Blancpain

But I finally tracked down a 50th Anniversary in great condition. This piece, right out of the box, is as nice as I always thought it would be... BP did a great job at blending in the date on the dial. I guess I'd prefer it without, but the date window do...  

Is more fun than getting the actual watch. In this case both were equally great!

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I actually thought of you before I bought it and confirmed the number of this piece before I moved forward. I hope yours finds it's way home one day...

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It is definitely fitting! Congrats on yours as well! Tony

Congrats on securing yours, not surprised the love is real

As I was having trouble sizing the bracelet myself. The rep who helped me at the 5th Avenue boutique said he has a client who owns one but had never seen a 50th Anniversary in person until today. These are really hard to come by, I hope your able to track... 

I hope all is well!

Those are hard to find and absolutely the best modern Blancpain divers. Glad to see it on you!

I wish I would have purchased this piece 12 years ago when I had the last chance though. Would have been much cheaper!

Much more so than the sub, it's quite noticeable in the metal. I am quite curious about the new 42mm.

At first glance but this BP is definitely more refined than a sub, especially for the 2003 time period when this piece was produced. I have to stop back at the boutique on Monday, I'm going to try one of the 42mm 50 fathoms then for the first time. 42mm f... 

And it is no different today, what a lovely piece this is. Had a full size FF a couple of years back but it wore too large for my 17 cm circumference wrists, and yours is a much more manageable 40 mm if I'm not mistaken. Also prefer this dial over the ful... 

I had a full size 50 Fathoms at one point as well but didn't keep it because of it's 45mm size. I love the fact that BP released 42mm versions into regular production. It is going to be much more wearable for most people. The 40mm versions of the 50 fatho... 

Congrats on the obtaining the 50th anniversary, in many ways a superior offering to my 70th anniversary. The supplied change tool for the bracelet and the ability to alter the watch completely make it a far better value than my 70th anniversary and the 40...  

While it's a little thicker than the 50th I think it is just as beautiful. I would love to see the 70th on the X-71 bracelet, have not seen photos of that setup yet. To be honest the changing tools that come with the 50th are overrated. I never see myself... 

And very nice watch. I am sure it will get a lot of wrist time.

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I love this watch. What makes it different than the current model?

That the 50th anniversary was really the piece that kicked off all of the modern Fifty Fathoms models that we see today. A total of 150 watches were made back in 2003 in 3 series of 50. Series 1 was sold in the European market, series 2 was sold in the As... 

I went back to the boutique to switch out a strap for another one of my watches and got the chance to try the 42mm version on. It's thicker than the 50th but really nice. I loved the rose gold version. Here is the titanium with blue dial... The Rose gold ...