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New Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Watch

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Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Watch

In a reinterpretation of their famous diving line, we see the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe in gray plasma ceramic for Baselworld 2016. Blancpain has created various iterations of this iconic watch in the past, and this vintage-inspired piece is another hit you’ll likely admire.

The ceramic dial is a gorgeous, deep blue that references the very depths of the ocean. The hour markers are LiquidmetalÂ, and the thick, illuminated hands ensure legibility in the deepest of dives, especially with the lume on the unidirectional rotating bezel. You will find a date window between 4 and 5 o’clock and the sapphire crystal case back allows a view of the movement. Blancpain first used a grey plasma ceramic case with the Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback Ocean Commitment in 2014, and here it is again in stunning form. The production of this case adds a metallic sheen to the color palette and produces an elegant yet utilitarian experience.

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Reviewing Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe

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Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe

At Baselworld 2013, two iconic sport watches — the Rolex Daytona and TAG Heuer Carrera — celebrated their 50th birthdays with new models, while another historic watch brand, one with “50” in its name, celebrated its 60th. Blancpain’s influential Fifty Fathoms divers’ watch, now an entire collection, went back to the basics of its 1953 creation with the release of the vintage-inspired Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe.

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Blancpain L- Evolution Chronograph Rattrapante Date

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Blancpain L- Evolution Chronograph Rattrapante Date

When most of us think of Blancpain, the first image that comes to mind is most likely one of the brand’s iconic Fifty Fathoms divers’ watches, or something elegant and ultra-complicated from its Villeret collection. But there is a third, sportier line in Blancpain’s portfolio that receives substantially less attention and, arguably, less adoration from watch aficionados: the L-Evolution, a series innately tied in with Blancpain’s sponsorship of the Super Trofeo racing series, and with Lamborghini, the luxury Italian sports car marque whose racing machines populate its field.

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Blancpain Villeret Réveil GMT Mechanical Alarm Watch

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Blancpain Villeret Réveil GMT Mechanical Alarm Watch

Mechanical alarm hand that have been most workaholic, is very practical。

The Blancpain Villeret Réveil GMT, part of the brand’s classically styled Villeret collection, features a mechanical alarm as well as a second-time-zone indication. A subdial at 3 o’clock, with 12 hour markers and two hands, displays the time programmed for the alarm, which is set via a push-piece at 8 o’clock, which engages a column wheel. An “On/Off” indicator at 1 o’clock shows the wearer at a glance whether or not the alarm is activated. The alarm’s chime is produced by a hammer striking a gong. The watch’s GMT function uses a center-mounted, blued serpentine hand (a Blancpain hallmark) to indicate the time in a second time zone on a 24-hour scale.

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New Ganesh & Coelacanth Engraved Dial Watches : Blancpain

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New Ganesh & Coelacanth Engraved Dial Watches : Blancpain

Blancpain is no stranger to the watch dial with hand-carved. The company has been producing some of the most amazing hand-engraved watch (and sport), is currently available. Blancpain regularly with both internal and commissioned to produce a series of fine limited edition watches come in so many varieties highly skilled artists. The new Blancpain Villeret Shakudo acquisition also means that special process, showing several versions, each of which is a unique. In this article, we tell you hands-on Blancpain Villeret series Shakudo Ganesh image of God, and Blancpain Villeret series Shakudo coelacanth. These, of course, to commemorate the Hindu god, and the historic endangered species, seek help conservation and research in some of their efforts to sponsor Blancpain .

Shakudo itself is not a technique, but more a material. It is a metal alloy that is mostly copper with about 4-10% gold. What is special about the alloy is that it can be treated to achieve a black patina which in many ways looks like lacquer. Why is this important? It is about being able to engrave something with a rich level of detail as well as a lot of visual contrast. Black against the copper color offers that level of contrast but without the special black patina properties of shakudo that black could only be achieved by adding black color. The addition of such pigment (using lacquer for example) reduces the ability for an artist to show off fine detail.

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