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Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback, Stainless steel

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback (new condition) pairs a case in stainless steel with a grey dial.

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luxwatch-100196

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Case

Material
Stainless steel
Water resistance
300 m

Movement

Movement type
Automatic

Dial

Dial colour
Grey

Set and condition

Brand
Blancpain
Reference
5200-1110-B52A
Condition
New

The story of this watch · Chapters: 6

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback, Stainless steel

I · This watch

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback (new condition) pairs a case in stainless steel with a grey dial. It uses an automatic movement. Water-resistant to 300 m.

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback, Stainless steel
case
Stainless steel
water resistance
300 m
movement
Automatic

II · The line

Fifty Fathoms

Blancpain launched the Fifty Fathoms in 1953 as a watch created around divers’ needs. Its contrasting display and graduated rotating bezel helped define the design vocabulary of the modern diving watch.

III

The chronograph

A chronograph is a stopwatch built into the watch. On most models one pusher starts and stops it and another sets it back to zero, while the time of day runs on regardless. The counters on the dial add up the elapsed minutes and, on many models, the hours.

IV · The manufacture

Blancpain since 1735

Jehan-Jacques Blancpain was recorded as a watchmaker in Villeret in 1735. The current official history dates Betty Fiechter’s succession to Frédéric-Emile Blancpain to 1932. The Fifty Fathoms of 1953 gave the house a lasting connection with diving. Blancpain joined SSIH in 1961 and became a movement-production centre within the group. Jacques Piguet bought Blancpain in 1982, linking it closely to Frédéric Piguet’s movement manufacture. Jean-Claude Biver joined the leadership in 1983 as the mechanical watch business was rebuilt. In 1992, Blancpain and Frédéric Piguet were sold to SMH, later renamed Swatch Group. Frédéric Piguet was incorporated into Blancpain’s Le Sentier manufacture in 2010. Le Brassus also houses its complicated-watch and artistic-craft workshops.

  1. 1735Jehan-Jacques Blancpain was recorded as a watchmaker in Villeret in 1735.
  2. 1932The current official history dates Betty Fiechter’s succession to Frédéric-Emile Blancpain to 1932.
  3. 1953The Fifty Fathoms of 1953 gave the house a lasting connection with diving.
  4. 1961Blancpain joined SSIH in 1961 and became a movement-production centre within the group.
  5. 1982Jacques Piguet bought Blancpain in 1982, linking it closely to Frédéric Piguet’s movement manufacture.
  6. 1983Jean-Claude Biver joined the leadership in 1983 as the mechanical watch business was rebuilt.
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V · Ownership

Wearing and caring

  1. 1

    An automatic watch winds itself while worn. Left off the wrist for a couple of days it stops: wind it with the crown, then set the time and the date.

  2. 2

    Water resistance of 100 m and more is for swimming. Keep the crown screwed or pushed in, and do not use the pushers under water.

  3. 3

    Have the movement serviced every few years by the brand's own service or an authorised watchmaker.

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