Reading Time: 2 minutesBlancpain presents the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet and Chronographe Flyback models in full Red Gold. Featuring a case and bracelet meticulously crafted from 18K red gold, these striking timepieces exude opulence and grandeur, making a bold statement with their rich hue and imposing presence.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesBlancpain presents the third act marking the 70th anniversary year of its iconic Fifty Fathoms diver’s watch. Named “Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act 3“, this model is inspired by the MIL-SPEC model adopted by the main armed forces of the time. The Manufacture is now offering a 555-piece limited-edition reinterpretationContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesBlancpain continued the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the Fifty Fathoms from the Rangiroa Atoll in French Polynesia, where the Tamataroa mission is taking place. Blancpain opened a new chapterin the history of the first modern diver’s watch by unveiling a new model designed to meet today’s technical divingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 1953, Blancpain introduced the first modern diver’s watch, the Fifty Fathoms. In 2003, 50 years after this iconic watch of the deep was born, Blancpain unveiled an anniversary limited edition comprising three series of 50 watches, thereby ushering the then-dormant Fifty Fathoms into the modern era. Now, 70 yearsContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough Blancpain has been celebrating Valentine’s Day for more than two decades, the Manufacture had never yet honoured it with a Fifty Fathoms model. It is now doing exactly that with the 2023 release of a limited-edition Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe emblazoned with the emblems of love: the colour red andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2022, Blancpain is focusing on introducing new variants of its Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe watches, playing with styles by means of red gold and grade 23 titanium. These two materials now adorn the Flyback Chronograph model, a staple of the Bathyscaphe line for nearly a decade.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor almost two decades, prestigious Swiss watchmaker Blancpain has been committed to marine protection. For the first time, the Maison is now supporting a local project in Germany that is dedicated to protecting the biosphere on the North Sea coast. The construction of protected breeding grounds for rare migratory birdsContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tourbillon 8 Jours diver’s watch epitomises the encounter between horological complexity and high performance. Its flying tourbillon whirls inside a dedicated opening in the refined blue dial. This new model comes in a surprisingly light titanium version, as well as a red gold version ensuring aContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlancpain announces the release of a full-length documentary film Fifty Fathoms – The history as told by the pioneers who created it. Narrated by American Emmy Award-winning actor and author Peter Coyote, the film recounts the most important events in the creation and seven-decade evolution of the watch. First-hand interviewsContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesBlancpain reinterprets one of its emblematic historical timepieces, the Fifty Fathoms No Rad “no radiations”. This mid-1960s diving instrument, of which one version was used by the German Navy’s Combat Swimmers, had the characteristic feature of being stamped with a “no radiations” logo indicating that Blancpain was not using luminescentContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe model, renowned for its dual function as a diving instrument and civilian timepiece, now comes in a version combining a blue dial and bezel with a Sedna® gold case: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Blue Bathyscaphe Sedna Gold Ref. 5000-36S40-O52A.Continue Reading