agyzace
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Based on real world experience..
..having owned 4 modern FF’s and multiple SD’s for the last 15 years, below are my modern Rolex vs Blancpain observations:
- FF has been designed by a passionate diver (Mr Hayek himself) and it tells when you go diving with them. The bezel is so legible and bright while diving that the Rolex’s seem useless in comparison, from that perspective
- being a watch collector, one tends to rotate almost every few days. The power reserve of the FF allows for carefree selection of any type of rotation, which is great
- possibly due to the all-curves design of the modern FF, and the sapphire bezel, and having owned them for many many years, I see them as the ultimate scratch dodgers. The flat sides (eg polished vertical sides) of the Rolex case, or even the ceramic or aluminum bezels can get scratched more easily in comparison
- as noone has a clue in the real world what a FF is and due to the fact that it does not catch the light (due to lack of flat, reflecting surfaces) it is also a much more ‘humble’ companion, which is welcome from my personal pov
Having said all that, I love the SD’s to death and like to see them as the bad boy brother of the FF. With the submariners, I do not see a particular reason to connect, hence is a very distant second to the FF in my books.
All the best,
Alex
If you didn't own either one
Depends of what is important to you, to me it clearly would be the Fifty Fathoms...
FF hands down
Too vague. You need to specify which references on both sides for example
As a tool to go diving with all that banging around I would choose a no-date Ceramic bezel Sub (forgot reference number)
Assuming similar value & both watches are vintage.....
I was about to say...
In what way is a Blancpain more refined compared to the Rolex?
They serve two purposes.
Ha!
Based on real world experience..
