Yep, my friend. That is hard to accept.

Oct 07, 2023,07:25 AM
 

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A " curious " vintage Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bronze Milpec soon to be auctioned...

 
By: amanico : October 6th, 2023-22:29
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

 
By: Arronax : October 7th, 2023-01:37
Browsing through the catalog I was wondering what would you think about that model, if anything a milspec haha!

Yes, I think this is it

 
By: fifty fathoms : October 7th, 2023-06:37
Maybe there was a water dammage and a caliber and dial exchange in the 70th

After market replacement?

 
By: fifty fathoms : October 7th, 2023-06:57
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.

 
By: MilDiver : October 7th, 2023-07:01
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.

Absolutely.

 
By: MilDiver : October 7th, 2023-11:53
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...

Curious Milspec Bronze...

 
By: XX-FF : October 14th, 2023-14:14
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...