Jacques Cousteau Blancpain. In addition to offerings from rolex and blancpain cousteau and his divers wore a number of different dive watches throughout the late 1950s and 1960s. Blancpain is known for its fifty fathoms watch produced in collaboration with the french navy s nageurs de combat combat swimmers lead by captain bob maloubier and lieutenant claude riffaud and worn by jacques cousteau.
A series of aqua lung fifty fathoms were produced and sold alongside the cousteau aqua lung dive equipment and a tribute aqua lung is in the current blancpain line up. In addition to offerings from rolex and blancpain cousteau and his divers wore a number of different dive watches throughout the late 1950s and 1960s. There are also blancpain fifty fathoms bearing a tornek rayville signature on.
Jacques cousteau and aqua lung born on june 11 1910 in saint andre de cubzac france jacques cousteau s work changed the way we see the aquatic life and wonders of the underwater world forever.
There are also blancpain fifty fathoms bearing a tornek rayville signature on. Jacques cousteau wore a fifty fathoms in silent world his most famous and award winning film. Blancpain soon introduced the bathyscaphe a smaller version with date intended for female and amateur divers. While cousteau wore a rolex his chief diver and engineer andré laban favored a first series blancpain fifty fathoms which can be seen on his wrist in a number of scenes during the film.