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Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more

French is normal thread both sides (no left hand on drive side, like you find on modern british standard). Swiss is left hand thread on drive side, 35.0 x 1.0 marked.

British standard is 1.37 x 24 thread (usually marked).

Clipped from Sheldon's site:

Many Swiss bikes, and French bikes sold in the late 1970s/early '80s (especially Motobécanes and later Peugeots) used the now-obsolete Swiss bottom-bracket threading:
35 mm x 1mm (1.378" x 25.4 TPI), left-hand-threaded fixed cup (right side), right-hand-threaded adjustable cup (left side.)
The diameter and thread pitch are the same as French, but the Swiss fixed (right side) cup has a left-hand thread.
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