Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Gmt. Yes you read that correctly. The first modern diver s watch.
The universe of blancpain. Yes you read that correctly. Jehan jacques blancpain founded the company in 1735 and today they celebrate over 280 successful years of watchmaking experience.
The fifty fathoms is blancpain s most well known series and has defined the term diving watch since 1953.
While many people would instinctively give this title to the more well known rolex submariner the fifty fathoms actually debuted a number of innovations a year before the submariner. A few acquisitions of blancpain went by before new management released the fifty fathoms again in 2007 this time using the original designs as inspiration. The blancpain fifty fathoms was the original modern dive watch. Jehan jacques blancpain founded the company in 1735 and today they celebrate over 280 successful years of watchmaking experience.