1960s Blancpain Mil-Spec Fifty Fathoms
In honor of Blancpain's new 42mm Fifty Fathoms launch today. Wish they went more with this case shape / design, but with shorter lugs to enhance wearability. This said I don't hate the new one with blue dial in titanium on bracelet.
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Bryan
A fair bit of vintage Seiko, with some vintage Doxa, Rolex, Blancpain, Enicar, Benrus, Zenith, etc thrown in. Plus some modern stuff that strikes my tool / diver fancy.
Denver, CO, USA
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17.15 cm
for me this is the symbol of divers not submariner
I've always appreciated this design and the Blancpain brand. It'd be a real treat to own one of these! ❤
what a watch! amazing!
A proper tool.
Do you know any good source for Blancpain history? It's all obscured by marketing...
IIRC, with dials they started with a deltoid at 12, then went with the Rolex triangle, and finally settled on 12-3-6-9.
A proper tool.
Do you know any good source for Blancpain history? It's all obscured by marketing...
IIRC, with dials they started with a deltoid at 12, then went with the Rolex triangle, and finally settled on 12-3-6-9.
http://people.timezone.com/jmerino/history50.pdf
This isn't so bad.
Yours looks way better, great piece
http://people.timezone.com/jmerino/history50.pdf
This isn't so bad.
Thanks a lot!