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ap81590 · 10 June 2011, 10:11 AM

Hello all. I have been reading avidly on this forum for a few months but this is my first post. I got an offer to trade for a 1968 Breitling Cosmonaute. The owner describedit as a "triple register chronograph running a Breitling adapted venus 178 chronograph movement under Breitling reference number 819." Any ideas as to what this is worth? It is missing the chronometer reset button. I've attached a picture. Thanks guys!

Shade · 10 June 2011, 11:44 AM

First of all, welcome.

Secondly, what are you trading it for?

Last but not least, my personal opinion, I wouldn't take up a watch that is missing anything at all. There are those risks that I am afraid of taking up, such as - what if the chrono reset button is no longer available/hard to find? Or what happened to it to make it lose the button? Did the owner drop it? Banged it? What happens to the movement then? Etc etc etc...

Z-Dweller · 10 June 2011, 01:24 PM

Be careful. I had to send my Vintage Cosmonaute to $witzerland to get fixed. This watch will definitely need $ervice.

ap81590 · 10 June 2011, 03:02 PM

Thanks guys. The trade is valued at $2,000. So if I got it, would it be realistic to put $500 in it and sell it for $3,000 or am I way off base here?

Z-Dweller · 10 June 2011, 08:09 PM

Get a quote on service first. If you go with a Breitling authorized service dealer, the cost for an overhaul and parts replacement for this vintage piece will cost more and take a few months! My Cosmonaute went in January and had to be sent to Switzerland. Still waiting. $$$

10 June 2011, 10:11 AM	#1
ap81590 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 5	Breitling Cosmonaute Hello all. I have been reading avidly on this forum for a few months but this is my first post. I got an offer to trade for a 1968 Breitling Cosmonaute. The owner describedit as a "triple register chronograph running a Breitling adapted venus 178 chronograph movement under Breitling reference number 819." Any ideas as to what this is worth? It is missing the chronometer reset button. I've attached a picture. Thanks guys! Attached Images

10 June 2011, 11:44 AM	#2
Shade "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Real Name: Norman Location: Jakarta Watch: All of 'em.. Posts: 2,926	First of all, welcome. Secondly, what are you trading it for? Last but not least, my personal opinion, I wouldn't take up a watch that is missing anything at all. There are those risks that I am afraid of taking up, such as - what if the chrono reset button is no longer available/hard to find? Or what happened to it to make it lose the button? Did the owner drop it? Banged it? What happens to the movement then? Etc etc etc... __________________ My collections.. Plus PAM 233, 232, 249 & PAM 417.

10 June 2011, 01:24 PM	#3
Z-Dweller "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Real Name: Bill Location: In my man-cave Watch: All my children. Posts: 359	Be careful. I had to send my Vintage Cosmonaute to $witzerland to get fixed. This watch will definitely need $ervice. __________________ A Lange & Sohne, IWC, Jaeger-Le-Coultre, Officine Panerai, Rolex, Tudor, Omega, Breitling, Hamilton, Laco.

10 June 2011, 08:09 PM	#5
Z-Dweller "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Real Name: Bill Location: In my man-cave Watch: All my children. Posts: 359	Get a quote on service first. If you go with a Breitling authorized service dealer, the cost for an overhaul and parts replacement for this vintage piece will cost more and take a few months! My Cosmonaute went in January and had to be sent to Switzerland. Still waiting. $$$ __________________ A Lange & Sohne, IWC, Jaeger-Le-Coultre, Officine Panerai, Rolex, Tudor, Omega, Breitling, Hamilton, Laco.

10 June 2011, 03:02 PM	#4
ap81590 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 5	Thanks guys. The trade is valued at $2,000. So if I got it, would it be realistic to put $500 in it and sell it for $3,000 or am I way off base here?

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