Blancpain

Hi folks, Been so long since I done a restoration project (or a watch review post). My principles behind any restoration are clear, only minimal cleaning, without any alteration to the original stuff as much as possible; sympathetic restoration they call ...  

Big Congrats on your new acquisition and you will surely enjoy it for a long time ahead :-) Best, Jon

Thanks for everything and help bro! And thanks for being one of the main suspects that poison me to no return!

Best, Jon

Congratulations on such a nice and geeat catch, Jack. Yes, I've seen that configuration dial before, and if I ever succeed in finding its owner, I will ask for some pics and post them. Nothing to worry about, you have all the reasons in the world to be pr... 

And its also thanks to you that I am able to own this watch. You're a great contributor, getting me so addicted to this BP FF because of your write ups, etc. JLC moderator? hmmm... might want to change that. ;-) Thanks again and look forward to hear from ... 

I had one, which was a correct Lip Blancpain, but the bezel insert was in such a poor condition that I decided to sell it. Since, I am looking for one, and it seems that it escapes from me. All those I saw were not in good condition, or not correct. So, y... 

there is a very good reason why I am NOT reading those Polaris and Deep sea alarm for a while. Do you know how madly in love I was with this BP and the pain of not owning it for more than a year?  Thanks for the kind words Nicholas.  :) Best Rgds Jack Sen... 

But the statement " Likely one of the earliest BP seen, with one of the lowest found serial number of 112X" sounds a bit bold to say the least ;-) You may want to have a look at this post, for instance... amp;fi=4&pi=4181476&ti=663126&msid=&am... 

Thanks for your comment.  Not to sound offensive or anything, but my little research has not found anything lower so far. Not a challenge at all, but more towards trying to learn more.  And that's why I mentioned in the post, "one of the lowest" and "poss... 

Hi Jack, I was just trying to point out a handful of really easy to source much lower serial numbered specimens, in case they could be of any use in your "little research". In fact, so easy to find they were posted right here in this very same forum. But ...  

Thanks Daniel I saw that one. As said I always thought that the 3 serial numbers are meant for military issued piece.  Also just my guess, the bezel seems to be a "later specimen" not the earlier small fonts ones. So that is why I always suspected that th... 

Was the first to be issued.... Aaah, Daniel, since we are at it, what about these Spanish FFs? ;) Best, Nicolas

Exactly.  I always have the impression that since these 2 watches (sub & FF) were made based on the specification of the military, it made sense for the round indexes to be the first.  But I'm surprised certain articles said otherwise. Hmmm.  Best Rgds Ja... 

But also it may be a different model, variant altogether. So it will be useful if you can show us a dial side shot?  Thanks in advance.  Best Rgds Jack Sent from my mammoth Android device Pardon me on any typo