Blancpain

Not sure if this has been posted on here in the past, but given the upcoming exhibition I thought it might be nice to show it.

In 1958 the US military put several commercial watches through their paces, The Fifty Fathoms, Rolex Submariner, Enicar Sherpa and Seapearl. This was appears to be while they were testing the Bulova prototype.

I think this page says it all for me.

The watches were supplied by a Mr Allen V. Tornek.

The document is available for download here:

archive.rubicon-foundation.org

I hve two of the earlier Bulova documents, but if anyone has any of the other documents mentioned I'd love to see them.

Which should be considered as a fundamental document for any FF lover.

While the first Militaries to use the FF were French, the first Milspec were used by US Navy.

The French Military Divers FF:

And, as for a coincidence...

Wel, as a bloddy teaser I am, I will keep you under pressure.

Best,

Nicolas

ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr .....

you're evil nicolas !!!



Filip

Stay tuned, the Torture will go on, and on, and on...

Best,

666.

The badge of the US Navy Experimental Diving Unit

Operation Hardtack I et II

Léa, 1500 feet deep. 1,4 Kilotonne

'Oak. 8,9 Megatonne. 12 feet deep.

 Umbrella. 8 Kilotonne, 150 feet deep

VIDEO

 

Never saw those one, before you posted them.

Really frightening.

Best,

Nicolas

Thanks for posting the video Pimousse.

I thought most of you would have seen this before.

I imagine many companies would love an endorsement like this today from the US Navy.

While I do have a copy of that somewhere on my hard-drive...always good to see. The Rubicon website is fascinating....