Restoration of a Breitling Chronograph - Heirloom in Trouble! 

Fantastic video, wonderful workmanship and a very special watch!!!

Thank you for someone finally posting about a Breitling. As a Breitling owner, I get tired of "Rolex this" and "Rolex that."

Im totally amazed at the level of skill you have.the expertise, precision and passion you have for what you do is inspiring

It never ceases to amaze me the complexity of a mechanical movement and the amazing engineering involved to create such a movement. Great video 👍

I have watched many of these repair videos from different technicians. I believe this is one of the most complicated watches I have seen. Magnificent work.

Absolutely great video and real craftsmanship. Always plenty to learn when watching Richard’s content.

FINALLY! A voice that doesn't drive me crazy. Well spoken :)

Magnificent video and what's more soothing is listening to the Queen's and now the King's English.

BIG respect for good watchmakers. You're brilliant at it! 👍

As always, another great video. Being a Breitling Fanboy, what an amazing restoration, and even more special knowing where it's going to land. You are representing the watch repair industry with respect and professionalism. Be well.

Your videos are entertaining, educational and soothing, Richard. I really enjoy them! 😊

Richard I appreciate you. After watching your videos for years I mustered the courage to replace two of my Seikos mineral crystals with sapphire and I so glad I did. Thank you for sharing with us all.

I lost one of these in the early 90s on a strap before I bought my current watch. Never again on leather strap. Deployment or not. Loved it. Same model as this. Black on black. Great work.

Nice to see you again. Great job, informative as usual. Thanks Richard.

Excellent..You make it look so simple. Mechanical marvels, I love the look of a Breitling.

When I graduated NCO school my mum found a restored gmt as a gift. Since I was a load master it came in handy. My LT was jealous 😅

After a hard day at the NHS coal face it’s a relaxing pleasure to watch an expert at work 👌

What a great restoration of a great watch that was in dire need of service to bring it not only back to life but back to its original glory. A lot of parts there and masterfully handled to completion. Excellent job there. Kudos

Thank you for another outstanding video Richard. Been away , but back now. Kind wishes, Tony from Scandinavia.

Thank you for such an interesting & informative video. I had no idea as to how complex such a beautiful watch could be.

Great work Richard 👏👏and what a Wonderful movement. It just seemed to have real substance to each component.

You sir are amazing. I've watched many other movements being serviced but the 7750 is incredible. When I buy one I'll never complain about the service cost!

Mate! I’ve had to watch 3 times because your voice puts me to sleep. So calming and soothing at bedtime. Brilliantly done restoring this fine timepiece!

Thank you for this fantastic video, it was a real pleasure to see how this watch works, and I was amazed how many parts makes this beauty a perfect piece of art. I inherited this same type of watch from my beloved Dad, and I keep it mostly in it's original box, wearing it only on vvery special occasions. Sometimes I remove it from the box, wind it up and let the watch take me down memory lane. And watching your video brought back beautiful memories too. Thank you

Beautiful work. I was mesmerized by this. Thank you for sharing

Very nice to see the inner workings of the Cronomat. As I write this, on my wrist is a slightly older Cronomat, purchased in the mid 90s from a dealer in Dubai. I've had it back at Breitling for a full overhaul, and it's working and looking great.

Brilliant! That is indeed an achingly gorgeous chronograph. Glad to see it so wonderfully restored to working order.

Absolutely superbly executed and instructive video. Your narration, patience, attention to detail and skill are inspirational! Thank you once again Richard. And wishing you continued success with your lovely Major dive watch, and I'll look out for the Desert Rat! 💯 👍

Glad to see you continuing your art;

I want to thank you and also blame you for my new found watch addiction. 😂 after watching you the algorithm decided to show me Seiko mods and Casioak mods which led me down a rabbit hole of an appreciation for the movements and an understanding why so many people love them. Not saying those are anywhere near the same skill you have but definitely let me get my foot in the door and get comfortable taking them apart and fixing them for friends and family.

What supperb skills,craftsmanship, excellent to watch thank you.

Thank you for another very interesting and informative watch restoration

Absolutely fascinating.....I was already hooked prior to watching this .....

What a beautiful watch. Fantastic work my friend.

Amazing work and quality, appreciate watching the video

I have the A20048 yellow dial, and i love it. My first real watch. Thank you for this video!

One of the best well spent time productive knowledgeable and satisfying video on RU-vid for me thanks for sharing your expertise sir

Good grief Richard, I service my own ETA 2824 watches but I wouldn’t even attempt the 7750, talk about complicated, you make it look so easy though. Well done. It looks amazing.

Another great video. I’m fond of Breitling and enjoyed this very much.

thanks for sharing your expertise on another interesting movement....servicing a 775 series is not in my reach yet but I have learned a lot from your videos.

Amazing video I have the Chronomat 44 it truly is a beautiful watch. Fantastic skills 👏

Incredible number of parts in this watch

Alla fine del video mi sono letteralmente commosso...Che bellezza di Orologio impeccabile la tua narrazione....bjutiful job tankyou somach best video.. Sorry for inglish nat correct...🙏☮️👍

Excellent, watching/learning. Thank you

Love seeing a great watch returned to operation, especially after so many years. I thought water ingress and long times in the drawer would be a rust nightmare.

Setting the upper automatic framework on these 7750s is the most challenging part of the build in my opinion. Setup of the day and date advance wheels on the calendar side so the date and day change over simultaneously can be tricky. Lovely movements. Thanks for the vid. Alway well done on your part Richard.

Great stuff…Sea Wolf is badass, on my list big time , thanks for making it👊

Always enjoy your videos!

Here's a way to stop small pieces from launching across the room. A black veil like widows wear. Material with very fine thread and many holes. Almost invisible. The portable tape recorders I used to work on had small parts and springs. I would lay some of that veil material over the whole work space. Slide my hands under it and work on the device. I could easily see through the veil. But when parts flew they stayed on the bench.

So nice work Mr.Richard, and what a nice watch ! Chronograph are not easy to work on, but see you is look so simple. Thank you also for the nice comments and explanations it’s always interesting ! Best regard and have a nice week ! ✨👌

Writing as I'm watching: 1st thing I think I've noticed is that the chrono central hand lost its tube, that remained on the hand post, and this is why I never ever use leavers before to remove the central second hand with the Bergeon 30670-6: I have had my share of detached hands on 7750 based watches before... And never happened again with that tool, since it grabs the tube directly (I also sharpened its jaws a bit). Also I prefer to remove the counterbalance as 1st thing, so that it's not wobbly when I remove the movement from the case and put it on the movement pad for the hands. I agree to remove the balance as soon as comfortable to do, but I prefer to take out its jewels while it's still in place and screwed to the main place. Of course I keep the balance and its jewels separated from those of the main plate that often are slightly different. That movement holder is no good... I have a relatively cheap black plastic from AF Swiss for this movement and works more than fine, I'd suggest it :) Ok, now I'm at 10:34 and I had seen well at the beginning :) About the mainspring, what I normally do is to position it with the lit plate up on my little staking tool (or any other flat hard surface) and with my nails push on the barrel gears down, so that the maximum lift of the lit, when it detaches from the barrel walls, is that of the part of the arbor protruding from below the barrel, at that point I fit a scalpel blade between the lit and the barrel, so that the lit doesn't bring the rest with it, and lift the lit. About cleaning, as I don't have a professional cleaner but just a 60W ultrasonic machine, I first clean them, one by one, with a small brush with slightly diluted degreaser, then (in movement with old oil like this) pass each jewel with sharpened peg wood and the gear pivots with pithwood. Then put them in the ultrasonic with the very same degreaser, then rinsed in clean water in the ultrasonic, and finally passed into small bath of isopropyl alcohol again in the ultrasonic, so that there's no more residual water and soap or grease. It would have been nice to see the timegrapher result after the final assembly... Bye, Alessandro

Stunning workmanship.......

Wow..BCE case with an incredible face. Have never seen this dial before. Love it

Great restoration as always Sir! 😊

Thanks Richard lovely video 👍

speechless look at Mr. RP in dealing with this Breitling complexity. Salute.

Great video and very hearty congratulations on a 100K. kind regards

Excellent work. 👍

Amazing craftsmanship. I'm amazed on how you remember where & how to put those teeny-tiny parts back? Great job!👍 I hope you could fix my watch too.😊

Masterful rebuild

Beautiful work!…👏👏👏

Fantastic. Loved it

Such a great work. 👏👏

Absolutely awesome and beautiful.

I don’t know why but I love watching watch servicing videos. I could never do this as I’m 70 and my eyesight has eroded the past 5 years or do but I love mechanical things,I’m a retired airline mechanic.

Nice one Richard! Loved that you said every watch you work on has a little problem! Tell us about it!

Amazing Job!

I love your videos. Thank you ！

Great video. Thanks.

Потрясающая работа !

Fornunately, only a little bit of pool water has seeped in. Obviously, sea water would have caused a major disaster. (pun intented) 😉

Excellent, I’ve always wanted to see a mainspring “escape.”

Really, really nice program on a spectacular watch--well done! I loved the mainspring plastic bag hack. You must have known that was potential trouble from good old experience. Nothing like earning back tuition from things that have gone wrong.

beautiful work my friend

Excellent Video, I wish you were in the US Ive got a couple I would love to rest in your care

Nice, very nice work ❤

My favorite brand of watch. Hope one day I can have my own

Iam not really a fan of breitling but this is mesmerising. I love it

Nice job loved the video.

Enjoyed that. Thank you.

Brillant, mate!

top work rich as usual

Hello, as always I will make a nice comment, very nice job and video ! I learned something new so thank you again !

Perfect Job.

Very nice job.

Damn, a chrono and GMT?? That's pretty sweet. I'll have to hunt one of these down on the used market. I was unaware ETA made this movement with a gmt feature. Bang up job, Richard, as usual.

My favourite marque/brand. I'll enjoy this one, just a little more than the others Richard 😉 ONWARDS!!! 👍

Don't think I'd have your patience. well done

Mistake spotting at 33:17 was it upside down?! Ha ha considering you probably do nigh on a thousand actions to get this watch back to fine fettle I think you're allowed one little (immediately corrected) mistake. Great restoration as always, it's a beautiful watch. Looking forward to the gold Rolex restoration trailed in YT Shorts 🙂

15:00 Well, you did say it was a hairloom 😂 excellent video, sir.... to work with such tiny compenents and know where each single part goes is just amazing. You are an experienced surgeon in the world of watches...... ps your mistake was placing the part the wrong way round.... the catch should be facing in to engage with the bigger part

Wow ! I've watched probably 50 watch cleanings, and can kind of follow along. This watch is crazy complicated !!

I wanted one of these 20 yrs ago... still want one

Interesting. This looks like a Chronomat Longitude with a black face. I had one of those and bizarrely I got water in it twice, both times diving. Each time I had it cleaned and rebuilt at some expense (and time). At the time I was an international businessman and wanted the GMT hand: subsequently I became a commercial pilot (unlikely, I know but true) and the watch accuracy was awful. Ultimately Brietling advised me that vibration on the flight deck from the Turboprop I was flying was responsible. I thought that insane for an apparent pilot watch brand and sold the watch. These days I fly a jet aircraft internationally. But I wear Tudor which behaves flawlessly both in the water and at 40,000’.

Nice jobe 👍 Good work

Lovely!

Amazing Talent !!!!

I’m so dumb…. Lol I watched you remove the stem. Thanjavur you!!

Wonderful job, makes me love quartz watches, lol

God job Man. Thank you

GREAT VIDEO