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This one has an anonymous Kampfschwimmer dial with fake Radiomir Panerai engravings, probably done by Rinaldi who got his hands on dozens of anonymous Kampfschwimmer dials found at the old Arturo Junghans watch factory in Venice in the early 1990s. Cheers Jose

There is zero info about diving in the Rolex patents because they didn't want to tip off anyone about what they were working on. It's game over my friend but of course, you and all the Blancpain fans are free to believe whatever you want.

Grasping for straws much?

There is a common misconception that the Rolex Turn-o-Graph preceded the Submariner and was presented in 1953. In reality, the Submainer was produced before the Turn-o-Graph (2.53 vs. ). The first batches of both models have case numbers in the 949,xxx range but the Turn-o-Graph's are slightly later

Speaking of historical footprints, in an interview with Europa Star in 1964, Rolex director and passionate diver René-Paul Jeanneret stated the following: “La première montre Rolex “Submariner” fut créée en 1951. Je fus d’ailleurs le premier à l’expérimenter en plongée en descendant jusqu’a 50 mètre

"This letter proves that Lieutenant Riffaud received his watch around February 1954." No, it doesn't! The letter states the watches were in use since one year which probably includes the testing phase. While I think it's possible that Maloubier and Riffaud designed the watch in late 1953 after seein

Even early 1970s No Rad FFs had bezels that could be turned both ways. Cheers Jose

"He conveniently leaves out that Blancpain in fact held the patent for exactly that bezel." Hey my German friend, can you point me to the patent for the unidirectional bezel pls? Cheers Jose

Even Panerai has finally come to their senses and has corrected most of "their" history. Of course without giving me credit as was to be expected. Panerai fans really need to go the history section on the Panerai website and update themselves... Btw, the only known Prototype which was sold at Christ

This type of dials were made for the 6152/1 in the late 1950s. This is what the dial would look like in its natural habitat. Cheers Jose