amanico
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The Fifty Fathoms is an excellent watch.
Some answers.
If you bang your watch on a wall, it is evident that you may damage it.
It is not adviced to practice sports with your watch, with any mechanical watch, by the way. Think about it, when you play tennis, or golf, the rotor and the delicate parts of the movement will be in danger at the moment you hit the ball...
But you can swim and dive with it without any fear, of course.
The Cal 1315 is a very good movement, but a Rolex would be more accurate.
As for the resale value, it should not be your most important criteria. It is less easy to resale than a Rolex Submariner, for example.
Buy it because you love it, not because it will keep its value.
Best,
Nicolas
This message has been edited by amanico on 2012-11-02 15:14:20
Help me get my first Blancpain
I've been around this game for almost 15 years. The first love was, and in many ways still is, Rolex, both modern and vintage but I've also own/owned AP, PP, JLC, and even a Panerai or two. I'm a big fan of dive watches so of course I've always appreciate...
The Fifty Fathoms is an excellent watch.
Some answers. If you bang your watch on a wall, it is evident that you may damage it. It is not adviced to practice sports with your watch, with any mechanical watch, by the way. Think about it, when you play tennis, or golf, the rotor and the delicate pa...
Sorry to say my friend ...
but this statement "The Cal 1315 is ..., but a Rolew woukld be more accurate." is questionable from my point of view. Mine is the most the accurate watch I ever had (since 2007) and I know it is not the only one :-) Oliver
Well, I heard about several owners FF which had their watches accurate to 5 to 10 secs
Per day, while most of the Rolex owners will tell you that their watch are accurate within 3 secs per day. I even saw some Rolex which ran 5 secs fast ... Per month. I had one like this. Though, the Rolex movements are generally less... Spohisitcated than...
I need to jump on this...
... with some of my own experience. When it comes to the accuracy of the Blancpain calibre 1315, there is indeed some variance to be observed. I own 6 models, and I experienced rates of +1 and also + 8 per day. I asked the Blancpain Boutique in Munich to ...
Some answers ...
- Quality: Superb! Very reliable since 5 years and it is my "beater" watch - regular FF, but same movement. Finishing is quite good for a sports watch, but not Haute Horlogerie :-) - Service: My experiences are outstanding, because even when there was som...
My FF experience
I've had three FFs - all the regular Sport model and still have two No problems and they have all been accurate, between +1.5 and +3.5 /day with no special resting position overnight The long power reserve (120 hrs +) is great for obvious reasons, althoug...
Thanks for the input everyone!
I really appreciate and thank everyone who took the time to respond. I still haven't pulled the trigger, but the list is getting a lot shorter. Thanks again, Patrick
Hey Patrick
That TtAL looks so good on your wrist, I keep coming back to take another look : ) Just a suggestion... If you prefer a brushed finish there is a new FF available (shown at Basel last year and now on the Blancpain website), ref 5015D-1140-52B Same hands a...
blue flinqué dial...
do you think this is in line with the sports watch theme? Regards, Magnus
Good question
I have not seen the dial in real life... well, actually I have (sort of), on the Complete Calendar chrono I like it, although I expect others would prefer a plain dial like that used on the WG LE I think it's good that Blancpain are giving us a choice, wh...