Original Blancpain 50 Fathoms. The original bathyscaphe followed fairly quickly on the heels of the original fifty fathoms when in 1956 then blancpain ceo jean jacques fiechter identified a need for smaller and more wearable dive watch. In 1997 blancpain reintroduced the 50 fathoms and now it is available in a variety of shapes and sizes including this one of a kind for only watch and the new vintage inspired no radiation model.
The original fifty fathoms had after all been developed with input from elite combat divers. The fifty fathoms proved to be reliable and robust and several other naval forces equipped their divers with the blancpain model including the israeli spanish german and american special forces. Watch fans the world over swooned.
Contrarily to other manufacturers that try to pass it off as a coincidence precista clearly states that the prs 50 is a blancpain fifty fathoms homage.
Since 2007 the fifty fathoms collection has swelled to include over 70 watches making this one of the largest and most varied dive watch collections. The original bathyscaphe followed fairly quickly on the heels of the original fifty fathoms when in 1956 then blancpain ceo jean jacques fiechter identified a need for smaller and more wearable dive watch. Original brochure of the 1953 blancpain fifty fathoms. They try their best to recreate the vintage quality of the ff by using components from the 60s and 70s.