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A few thoughts and questions on the Fifty Fathoms
Dear All,
I like this one (5015 3630 52A) !
I have a few questions. In the past, I remember Blancpain had a lot of reliability issues. Are they fixed ? I know everyone here is a big fan but let's be honest 
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I see that the watch features a silicon hairspring + a soft iron cage. It seems to be a kind of overkill. Notice that I like this kind of "super-protection" very much ! But wondering what you think ...
Best.
A few thoughts and questions on the Fifty Fathoms
Dear All, I like this one (5015 3630 52A) ! I have a few questions. In the past, I remember Blancpain had a lot of reliability issues. Are they fixed ? I know everyone here is a big fan but let's be honest . I see that the watch features a silicon hairspr...
Happy to share my experience:
I had this model in steel, and the main issue for me was that it did not sit comfortably on my wrist - it felt top heavy and not comfortable. I used it on the steel bracelet and on the sailcloth strap with tang buckle - neither worked for me well. I did n...
Issues
I have had two both steel versions. The crown came off on the first one and on the second one the bezel spring broke. I moved on to a sea dweller and has never looked back.
Since 2007 I have owned various cal 1315 powered FFs...
... and had no issues with any of them. Some were running slightly in the minus with max 2secs/day, others ran spot on with the best being at 1sec/week in the plus, the worst was running 6 secs/day in the plus. The FF 5015 is top heavy, especially in gold...
Don Dillon
Bad experience with the Fifty Fathoms. The sapphire Chrystal came off in my swimming pool. Also, stopped working. After much consternation they gave me a new watch. Unbelievable but had same two issues with the second. Sold it Mx hasn’t looked back.
Never had a problem...
I had one for almost a decade and it was my beater watch for the summer... Very reliable Cheers
Mine has been fine
I have this watch in titanium and the same movement in my Bathyscaphe - both have been perfect. I can see how the SS and Gold would be top heavy, but the titanium is perfect as it’s super light.