$3,495
Pre-Owned Breitling 42mm TransOcean, Blue Dial, Stainless Steel Bracelet, Ref. 7102
Vintage 1970’s TransOcean flashes a distinctive 42mm stainless steel case and features a blue dial with a wonderful and colorful vibe with contrasting orange hands. The watch has an inner bezel displaying a tachymeter, pulsometer and an outer track with a 100 gradation. Powered by a manual wound Valjoux 7740 caliber movement, this remarkable piece of history has all the retro you could want and more.
With all of the interest in vintage and historic models Breitling revived the Transocean series of watches .. Needless to say we think the original series is more fun. This one is spectacular.
Only 1 left in stock
| Band Material | Stainless Steel |
|---|---|
| Band Type | Bracelet |
| Box and Papers | No Box | No Papers |
| Brand | Breitling |
| Caliber | Valjoux 7740 |
| Case Material | Stainless Steel |
| Case Size | 42mm |
| Caseback | Solid |
| Complication | Date, Chronograph |
| Crystal Material | Acrylic |
| Dial Color | Blue |
| Movement | Manual |
| Size | 40mm – 42mm |
| Warranty | 1-Year Watchworks Guarantee |
| Item ID | 0005519 |
|---|---|
| Model # | 7102 |
| Model Name | Transocean |
| Year Produced | ca 1970's |
| Serial Number | 13XXXXX |
The modern chronograph watch would not function as it does today without Breitling’s influence. Léon Breitling founded the company in 1884 already manufacturing innovative chronographs. After his death in 1914, his son Gaston took control and produced one of the world’s first wrist chronographs with a separate pusher. Gaston’s son Willy introduced the two-pusher chronograph and the iconic Chronomat in 1942, which added a slide rule with a chronograph. In 1952 they produced the Navitimer with a built-in slide rule that became the official pilot’s watch for the AOPA pilot union. Astronaut Scott Carpenter found his Navitimer so useful that he asked Breitling to modify the watch to use a 24-hour dial, which he then wore into space in 1962 aboard a Mercury capsule. To celebrate his 25th anniversary as head of the company, Willy also introduced the SuperOcean diver’s watch with a water-resistance of 200 meters. Clearly, any admirer of chronographs should become familiar with Breitling.
