The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Goes Full Gold

The Bathyscaphe, Blancpain‘s further compact and streamlined mannequin of the Fifty Fathoms, was first launched in 1956. As compared with its full-fledged counterpart, with greater circumstances, further water-resistance and a further instrument-like design, the Bathyscaphe crosses borders and Blancpain makes use of to hold issues or higher-end provides inside a diver’s context. Following the present introduction of full ceramic fashions, it’s now time for the Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet and Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback to shine good in full pink gold, with gradient blue dials and invaluable bracelets.

The Fifty Fathoms assortment‘s daily-wear counterpart, the Bathyscaphe, adopted three years after the preliminary FF, in 1956, offering a further refined format with a lowered diameter for regularly use whereas nonetheless providing the potential to find the seabed. Since then, this assortment has seen dozens of variations, exploring further typical territories with superior actions that may shock at first inside the context of a dive watch. Think about an annual calendar, a day-date, and definitely, an entire calendar (Quantième Complet) with moonphase… And along with conventional fashions in metallic, there’s moreover a good proportion of gold watches accessible from the Bathyscaphe catalogue.

With the present black ceramic fashions, outfitted with brightly coloured dials, Blancpain has made some extent; the Bathyscaphe isn’t a hardcore dive watch. That’s the place of the standard Fifty Fathoms, which shall be ordered with extreme dive-oriented issues, equal to a depth gauge (amongst totally different choices) or a three-hour bezel for closed-circuit rebreather diving – uncover me a further space of curiosity watch… I’ll wait. With the Bathyscaphe, nevertheless, Blancpain doesn’t prohibit itself to pure diving operations and it is meant to be a sports activities actions watch, wearable on land and underwater, with codes of luxurious watchmaking.

Thus, it’s time to unveil the mannequin new full gold, bracelet-included variations of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe. Purple gold, from head to toe, or must I say from case to bracelet. This evolution concerns two present fashions from the standard assortment, the extraordinarily surprising Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet with its full calendar and moon indication, and the technically-advanced Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback.

The first was already accessible in pink gold, matched with a textile strap, as we reported when Blancpain updated this watch. This watch combines true diving credentials – 300m water-resistance, unidirectional bezel – with a conventional horology movement that you just’d rely on to see in a fancy dress watch. The dial, with central date-by-hand, two house home windows for the day and the month, and a moonphase at 6 o’clock, is true right here executed in blue with a fragile gradient, paired with gold utilized markers and palms. Measuring 43mm x 13.40mm, it comes with an 18k pink gold bezel with ceramic insert using the Ceragold know-how for the 60-minute scale.

What models it aside from the already present references is the addition of a robust. 18k pink gold bracelet, closed by a triple folding clasp. The movement inside is the in-house, automated calibre 6654P, with 72h power reserve and a clever safety system for the calendar mechanism. Is conscious of as reference 5054-3640-76S, this new full gold model of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet retails for EUR 59,500.

The second addition to the Bathyscaphe assortment is a further mainstream combination of dive watch with a chronograph. This Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback is an evolution of an present reference to which a full gold bracelet has been added. The rest stays in keeping with totally different variations, with a 43mm x 14.90mm case, waterproof to 300m and outfitted with a unidirectional bezel. The gradient blue dial matches the ceramic insert. Contained within the case is a formidable automated flyback chronograph movement, the F385. This calibre runs at 36,000 vibrations/hour and encompasses a column-wheel and vertical clutch construction.

Know as a result of the reference 5200-3640-76S, this new full gold model of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback moreover retails for EUR 59,500.

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