BLANCPAIN – Fifty Fathoms BATHYSCAPHE Titanium Anthracite

 

BLANCPAIN – Fifty Fathoms BATHYSCAPHE in Titanium 43mm Anthracite Dial 2021

 Bathyscaphe in titanium:
a bold newcomer to the Fifty Fathoms collection

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 its predecessors, the latest addition to the Bathyscaphe line features a case in titanium representing a valuable asset in all circumstances.

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Blancpain's new Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe lives up to its name. This avant-garde diver's watch evokes the exceptional properties of the underwater craft designed by Auguste Piccard to explore the abyss.  

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Alongside the key technical characteristics of the Bathyscaphe models renowned for their reliability and versatility, this creation features a titanium case, a first in the current line descended from the original Fifty Fathoms. 

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Blancpain is no novice in the use of this metal, which it already incorporated during the early 1960s into a special series of MIL-SPEC II models made for US Navy bomb disposal teams. 

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Original 1953 Fifty Fathoms watch

A pioneer in the field of diver’s watches since the 1953 launch of the Fifty Fathoms representing the first of its kind, Blancpain has also been trailblazer in the use of innovative materials for its timepiece production.

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Titanium is a reliable ally of diver’s watches, offering numerous advantages including high resistance to shock, pressure and corrosion. In addition, this metal boasts a low density making it particularly light and comfortable to wear. Measuring 43 mm in diameter and water-resistant to 30 bar (approximately 300 metres), the sharply contoured case of the new Bathyscaphe is made of satin-finished grade 23 titanium.

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This high-end titanium rarely used in the watch industry requires substantial machining work that is extremely challenging. The anthracite-coloured dial features a hand-crafted vertical satin finish creating a resolutely modern matt effect, enhanced by the Bathyscaphe’s traditional luminescent baton-type hands and geometric hour-markers, as well as a satin-finished titanium bezel with a satin-finished ceramic insert and a Liquidmetal™ time scale.

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Technical and precision timekeeping feats are the order of the day for this new Bathyscaphe equipped with in-house Calibre 1315, a benchmark in the field of sports watches. Born of a long quest for accuracy and performance, this self-winding movement with a five-day power reserve notably features a silicon balance-spring rendering it totally insensitive to magnetic fields. It is also distinguished by the high level of finishing visible through the transparent sapphire caseback, where snailed and chamfered bridges rub shoulders with a sandblasted, satin-finished and snailed gold oscillating weight.

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This new model comes fitted with a NATO or anthracite sailcloth strap, or a grade 23 satin-finished titanium bracelet. The design of the latter is identical to those fitted on Fifty Fathoms models – a first for a Bathyscaphe timepiece.

The use of grade 23 titanium affords numerous finishing possibilities that influence the colour nuances of the material. As well as being a worthy heir to a well-established family, the new Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe in titanium also charts a course towards new horizons, buoyed as ever by the ocean and its countless currents.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: Fifty Fathoms

Model:: BATHYSCAPHE Anthracite Titanium 

• Ref. 5000-1210-G52A - Sail-canvas strap
• Ref. 5000-1210-NAGA  NATO strap
• Ref. 5000-1210-98S  Titanium bracelet

Case
Satin-brushed 23 titanium
Diameter: 43.00mm
Thickness: 13.45mm
Inter horn space: 23mm
Sapphire crystal glass
Unidirectional satin-brushed titanium bezel with ceramic insert and Liquidmetal™
Sapphire crystal case-back
Water resistance: 30ATM/ 300 meters
Dial
Anthracite dial
Bathyscaphe hour-markers
Round indexes in Super-LuminNova®
Movement
Calibre 1315
Self-winding movement
Silicon balance spring
Solid gold oscillating weight
Diameter: 13''' 30.60mm
Thickness: 5.65mm
Jewels: 35
Components: 227
Power reserve: 120 hours
Strap
Sail-canvas or a NATO strap or anthracite sailcloth strap, or a grade 23 satin-finished titanium bracelet Pin Buckle engraved with the BLANCPAIN logo.

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Press release - 2021
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Blancpain S.A.
Le Rocher 12
1348 Le Brassus
Suisse
International PR Specialist: Lucie Notari
Tel.  (+41) 21 796 3619
Fax (+41) 21 796 3637
E-mail: pr@blancpain.com
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