Blancpain Diver Watch. The quintessential dive watch. The universe of blancpain.
It was later refined following a request from captain robert maloubier for a watch for his unit of french navy combat swimmers aka frogmen. Blancpain a pioneer in the history of feminine watchmaking. The typical diver s watch will have a water resistance of around 200 to 300 m 660 to 980 ft though modern technology allows the creation of diving watches that can go.
A straightforward dive watch with a date window at 4 30 this is a no fuss diver that s going to look perfect with a suit or jeans n tee.
When you consider the quintessential dive watch a number of different models probably come to mind you may think of the rolex submariner the omega seamaster or the breitling superocean still the original dive watch optimized for professional divers was the blancpain fifty fathoms. The 1315 in house movement is one of blancpain s staples. Nothing wrong with that of course but blancpain has seen fit to shake up the genre s aesthetic status. Lettres du brassus library.