| Component: (Network and Table) | |
|---|---|
| Network | 2413406 - Disclosure - Pension Plans and Postretirement Benefits (Changes in Plan Assets) (Details) (http://www.teledyne.com/role/PensionPlansAndPostretirementBenefitsChangesInPlanAssetsDetails) |
| Table | Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001094285 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2016-01-04 - 2017-01-01 | 2014-12-29 - 2016-01-03 | |||
| Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis] | |||
| Domestic | Foreign | Domestic | Foreign | |
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward] | ||||
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of period | ||||
Actual return on plan assets | ( | |||
Employer contribution - other benefit plan | ||||
Foreign currency changes | ( | ( | ||
Benefits paid | (88,300,000) | (1,800,000) | (57,200,000) | (2,800,000) |
Other | ( | |||
Fair value of plan assets, end of period | 890,400,000 | 43,800,000 | ||