ref 3860 alarm
Hello, I bought a yellow gold Transatlantique Type XX reference #3860 a few years ago. This model is discontinued and I wanted to learn more about when it was made, how many were made, what kind of movement, etc. I also want to find out if there are any f...
The archives of this forum are a wonderful resource...
...and you should find the answers you seek in these two threads (among others): http://www.network54.com/Forum/137856/thread/1075051651/ http://www.network54.com/Forum/137856/thread/1059152480/ ...and especially in this post I made a long time ago: http:...
still some misinformation in those threads
Hi Guys, I believe one could still get from those threads the impression that some Type XX alarm watches used an AS 5008 based movement. That is incorrect. Breguet (in the last 50 years at least) has only ever used Lemania alarm movements (variations of t...
The information that at least one reference used an A Schild movement
came from a then current (may still be, I haven't been in touch in a few years) employee of Breguet in their technical / service department. That said, I have not seen myself a Breguet alarm watch opened up with an A Schild movement inside. So, until some...
When I did check with Breguet...
...this is what I was told: http://www.network54.com/Forum/137856/message/1075741622/ Though it is not stated explicitly in my post, the "use the last remaining 500 movements" does imply that they bopth used the same movement.
