Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Rotomatic Incabloc 1950s
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The Inside Story
This is a very rare and early Blancpain Fifty-Fathoms.
The Fifty-Fathoms was designed in conjunction with the French Navy’s combat diver division and has been recently celebrated through the collaboration between Swatch and Blancpain with the bioceramic Scuba watches. This is a desirable 41mm example in beautiful original condition…you really need to get the original to go with your Swatch!
The name Fifty Fathoms may sound a strange , but it refers to a British measurement of depth. Fifty Fathoms is about 91 meters/close to 300 feet deep, and at the time this was the deepest divers could dive with the technology of the time available.
These guys are used by many Armed forces (French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, and most famously, American).
The matte-finish steel case is very strong all-round and houses an original glossy dial with white text and bold radium arabic luminous hours.Finding such great condition dials is not easy !
The original white hands contain radium lume that is a very good match with the hour plots (although we believe the seconds hand is relumed). The original bakelite bezel is in good condition.
The watch will come with an electronic report from Blancpain heritage confirming the watch as being all correct. The movement is an automatic calibre 1361N movement, based on A Schild ebauche, that has been fully checked and regulated by our watchmaker.
We really believe that these are highly important watches, being one of the first produced divers – a real icon. We would love to discuss this cool watch some more with you!
Specifications:
- Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
- Matte steel 41mm case
- Serial 48xx dating to late 1950s
- Black glossy dial with legible 12/3/6/9 quarters
- Original oversize bezel
- Original white hands
- Comes on the pictured vintage Tropic strap
- Comes with electronic Blancpain Heriatge report
- Automatic 1361N movement, based on A Schild ebauche
- Fully checked by our watchmaker
- One-year mechanical warranty
- Includes a handmade leather watch pouch
- Free worldwide Fedex Priority shipping
This watch has been certified at Certifiwatch under registration number CF-0104330
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