Female Fifty Fathoms Award

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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 2022 Ocean Photographer of the Year (OPY) competition has drawn to a close with some stunning undersea images taken across the planet by dozens of talented photographers. Blancpain and Oceanographic Magazine are delighted to reveal the names of the winners in all categories of the competition, including for theContinue Reading

Blancpain and Biopixel

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSince the 1953 launch of the first modern diver’s watch, Fifty Fathoms, Blancpain has made ocean discovery and protection a priority. In line with this commitment, the Brand is announcing a new partnership with Biopixel Oceans Foundation and Biopixel. The aim of this collaboration is to support scientific research, proposeContinue Reading

Blancpain and PADI

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Reading Time: 3 minutesSwiss prestige watchmaker, Blancpain, and the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI®), the world’s largest dive training organisation, are joining forces with the aim to fundamentally increase the number of marine protected areas (MPAs) around the globe over the coming decade.Continue Reading

Female Fifty Fathoms

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Reading Time: 5 minutesIn June 2021, Blancpain announced its partnership with Oceanographic Magazine and its Ocean Photography Awards (OPA). To mark the occasion, the Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie created the special Female Fifty Fathoms (FFF) Award to encourage more women to share their vision of the oceans. The competition organisers and Blancpain revealedContinue Reading

Oceana and Blancpain

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Reading Time: 3 minutesIn October 2020, Blancpain announced its association, as exclusive watch partner, with Oceana, the largest international organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation. As part of the partnership, on August 9th, the two entities are launching the Project Alacranes expedition to explore the depths of two areas, which contain some ofContinue Reading

"Mission Cap Corse": the sixth Gombessa expedition supported by Blancpain

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Reading Time: 4 minutesAs founding partner of the Gombessa expeditions, Blancpain has supported the sixth odyssey of diver, biologist and underwater photographer Laurent Ballesta. Entitled “Mission Cap Corse”, Gombessa VI aims to unravel the mystery of the “coral rings” that cover the Mediterranean off the coast of Cap Corse, at a depth ofContinue Reading

Blancpain Ocean Commitment Partnerships

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Reading Time: 5 minutesBlancpain Ocean Commitment Partnerships: Exploration and preservation of the world’s oceans is core to Blancpain. With its almost 70-year legacy of the Fifty Fathoms diving watch, the Brand has woven close ties with the explorers, photographers, scientists, and environmentalists who treasure this precious resource. With that affinity has come aContinue Reading

United Nations World Oceans Day 2021

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBlancpain is proud to announce its association, as presenting partner, for the 2021 edition of the annual United Nations World Oceans Day – hosted by Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS), and produced in partnership with Oceanic Global. In addition to this role, Blancpain looksContinue Reading