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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 ....

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 .

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.

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.

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 .

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.