Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Barracuda. The universe of blancpain. The barracuda model was originally issued to the american german and polish military.
Jehan jacques blancpain founded the company in 1735 and today they celebrate over 280 successful years of watchmaking experience. While the first models were made for military use others were issued to the civilian market. The first modern diver s watch.
Often however especially in auction listings the spelling barracuda seems to be used when referring to the watch.
The first modern diver s watch. Jehan jacques blancpain founded the company in 1735 and today they celebrate over 280 successful years of watchmaking experience. By 1953 blancpain had managed to develop such a watch and thus the fifty fathoms was introduced to the world. While the first models were made for military use others were issued to the civilian market.