Blancpain’s Ocean Commitment inspires the Fifty Fathoms Exceptional Year
In 2020, a series of limited editions, each focusing on new colors and new materials, looked to the brands commitment...
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Monday, January 18, 2021
Introducing the Tropical Green Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback
Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Chronographe Flyback in Tropical Green The dial color that seems to have ruled the past decade is,...
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Five Vintage-Style Diver’s Watches To “Seas” The Day From Blancpain, Seiko, Longines, Oris, And Tudor
With summer in full swing, Sabine Zwettler dives back through time to have a closer look at five vintage-style diver’s...
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My Wife, The Watch Collector, And Her Collection – Reprise
When Elizabeth asked me to suggest a ladies’ watch topic in my role as resident collector, my thoughts turned immediately...
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Anything but Blue – Bathyscaphe Mokarran Limited Edition
While the French military will never be spoken of in the best light, where World War II is concerned, post-war...
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Blancpain Kicks Off 2020 with Blue-dial additions to the Villeret Collection
The small town of Villeret, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland is where Blancpain was founded some 285 years ago,...
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Blancpain’s Mastery of the Dial
Métiers d’art are the delectable darlings amidst elaborate horological mechanisms, but don’t let that fool you. The tradition of decorative...
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2004: The Blancpain Villeret Quantième Perpetual, hidden functionality for a cleaner design
When it comes to innovation in watchmaking, it is easy to get swept up in the drama of the big...
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Annual Calendars Are Goldilocks Complications: Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold, Just Right – Reprise
In October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced what we now call the Gregorian calendar. This is the most widely used...
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