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Chopard: Really like what FB is doing but not sure what you mean by above GF, FPJ, and DB.

MSRP to MSRP I think the FB watches are about right. I looked hard at a few FBs and handled them side by side with GF, DB, generally the GF finishing is more luxurious but more $ and the DB finishing less so but also lesser in cost. Seems about right. That said, I do like the way FB is numbering wat
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Blancpain: Enjoying all the new conversations created by the Scuba Swatch and Perezscope while closing summer with a FF

What if Perezscope is actually working for swatch and his article and social media posts are actually intended to connect rolex digital traffic to Blancpain? If Blancpain does then release concrete evidence that no one has asked for until now to reaffirm a first no one was challenging before Perezsc
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Blancpain: I did read them! Hence my previous post that the patent dates weren't really any kind of smoking gun evidence as Rolex patent seemed like random r&d vs Blancpain's more specifc patent

What i didn't realize was the history and timing potentially connected to the turn-o-graph which helps connect the dots. Thank you!
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Blancpain: Yes, I saw this too and agree, it's reasonable to assume Fifty Fathoms watches had to exist at least in development and testing in 1953 to be able to supply to Riffaud in early 1954.

This in particular is what made Perezscope's article feel biased since it seems to at times mix public launch vs creation/existence. This was , clearly both watches existed in some form in 1953, there's a gray area around public launch which is separate from deliveries and reality still being separa
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Blancpain: Exactly! If one were to go only off of Rolex marketing materials from the period, it would be reasonable to infer they did actually make the summit.

"Congratulations to the British Everest Expedition - Rolex - 7 Times on Everest. Finally to the Top!" - June 2nd 1953 Without the benefit of all the other details around the expedition and smith's own statements a reasearcher finding the headline above in the London Times could easily read this as a
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