So the adjustable cup is 'standard' (CW to tighten and ACW to loosen), while the fixed cup is the opposite (ACW to tighten and CW to loosen)?
On a BSC bottom bracket that's how it is, on the Italian one you pictured the fixed cup is also clockwise to tighten/widdershins to remove
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/bottombrackets.html#sizes
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On a BSC bottom bracket that's how it is, on the Italian one you pictured the fixed cup is also clockwise to tighten/widdershins to remove
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/bottombrackets.html#sizes