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Just one pic, for once, but an interesting one, about the strong relation between the Past and the Present.



Lip Blancpain versus Fifty Fathoms 50th Anniversary.

The size is not exactly the same ( 1mm more for the Lip Blancpain ), nor the overall finish ( Ceramic bezel for the 50th Anniversary + a kind of preciously finished dial ), but the spirit is obviously here:

Baton and numeral indexes, 3/6/9/12 dial, very close bezel, same legibility, like an " air de famille " indeed!

Enjoy.

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Nicolas This message has been edited by amanico on 2009-04-08 02:41:50

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The funny thing would be to comare the 2007 FF with its ancester.

Anyone here to play this game?

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Nicolas

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The Cold and luxurious perfection of the Re Edition.

The Warm and beautiful charm of the Vintage.

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Nicolas

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Interesting because the air of family is evident.

Past and present in the same pic, a nice conection indeed.

But IMO I think that is really difficult to beat the Past. 

Some examples about this past-present conection we have today. Nice re-editions are released in this years, but I think that is really difficult to beat the past, the feeling that a nice vintage watch can give us.

Panerai, Blancpain, Rolex, JLC, Longines, for example.... made great reeditions or re-interpretations of great watches.... but, The Past is difficult to beat.... The plexy-patina-tritium conection is hard to beat

Best my friend.

emilio

 

You obviously caught the Vintage Virus!



I have some medicine for you...



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Nicolas

Great to see the familial connection between these two watches on display.  I do love the warmth, and saucer shape of the vintage, but given the choice, I'd go for the elegant and glossy anniversary edition.  The FF 50th anniversary looks like a watch James Bond would wear for a night of poker.  Both are great watches, and your photo treats them as equals.  In this case, the designs of the past have certainly informed the aesthetics of the present.

Cheers,
Daos

To fully appreciate the differences between these 2 re interpretations of the FF..

I recently add a cult FF watch in my collection, and was tempted to sell the 2003 to fund it.

I renunciated...

I love it so much, for what it is...A beautiful watch, nicely conceived and made.

Best, Sister, always a pleasure to read you.

Nicolas

Love the shot.  Nice to see different generations of Fifty Fathoms together!  But there is one correction to be made.  The Anniversary Fifty Fathoms and todays Fifty Fathoms do not have ceramic bezels.  Instead the bezels are fashioned out of sapphire.  This is far better than ceramic, becasue sapphire is much harder (9 on the Mohs scale, where only diamond is harder at 10).  And it is because the sapphire is transparent that one gets a visual depth to the bezel that could never be achieved with ceramic.  Enjoy your two terrific watches!  Jeff

I stand corrected, and I have to say that each time I make the same mistake!

Thanks for the correction!

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Nicolas