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Starting to gravitate toward this...
Mar 07, 2022,00:02 AM
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 lume a bit off putting. Coming back to the Ocean Commitment version as a possibility. (I do like the Barakuda. Like the 50th anniversary, not many of them pop up).
Curious how others feel about this version compared to the other 40mm's out there?
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Blancpain 50 Fathoms Ocean Commitment.
By: amanico : September 8th, 2021-08:04
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
By: keks : September 8th, 2021-08:37
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!
Great post and juicy pictures
By: Cookies : September 8th, 2021-13:02
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...
Interestingly
By: Cookies : September 9th, 2021-03:10
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. ...
I wanted the titanium FF
By: Cookies : September 9th, 2021-14:18
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
By: Cookies : September 9th, 2021-15:36
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?
+1 on X-Fathoms
By: Gelato Monster : September 10th, 2021-01:02
IMHO it is better looking than RM etc
Starting to gravitate toward this...
By: rkh8691 : March 7th, 2022-00:02
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...