the Fila Magellano is a bit of a wolf in sheeps clothing in that its basicly a breitling Jupiter Pilot, the dial layout [ forgetting the colours] handset, chapter ring and bezel are the same, the real clincher though is the movement, it runs a 12 jewel Miyota 3S10 movement....the Breitling designation is B233
heres the Fila
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
and the Breitling
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Miyota 3S10
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Breitling B233
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
what gets me is the Swiss watch industry has almost demonised the Japanese watch industry over the decades, in fact from the late 60's onward various swiss makers have not only used Japanese movements, but also their designs and technology.
i recently owned a Zenith time command:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
a cracking 70's watch from a cracking maker, everything marked Swiss until you get into the guts..........one of the circuit Modules is marked "Made In Korea"
there is one Modern well known Swiss brand producing a range of watches with a Seiko designed movement i will let you google who that is
so the next time you look at your Swiss watch...you may actually be looking at a Japanese one
heres the Fila
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
and the Breitling
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Miyota 3S10
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Breitling B233
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
what gets me is the Swiss watch industry has almost demonised the Japanese watch industry over the decades, in fact from the late 60's onward various swiss makers have not only used Japanese movements, but also their designs and technology.
i recently owned a Zenith time command:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
a cracking 70's watch from a cracking maker, everything marked Swiss until you get into the guts..........one of the circuit Modules is marked "Made In Korea"
there is one Modern well known Swiss brand producing a range of watches with a Seiko designed movement i will let you google who that is
so the next time you look at your Swiss watch...you may actually be looking at a Japanese one
Sun Dec 27 2020, 15:54 by Robti
» sub £50 screwdriver set
Sun Jun 21 2020, 12:11 by Robti
» Anyone bought anything during lockdown
Thu May 14 2020, 07:27 by Iceblue
» How is everybody
Wed Apr 01 2020, 15:35 by Robti
» 2020 future watch collection
Wed Jan 01 2020, 09:21 by Iceblue
» 31st December 2019
Tue Dec 31 2019, 20:41 by Iceblue
» Happy new year too you all
Tue Dec 31 2019, 20:29 by Iceblue
» Merry Christmas
Wed Dec 25 2019, 21:47 by Robti
» 13th November 2019
Wed Nov 13 2019, 17:54 by Iceblue