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very nice case & dial, but this quest is more like "mission impossible"; 7740 movements are close to impossible to find
wish you the best of luck, miracles do happen, but probably your only chance would be to find a donor watch.

Well .... This is beginning to sound like a bit of a challenge. Time to dust off my Miyota quartz chrono movement and be the first to own a "Brietling Franken Player". I am not completely discouraged as I have faith. The quest begins. I have a Ollech and Wajs with a 7740.

weklund wrote:

Some of the 7103 sold by Oldworldjewellers have been used as donors , as they were priced around 950$ less than 2 years ago. They are now out of stock. IMHO it would be a nonsense to fullfill a 7103 or 7104 by killing a O&W 6087 :guns:

Author:	weklund [ Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:20 am ]
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I have a NOS Breitling Long Playing case and dial. I would love to restore this beauty. I am looking for a movement and all the misc. parts to restore. Any help would be appreciated. Many Thanks ....

Author:	WatchFred [ Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:29 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Long playing restoration .... Need Some Help.
very nice case & dial, but this quest is more like "mission impossible"; 7740 movements are close to impossible to find wish you the best of luck, miracles do happen, but probably your only chance would be to find a donor watch.

Author:	saabreit [ Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:27 am ]
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WatchFred wrote: very nice case & dial, but this quest is more like "mission impossible"; 7740 movements are close to impossible to find wish you the best of luck, miracles do happen, but probably your only chance would be to find a donor watch. The Valjoux 7740 was a " limited caliber" , produced by Valjoux only for Breitling and Heuer . That is the reason why you can find so many NOS Pult case + dial offers ... there are no Valjoux 7740 available on the market , and finding a donor is very difficult ... wrecked Heuer Monacos are not very common . Personaly I have 2 similar project watches Pult 7101 ...I started to collect all the spares in order to assemble 2 brand new V7740 ... I started this quest 2 years ago, and it is not finished .

Author:	weklund [ Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:07 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Breitling Long Playing restoration .... Need Some Help.
Well .... This is beginning to sound like a bit of a challenge. Time to dust off my Miyota quartz chrono movement and be the first to own a "Brietling Franken Player". I am not completely discouraged as I have faith. The quest begins. I have a Ollech and Wajs with a 7740.

Author:	vintage [ Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:57 am ]
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Since the 7740 movement is where the value in these pieces is, the donor watch will have a similar value as what you're restoring making it not a very economical endeavor.

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Author:	saabreit [ Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:57 am ]
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weklund wrote: Well .... This is beginning to sound like a bit of a challenge. Time to dust off my Miyota quartz chrono movement and be the first to own a "Brietling Franken Player". I am not completely discouraged as I have faith. The quest begins. I have a Ollech and Wajs with a 7740. Some of the 7103 sold by Oldworldjewellers have been used as donors , as they were priced around 950$ less than 2 years ago. They are now out of stock. IMHO it would be a nonsense to fullfill a 7103 or 7104 by killing a O&W 6087 .

Author:	WatchFred [ Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:06 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Breitling Long Playing restoration .... Need Some Help.
saabreit wrote: weklund wrote: Well .... This is beginning to sound like a bit of a challenge. Time to dust off my Miyota quartz chrono movement and be the first to own a "Brietling Franken Player". I am not completely discouraged as I have faith. The quest begins. I have a Ollech and Wajs with a 7740. Some of the 7103 sold by Oldworldjewellers have been used as donors , as they were priced around 950$ less than 2 years ago. They are now out of stock. IMHO it would be a nonsense to fullfill a 7103 or 7104 by killing a O&W 6087 .

Author:	weklund [ Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:32 pm ]
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I would not want to sacrifice my Sliderule for the LP. I may be stuck with some very nice useless parts. You never know what might turn up. Thanks for your comments.

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