Tag: Blancpain
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Blancpain Celebrates 70 Years of Bathyscaphe with LE Tribute
Shortly after the launch of the military focused Fifty Fathoms in the early ‘50s, Blancpain brought a different kind of civilian focused dive watch to market in the Bathyscaphe. The design would be typical of skin divers of the era, with a pragmatic format that emphasised legibility and ease of use. The commercial release came…
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Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech Goes Mainstream (Kinda)
Back in 2023, Blancpain introduced a new facet to their historic Fifty Fathoms collection with the Tech Gombessa. The 47mm watch was a technical powerhouse that sat somewhere between the X Fathoms and the more pedestrian Fifty Fathoms references, but it also served a unique purpose for the technical diving being done with the Gombessa…
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Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique Welcomes New 38mm Case
Blancpain’s historic diver welcomes a new addition to the stable this week in the form of a 38mm case that will join the existing 42mm, and 45mm variations. The new watches feature the same familiar design that’s been carefully proportioned for the new size, and it will be available in steel, rose gold, and titanium.…
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Blancpain Nearly Nails the Fifty Fathoms in New 42mm Titanium Reference
Hot off the heels of the Fifty Fathoms’ 70th anniversary, Blancpain is introducing a new pair to the collection that bring rose gold and titanium options to the 42mm case that was introduced in “Act I” of the eventual trio of anniversary releases. This is a very good thing, as that initial release ended up…
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The Blancpain x Swatch Scuba Fifty Fathoms Hits its Stride With New Ocean of Storms
Swatch has unwittingly become the face of the collaborative era thanks to their clever positioning alongside other SWATCH Group stablemates, Omega and Blancpain. What started with MoonSwatch craze has grown to encompass Blancpain’s original dive watch, the Fifty Fathoms in the form of the Scuba, which was released with 5 variants celebrating each of the…