A " curious " vintage Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bronze Milpec soon to be auctioned...
Credit pictures: Phillips. What's the most obvious problem, here? The dial! A Milspec should have a Milspec dial, to only a Milspec case back. Even a beginner can understand that. The second problem: The awful ( and incorrect ) hands. The big question is ...
Right on time
Browsing through the catalog I was wondering what would you think about that model, if anything a milspec haha!
I wonder if they care, or if this is added publicity by the Swatch Group.
The marketing of 'pain is strong as of recent.
LOL , though to be fair few cared about Blancpain only six months ago.
Their marketing truly is on overdrive. Well played Swatch Group, well played indeed.
Yes, I think this is it
Maybe there was a water dammage and a caliber and dial exchange in the 70th
After market replacement?
I think they are different watches. The other one was a normal steal Version.
At first, before seeing the comments, I saw the photos and headline.
And first thing that jumped into my mind was "another "work" at Phillips".. What a shame companies are cooperating with this game, It's shame you can't really trust all these sources.
You even can't buy the seller anymore
I prefer private seller with reasonable history and prices
Absolutely.
We're back to the good days when buying from a private collector was the best deal in terms of fun, price and quality. .. Now, if only Nico will give up on one of his vintage 50f we're settled...
I am up for the challenge! Brian
Ps. I have something interesting coming in next week.
Curious Milspec Bronze...
I did some research on this FF bronze. Nicolas cited it in his study on bronze cases "Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bronze Milspecs. 14 years of investigation on case numbers" It appears in Mr. Konrad Knirim's excellent book on military watches . The attached p...