Blancpain

Around ten more days to wait, and to remove the curtain from THE question. 2013 will be the 50th anniversary of the 50 Fathoms. I am quite certain that Blancpain will not miss the occasion to celebrate this moment, for what we can undisputably call a Cult...  

in the modern Fifty Fathoms. I like: - the movement - readability - ceramic bezel - strap changing system I don't like: - the size - the watch is far too big and thick - the date on a diving watch. A 40 mm Fifty Fathoms would be fantastic, preferably with... 

....i had to go back to the Series 2 50th Anniversary to find a case size and style that I liked.... so tend to agree.... looking for a 40mm...would be nice...no date.

.....with vintage it was easy...so much to choose from. But to select the modern, i needed to go back 10 years. Would be great to see a brand new 40mm for sure

Even though the 50th Anniversary is a damn hard bird to catch! Therefore you need a 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 to do the pair! ... Me too. ;) Best, Nicolas

Heart says, bring a 40-42mm version, with no date, brushed ssteel, sapphire bezel. Logic says, going backwards in size would be a declaration of a mistake in the 45mm, while it would make the current models unsellable. Hence logic says, a 45mm version wit... 

At least, Blancpain can take the opportunity to celebrate an important anniversary to releease a FF in a smaller case. But I am not Blancpain, and I don't know if they have omething hidded under their sleeve. ;) Best, my friend. Nicolas

But also hoping for larger FF's to suit my wrist.

it worked brilliantly for Longines and the LLD, its worked for Omega on several models so why should it not work for Blancpain and the fifty fathoms? G.

Something WITHOUT the current shape of case they are tending to favour. I've no problem if they made it large (well, unto 42mm), so long as the case design was leaning towards a functional diver case, in the style of the vintage FF and not a glossy heavil... 

I can't wait to see this year's releases from Blancpain - especially if there's a 60th anniversary FF!

Two more days to wait before the " Delivrance ". ;) Best, and thanks for the kind words, my friend. Nicolas.

For those who will travel to Baselworld: Blancpain presents for the 50 years of the FF a selection of fine and rare watches of their production. We can admire in particular : FF 3/6/9/12 rotomatic , FF LIP 3,6,9,12 automatic, Milspec "Double Swiss", TR 90...  

Thank you for any update that you have! All the best, Alexandros

There appears to be a new Bathyscape (smaller size, no crown guards, no saphire bezel (2) and see-trough case-back. A foto can be found on ruegger blog spot (I don't know, whether direct links are allowed). If you do a google search with these words, you ... 

Whatever this means - I hope that I did not breach any forum rules or an (unknown to me) embargo of some sort. If yes - sorry.... Best Marco

For them... We'll speak asoon, about the FF, I think. Best, Nicolas ...  

...does that mean that there will be no anniversary? It seems likely so... Well, the Bathy does look like a downgraded version of current FFs. No sapphire bezel , instead a Liquidmetal bezel which comes from Omega, no curved sapphire crystal, etc. The onl... 

Wow, that would be an unexpected outocme of this year's anniversary. Happy I got your precious 50th Anniversary lady in my collection, my friend! She salutes you btw Take good care, Alexandros ...