Blancpain Bathyscaphe Vintage. The fifty fathoms bathyscaphe took its first dive to depths of the sea in the late 1950s with swiss manufacturer blancpain the genius behind the watch. In the 1970s blancpain introduced a version of the bathyscaphe that not only was complicated from the perspective of its day of the week date calendar but also leaned heavily toward the world of daily wear and 70s fashion with a cushion shaped case and an internal rotating ring on the dial replacing the standard exterior rotating bezel.
Bathyscaphe day date 70s. More details tagged with 1953 2013 baselworld bathyscaphe blancpain collection diving fifty fifty fathoms history macro product timepiece. Unidirectional satin brushed black ceramic bezel with ceramic insert and liquidmetal hour markers.
The fifty fathoms bathyscaphe took its first dive to depths of the sea in the late 1950s with swiss manufacturer blancpain the genius behind the watch.
04 2018 happenings an exhibition of vintage fifty fathoms at blancpain s nyc boutique. The bathyscaphe tang buckle fits the design language of the case very well but it also has some rather sharp edges which can shorten the lifespan of a strap. The deployant is a more comfortable solution and even if it is not especially designed for the bathyscaphe it is still working very well aesthetically. Unidirectional satin brushed black ceramic bezel with ceramic insert and liquidmetal hour markers.