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I'm also tempted by a 50 Fathoms, trying to find some time to get to the boutique to try the 5015 in titanium
FWIW, I really like the system BP uses for the strap bars. There are so much more robust than typical spring bars and zero risk of scratching the case with a spring bar tool. It might take a little longer but it's a special experience if you have the BP case block and tools. That said, I'm with you on the lack of extension on the bracelet and relatively short length of the sail cloth. Maybe try the rubber options? The 500 Fathoms rubber strap is beefy and very long to fit over a wet suit. If I pick up a 50 fathoms I'd buy an extra 500 fathoms strap and it might be sacrilege but I'd trim it the 1mm to fit on the 50.
Blancpain 50 Fathoms Ocean Commitment.
I didn't take many pictures of modern Fifty Fathoms during all these years. I fell in love with the new Fifty Fathoms, issued in 2007, of course with the 50th Anniversary, too ( 2003 ) , and since then, I am still waiting for the one which will steal my h...
agree
love this look.. but would welcome a 40mm no date version in blue or black dial cased in titanium.... that would be most compelling to my tastes!
You’ve got the MIL-SPEC Hodinkee LE which ticks your boxes :-)
With the exception of the metal of course…
Great post and juicy pictures
I very much liked the FF from when I first started collecting a decade ago. It was so far away, so unobtainable, so mythical… The bezel is so glassy, and the case is so curvy. It is one sexy classic watch. Now, I can finally grasp it, but before purchasin...
I'm also tempted by a 50 Fathoms, trying to find some time to get to the boutique to try the 5015 in titanium
FWIW, I really like the system BP uses for the strap bars. There are so much more robust than typical spring bars and zero risk of scratching the case with a spring bar tool. It might take a little longer but it's a special experience if you have the BP c...
Interestingly
I am in the midst of purchasing a FF now. I’m torn between a FF standard steel piece, or a Bathyscaphe 44mm steel piece. They said the Bathy’s case is more similar to the original FF. For the same mechanism, the steel bathy is $5000 less than a steel FF. ...
Tough one! I agree with Nico, FF dial (and bezel but no date) in a bathy case would be amazing.
No bad choice either way though, I think the 1315 movement is the real star here so the options to get the same movement in the slimmer and less costly bathy is hard to argue. I want to try on a ceramic bathy before I decide but atm I'm leaning towards th...
I wanted the titanium FF
But it costs a whopping 8k more than the SS Bathy. Same movement, only a diff case with a more complex blue dial.
Yes it is 8k
I really wanted the titanium FF today, but could not afford it. It is 8k more indeed, on brand new market. The diff between a steel FF and bathy is about 4-5k. Strange pricing isn’t it?
Starting to gravitate toward this...
I am looking for a 40mm version of a Fifty Fathoms. Can't really find a 50th Anniversary out there. Don't really like the No Rads. Almost went for the Hodinkee Mil-Spec but fine the crystal distortion, the hour hand, and the ultra brite contrast of the lu...
