Original Blancpain Fifty Fathoms. Watch fans the world over swooned. Yes you read that correctly.
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. The hydrodurance is interesting because the dial bezel are undoubtedly an homage to the fifty fathoms but hemel chose a very short lug base 46mm. By 1953 blancpain had managed to develop such a watch and thus the fifty fathoms was introduced to the world.
Watch fans the world over swooned.
By 1953 blancpain had managed to develop such a watch and thus the fifty fathoms was introduced to the world. Of the blancpain fifty fathoms watch select ing it for use in the historic dives chronicled in the film silent world both an oscar winner and winner of the palme d orat the cannes film festival in 1956. The hydrodurance is interesting because the dial bezel are undoubtedly an homage to the fifty fathoms but hemel chose a very short lug base 46mm. The first fifty fathoms soon the first of the fifty fathoms taking a name from the unit of measurement equalling 1 822 meters so 91 44 meters total made their way into production then into the hands of maloubier and riffaud for extensive testing under the demanding.