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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:28 am 
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Hello all,
I've seen a watch up for sale that I'm unsure about the authenticity of. It claims to be a model in transition between and 810 Top Time and an 815 Long Playing. It has a Valjoux 7730 type movement it, but the caseback still says 810. Does anyone know if such a transition model existed? Or is this some watch made from an 810 part here and an 815 part there?
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:11 am 
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it seems there was a small production run of these, although it isn't documented anywhere, but in th e"dead stock" parts left after Breitling shut dwon, there were spare dials w/ Toptime branding for the 7736...

no, you can't technically swap dials (or main hands) between Valjoux 7736 and the Venus cal. 178, so probably assembled by Breitling, although quite a strange marriage....


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:11 am 
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WatchFred wrote:
you can't technically swap ....main hands ..... between Valjoux 7736 and the Venus cal. 178


I thought you could swap hands actually. They have the same hole size, no? 140/95?

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:47 am 
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according to Craig you can't, but never verified - the dial clearly not.
will check records re hole size


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Thanks for the info guys!


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