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1953 / 2013... Time to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the 50 Fathoms?
Around ten more days to wait, and to remove the curtain from THE question.
2013 will be the 50th anniversary of the 50 Fathoms.
I am quite certain that Blancpain will not miss the occasion to celebrate this moment, for what we can undisputably call a Cult Watch.
What can it be?
A reasonably sized watch?
A no date version, to get close to the original model?
A classic look?
Or all the contrary, a modern and exhuberant version of the mother of all the modern diving watches?
Take your ticket, and shout loud: What are you expecting / dreaming for?
Best,
Nicolas. This message has been edited by amanico on 2013-04-14 04:02:25
1953 / 2013... Time to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the 50 Fathoms?
Around ten more days to wait, and to remove the curtain from THE question. 2013 will be the 50th anniversary of the 50 Fathoms. I am quite certain that Blancpain will not miss the occasion to celebrate this moment, for what we can undisputably call a Cult...
There are some things I like and some I don't
in the modern Fifty Fathoms. I like: - the movement - readability - ceramic bezel - strap changing system I don't like: - the size - the watch is far too big and thick - the date on a diving watch. A 40 mm Fifty Fathoms would be fantastic, preferably with...
To me...
....i had to go back to the Series 2 50th Anniversary to find a case size and style that I liked.... so tend to agree.... looking for a 40mm...would be nice...no date.
i love the concept of owning a modern vrs vintage....
.....with vintage it was easy...so much to choose from. But to select the modern, i needed to go back 10 years. Would be great to see a brand new 40mm for sure
True, but finding a vintage is another story...
Even though the 50th Anniversary is a damn hard bird to catch! Therefore you need a 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 to do the pair! ... Me too. ;) Best, Nicolas
Heart and logic disagree
Heart says, bring a 40-42mm version, with no date, brushed ssteel, sapphire bezel. Logic says, going backwards in size would be a declaration of a mistake in the 45mm, while it would make the current models unsellable. Hence logic says, a 45mm version wit...
Not sure it will a declaration of war for the bigger FFs.
At least, Blancpain can take the opportunity to celebrate an important anniversary to releease a FF in a smaller case. But I am not Blancpain, and I don't know if they have omething hidded under their sleeve. ;) Best, my friend. Nicolas
I wouldn't mind seeing a Rose Gold X Fathoms LE
But also hoping for larger FF's to suit my wrist.
i would love to see a faithful re edition of the original.
it worked brilliantly for Longines and the LLD, its worked for Omega on several models so why should it not work for Blancpain and the fifty fathoms? G.
Ooooh, a true re-edition of a Milspec 1 or rotomatic would be a dream....
Something WITHOUT the current shape of case they are tending to favour. I've no problem if they made it large (well, unto 42mm), so long as the case design was leaning towards a functional diver case, in the style of the vintage FF and not a glossy heavil...
Great photos
I can't wait to see this year's releases from Blancpain - especially if there's a 60th anniversary FF!
One thing is sure, it is the FF 60th anniversary. As for a new FF, well...
Two more days to wait before the " Delivrance ". ;) Best, and thanks for the kind words, my friend. Nicolas.
Baselworld 2013
For those who will travel to Baselworld: Blancpain presents for the 50 years of the FF a selection of fine and rare watches of their production. We can admire in particular : FF 3/6/9/12 rotomatic , FF LIP 3,6,9,12 automatic, Milspec "Double Swiss", TR 90...
Is there an Anniversary model? Or only the new Bathyscaphe?
Thank you for any update that you have! All the best, Alexandros
New Bathyscape
There appears to be a new Bathyscape (smaller size, no crown guards, no saphire bezel (2) and see-trough case-back. A foto can be found on ruegger blog spot (I don't know, whether direct links are allowed). If you do a google search with these words, you ...
Upps.
Whatever this means - I hope that I did not breach any forum rules or an (unknown to me) embargo of some sort. If yes - sorry.... Best Marco
Don't worry. If the brands are not able to control their secrets, then we can't do this
For them... We'll speak asoon, about the FF, I think. Best, Nicolas ...
Seems there are no news...
...does that mean that there will be no anniversary? It seems likely so... Well, the Bathy does look like a downgraded version of current FFs. No sapphire bezel , instead a Liquidmetal bezel which comes from Omega, no curved sapphire crystal, etc. The onl...
Are you sure, Nicolas?
Wow, that would be an unexpected outocme of this year's anniversary. Happy I got your precious 50th Anniversary lady in my collection, my friend! She salutes you btw Take good care, Alexandros ...