
Between the top makers, I'd choose a Rolex over any of them. As eman said, the Breitling's are too big for my wrist.
 
I like the large faced watches. I've always wanted a Breitling but always had other priorities in watches. I have a Rolex, a Bell&Ross, a U-boat, and Omega. Some day I'll own a Breitling. By the way, always buy second hand. Retail is for suckers.
 
Gsxrpilot said:
I like the large faced watches. I've always wanted a Breitling but always had other priorities in watches. I have a Rolex, a Bell&Ross, a U-boat, and Omega. Some day I'll own a Breitling. By the way, always buy second hand. Retail is for suckers.
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Only thing I buy new is my food
 
Boy I can think of a lot better things to spend 5k on than a watch...gotta have some serious disposable income to do that I guess.
 
CC268 said:
Boy I can think of a lot better things to spend 5k on than a watch...gotta have some serious disposable income to do that I guess.
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I spent mine on primary training instead of a watch. it's hard to 'splain to people who don't have the watch itch but yeah, I understand your point.
 
eman1200 said:
I spent mine on primary training instead of a watch. it's hard to 'splain to people who don't have the watch itch but yeah, I understand your point.
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Actually I hear that if you wear a Breitling while flying it increases your piloting skills by 72.4%...impressive
 
I personally like IWC better. The Breitlings are too flashy / borderline gaudy for me. They seem to fit with a bottle of Cris and 22" rims if you know what I'm sayin' ....

But I'm amazed at the Jet Team sponsorship. I wonder what kind of numbers they have. I guess 2 thousand pieces at 5k is 10M. Still with the operational costs involved (planes and business).... I just don't know.
 
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CC268 said:
Actually I hear that if you wear a Breitling while flying it increases your piloting skills by 72.4%...impressive
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The pilot with the biggest watch, you know, is the better pilot.....

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Rolex annual revenue is something like $5,000,000,000. Don't know about Breitling, but even if it's half of that... Still, I doubt 100% of the costs of the jet team are coming out of Breitling's pocket.
 
What's funny is that my $300 Samsung Gear S2 "watch" can perfectly emulate a Rolex, Breitling, Omega, or any other watch on the planet -- AND it's a cell phone.

And a GPS. And a music player. And a compass, flashlight, timer, news reader, text messager, health tracker...
 
Jay Honeck said:
What's funny is that my $300 Samsung Gear S2 "watch" can perfectly emulate a Rolex, Breitling, Omega, or any other watch on the planet -- AND it's a cell phone.

And a GPS. And a music player. And a compass, flashlight, timer, news reader, text messager, health tracker...
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Yeah... but can it give you the time of day..??? :lol:
 
Who the eff wears a watch anymore? Seriously. Do,som people watching. Literally. It's rare to see a wrist watch anymore, cept in the hood where they gots fake ass Fo-lex stuff they got at the swap meet or from the rent-A-wheel shop.
 
My watch died early this summer. Now I just use the cell phone for time instead.
 
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Jay Honeck said:
What's funny is that my $300 Samsung Gear S2 "watch" can perfectly emulate a Rolex, Breitling, Omega, or any other watch on the planet -- AND it's a cell phone.

And a GPS. And a music player. And a compass, flashlight, timer, news reader, text messager, health tracker...
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I think you mean it can display a picture that looks like the face of a Rolex. That's not the same thing as emulating a Rolex.
 
Zeldman said:
The pilot with the biggest watch, you know, is the better pilot.....
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And here's the ultimate expression of that:
..it's nine minutes long, but has some good flying in it.

"You're not a pilot...you're someone who wears a nifty uniform and operates a computer...."

Ron Wanttaja
 
Lindberg said:
Rolex annual revenue is something like $5,000,000,000. Don't know about Breitling, but even if it's half of that... Still, I doubt 100% of the costs of the jet team are coming out of Breitling's pocket.
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Breitling annual revenue is around $350m if I'm not mistaken. They spend around $45m per year on advertising, being the second largest watch advertiser, after Rolex who spends a bit over $50m (on their $5b revenue).
 
I just don't understand why you would need such an expensive watch. My $100.00 Timex tells time just as good. It's lasted 10 years and if I loose it I wouldn't feel the need to file an insurance claim.
 
Grum.Man said:
I just don't understand why you would need such an expensive watch. My $100.00 Timex tells time just as good. It's lasted 10 years and if I loose it I wouldn't feel the need to file an insurance claim.
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From my perspective and that of the people that I'm friends with that have similar watches, it's appreciation for the history, the engineering, the attention to detail, etc. I don't expect people to understand why I spend $10k-$20k on a watch.
 
It's not about the time, it's about the bling. A precision made, wrist wearable sundial made out of platinum and gold would have about the same functionality. Just don't whack yourself in the forehead with it.
 
Grum.Man said:
I just don't understand why you would need such an expensive watch. My $100.00 Timex tells time just as good. It's lasted 10 years and if I loose it I wouldn't feel the need to file an insurance claim.
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My $10,000 rolex tells time worse than your timex. But it's a rolex and I bought it to signify a special moment in my life. Timex doesn't really do that the same way.
 
wanttaja said:
And here's the ultimate expression of that:
..it's nine minutes long, but has some good flying in it.

"You're not a pilot...you're someone who wears a nifty uniform and operates a computer...."

Ron Wanttaja
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That ad is freakin' INCREDIBLE.

Why haven't I seen it before?
 
Wow you guys are poor I spend 100K on a watch every few years. Jeez...noobs.
 
That is a pretty cool video. The flying scenes were pretty good. And Malkovich is... well... Malkovich.
 
NJP_MAN said:
My $10,000 rolex tells time worse than your timex. But it's a rolex and I bought it to signify a special moment in my life. Timex doesn't really do that the same way.
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Bremont offers a watch commemorating a very special school I was fortunate to attend. My class opted for the 'Image Watches' version with our class logo on the face ordered from the back of some airline rag. Something like $15 apiece with the first sample free, but I wouldn't trade it for the Bremont version AND a Rolex. :D

Nauga,
who says, "Where's the gouge, dude?"
 
I don't have any time in a Spitfire, so I guess I don't deserve the watch.
I am type rated in the P-51D. What can I get for that?
 
Rolex/Omega/Tag/anything else you can buy in a mall, do not have enough panty-dropability for the discriminating 172 driver (M model or newer, mind you). I will only calculate my inbound legs on a Patek Philippe.

Really mesmerizing to watch....(see what I did there?)
 
Love Patek, was a tough call between picking up a 5164A and my current AP. Although now that I'm getting divorced it'll be much easier to justify it to myself lol
 
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