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A quick update about the movements in the new Marine line
I heard back from Breguet about what movements are in the 3 new Marine models.
First, the time and date Marine 5517. This model ditches the F.Piguet movement of the previous big date 5817 and replaces it with the movement from the Classique 5177. It's an in-house movement ordered soon after Swatch group's purchase of Lemania. The 5177 has been a mainstay in the collection with two different guilloche dials and a grand feu enamel dial, each available in white, rose, or yellow gold. The balance spring is silicon and the escape wheel has silicon horns. Pr is 55hrs.
The Marine Alarm Musicale 5547 unsurprisingly shares its movement with the Reveil du Czar 5707. Balance spring now in silicon and escapewheel with silicon horns now. Alarm sounds about the same, iirc.
The Marine Chronograph 5527 actually shares its movement with the previous Marine Chronograph 5827. I much prefer the central minutes and date at 6 (not too mention the classic guilloche, wonderful blued hands and roman numerals, etc.). So, some changes were made or a return to the base movement or something. One new thing is, shockingly, a silicon balance spring and silicon horns on the escape wheel, something begun in the limited edition pt version of the 5827 a few years back.
A quick update about the movements in the new Marine line
