Blancpain unveils the Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act 3
September 2023
The third act marking the 70th anniversary year of the Fifty Fathoms is inspired by the MIL-SPEC model adopted by the main armed forces of the time. (…)
Blancpain: “A reinvention, not a replacement”
INTERVIEW
September 2023
The Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act 2 – Tech Gombessa introduces an innovative feature, adapted to longer, deeper dives. It also has wider implications. (…)
A history of watch advertising: 1990-2000
June 2023
A history of watch advertising: 1950-1959
June 2023
Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms: 70 years and still innovating
March 2023
For the model’s 70th anniversary, Blancpain presents a Fifty Fathoms designed to meet the needs of today’s longer and deeper tech dives. It stems from a (…)
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 70th anniversary: Act 2
March 2023
Featuring an innovation co-developed by Marc A. Hayek, President & CEO of Blancpain, and Laurent Ballesta, founder of the Gombessa project, the “Tech (…)
Blancpain presents Act 1 of the Fifty Fathoms 70th anniversary
January 2023
In 1953, Blancpain introduced the first modern diver’s watch, the Fifty Fathoms. Now, 70 years after the release of the first Fifty Fathoms and 20 years (…)
A new version of Blancpain’s Traditional Chinese Calendar
January 2022
Blancpain celebrates the 2022 Lunar New Year by unveiling a new version of its Traditional Chinese Calendar. Crafted in platinum and issued in a 50-piece (…)
Blancpain: a new edition of the Fifty Fathoms Tourbillon 8 Jours
December 2021
The Fifty Fathoms Tourbillon 8 Jours diver’s watch epitomises the encounter between horological complexity and high performance. Its flying tourbillon (…)
Blancpain presents a new Bathyscaphe in titanium
December 2021
Since its inception in 1956, the Bathyscaphe line has been a mainstay of Blancpain’s diver’s watch collection. True to the legacy and sporty-chic style of (…)
An introduction to Blancpain’s Air Command Flyback Chronograph
November 2021
The Air Command collection is inspired by a highly sought-after 1950s Blancpain chronograph that was produced in tiny quantities. In the slipstream of its (…)
All kinds of vintage
May 2021
The trend for vintage and revival watches must be a symptom of something. Why this infatuation in so many young – and not-so-young – collectors, nostalgic (…)
