BLANCPAIN – Fifty Fathoms Tech 5029 Titanium 45mm

 

BLANCPAIN – Fifty Fathoms Tech 5029 45mm Sunburst Titanium - 2025

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Fifty Fathoms Tech-nicolors
Depth-tested. Street-approved

The Fifty Fathoms Tech 45 mm debuts in the permanent collection, with a new interchangeable strap system, expanding its technical repertoire with bold rubber options in classic black, white or vivid orange. 

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These vibrant colors inject a fresh, lifestyle-driven twist into the iconic diver’s instrument, while preserving all its exceptional tool-watch features.

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22 July 2025 – Blancpain’s enduring connection to the Ocean and pioneering spirit runs deep. While firmly rooted in the Maison’s professional diving heritage and unmatched legacy in professional diving timepieces, the new Fifty Fathoms Tech emerges as a thoroughly modern expression of Blancpain’s most famous collection, blending technicity with a new, unexpected dose of style.

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Originally conceived as a serious tool watch and diving instrument, the Fifty Fathoms has long been the choice of professional divers, explorers, and underwater photographers. 

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The Tech variant, housed in Grade 23 brushed titanium, embodies that legacy with a bold 45 mm case diameter, a helium escape valve, and a unidirectional 120-click ceramic bezel optimized for use with gloved hands. 

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Its absolute black dial absorbs up to 97% of light – an impressive feat ensuring maximum legibility in murky depths or low-light conditions, while creating a striking contrast with the luminescent block-shaped appliques.

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“When we developed the Fifty Fathoms Tech Gombessa in 2023, it came from the question I asked myself: If the Fifty Fathoms was invented today, what would it look like?” says Marc A. Hayek, President & CEO of Blancpain.

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Yet Blancpain’s latest chapter writes a new narrative: the tool watch is going lifestyle. In a significant update for 2025, the Fifty Fathoms Tech introduces a fully interchangeable strap system, empowering wearers to switch styles in seconds, no tools required. 

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Additionally, Blancpain offers straps in multiple lengths, a crucial detail for divers who may wear the watch over a wetsuit, while also making it perfect for everyday wear on a bare wrist.

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Color, too, is making waves. Beyond classic black rubber, Blancpain is releasing two new summer-ready hues: a crisp white and a vibrant orange. 

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The latter isn’t just an aesthetic flourish; it matches the Tech’s orange central seconds hand and TECH inscription on the dial, proving that even the most serious diving instruments can embrace personality and fun.

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“Then, in 2025, came the Fifty Fathoms Tech BOC (Blancpain Ocean Commitment), making that modern technology more wearable. Now, I love that we can bring color and style into the Tech line, proving that a serious diver’s watch can also have a lifestyle side.”

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Of course, the Fifty Fathoms Tech retains its mechanical credentials. Powering the watch is the automatic calibre 1315A, a 4 Hz movement widely respected among collectors for its robust 120-hour power reserve, precision timekeeping, and beautifully finished architecture. 

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The sapphire case-back offers a view of the movement’s decorations, underscoring Blancpain’s dedication to Haute Horlogerie even in the Maison’s most utilitarian creations.

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In short, the Fifty Fathoms Tech bridges worlds: as capable in the abyss as it is on dry land. It’s a pure diver’s tool, reborn as a polyvalent companion for any occasion – from exploring coral reefs to strolling through a summer cityscape or making a statement far above sea level.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: Fifty Fathoms

Model: Fifty Fathoms Tech

 Ref.  5029 12B30 94A 

Case
Satin-brushed Grade 23 titanium
Unidirectional 3-hour scale bezel with black ceramic inlay tilted towards the dial with white luminescent markers with green emission
Diameter:  45.00 mm
Thickness: 14.10 mm
Between horns:  24.00 mm
Spherical sapphire crystal
Antimagnetic properties 
Helium valve
Lug: Central lugs with interchangeable strap system
Water-resistant: 30ATM/300m/1000ft
Dial
Absolute black dial
Hands: With Super-LumiNova®, orange second hand
Indexes: Luminescent block-shaped appliques
Functions                
Hours, Minutes, Seconds, date
Movement  
Calibre 1315A

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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
Integrated rubber straps
Tool-free interchangeable strap system
Two straps included
Colour options: black, white, and orange Different size options
Titanium pin buckle engraved with the BLANCPAIN logo.

🔰 Edition ❱❱❱ No

🔴 Price : 19,000 CHF💰 

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BLANCPAIN – Fifty Fathoms Tech BOC IV Edition

 

BLANCPAIN – Fifty Fathoms Tech BOC IV 45mm Sunburst Titanium Edition - 2025

 An Exceptional Watch for Our Oceans: The New Limited Edition Blancpain Ocean Commitment

Continuing over 20 years of dedication to ocean preservation, Blancpain is proud to unveil its new limited edition Blancpain Ocean Commitment (BOC). This exclusive series of 100 pieces showcases the recent Fifty Fathoms Tech line in a new 45 mm format. 

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The funds raised will be allocated to the newly established Blancpain x Sulubaaï Marine Research Center, an extension of the Sea Academy project, a flagship initiative of the Brand's commitment to the ocean.

A Historic Commitment

Since the creation of the Fifty Fathoms, the first true diver's watch, in 1953, Blancpain has been a strong advocate for the oceanic community. 

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Original 1953 Fifty Fathoms watch

The Blancpain Ocean Commitment encompasses the Brand's global initiatives to support ocean exploration and protection, an unwavering commitment that has endured for over two decades.

The Fifty Fathoms Tech BOC IV

Limited to only 100 pieces, the new Fifty Fathoms Tech BOC IV adopts the design of the Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act 2 Tech Gombessa. 

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 With a diameter of 45 mm and a thickness of 14.1 mm however, the BOC IV is perfect for both underwater diving and everyday wear. 

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This model embodies Blancpain's innovation and watchmaking excellence, as well as its commitment to the oceans. For each watch sold, 1,000 euros will be allocated to the Blancpain x Sulubaaï Marine Research Center, contributing to a total fund of 100,000 euros.

Exceptional Features

The Grade 23 titanium case, known for its strength and lightness, houses a helium valve for saturation dives in a hyperbaric chamber. 

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The unidirectional bezel with domed black ceramic insert is angled towards the dial, making it easy to use even with diving gloves. Absorbing up to 97% of light, the absolute black dial ensures optimal readability underwater, not to mention the hour-markers formed by luminescent block-shaped appliques. 

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The integrated black rubber strap, combined with the central lugs attached from inside the case, provides exceptional ergonomics and a contemporary style. This watch, which combines comfort, performance, and design, is ideal for both professional and amateur divers.

High-Precision Mechanics

At the heart of the Fifty Fathoms Tech BOC IV beats calibre 1315A, Blancpain's renowned automatic movement with a five-day power reserve. 

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Equipped with an anti-magnetic silicon balance spring, this calibre guarantees exceptional chronometric performance and unmatched timekeeping precision. 

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The 18 ct gold oscillating weight, adorned with the blue BOC logo, is visible through the sapphire case back, showcasing the quality of this timepiece's finishes.

An Ambitious Preservation Project

Inaugurated on 7 February 2025, the Blancpain x Sulubaaï Marine Research Center is an extension of the Sea Academy programme. 

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Since 2020, Blancpain has supported this programme by the Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation, a collaborative initiative aimed at the sustainable management of marine resources. The programme focuses on creating a network of marine protected areas (MPAs) in partnership with local communities around Pangatalan Island and in Shark Fin Bay, Palawan, Philippines. The key principles of the Sea Academy are protection, restoration, education, and replication.

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Since 2023, Blancpain has funded the construction of the Blancpain x Sulubaaï Marine Research Center in the village of Sandoval. This centre, strategically located near the main research areas and the five MPAs established in Shark Fin Bay with Blancpain's support, aims to enhance the study, restoration, and protection of these marine ecosystems. 

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The operations and activities of the Blancpain x Sulubaaï Marine Research Center will be supported by the sales of the limited edition BOC IV.

More Than Just a Timepiece

Each of the 100 timepieces comes with its Pelicase™ box, a donation certificate, and a special edition photograph in a series of 100 prints, numbered to match the watch's serial number. 

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Signed by photographer Laurent Ballesta, the image is part of his award-winning series from the 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year grand prize. It depicts a horseshoe crab in its natural habitat around Pangatalan Island in Shark Fin Bay. This prehistoric animal, whose morphology has remained virtually unchanged for 150 million years, is now threatened with extinction. The marine protected areas created by the Sea Academy programme offer it a safe haven.

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The Fifty Fathoms Tech BOC IV is more than just a timepiece: it is a commitment to a better future for our oceans. Its owners directly contribute to Blancpain's efforts and receive an exclusive invitation to become a member of the Blancpain Ocean Commitment Circle, a group of enthusiasts dedicated to ocean preservation.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: Fifty Fathoms

Model: Fifty Fathoms Tech - Ocean Commitment IV Edition

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 Ref.  5029A-12B30-64A 

Case
Satin-brushed Grade 23 titanium
Unidirectional 3-hour scale bezel with black ceramic inlay tilted towards the dial with white luminescent markers with green emission
Diameter:  45.00 mm
Thickness: 14.10 mm
Between horns:  24.00 mm
Spherical sapphire crystal
Antimagnetic properties 
Helium valve
Water-resistant: 30ATM/300m/1000ft
Dial
Aabsolute black dial
Luminescent block-shaped appliques with blue emission
Functions                
Hours, Minutes, Seconds, date
Movement  
Calibre 1315A

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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
Integrated black rubber strap with extension 
Titanium clasp engraved with the BLANCPAIN logo.

🔰 Edition of ✅only ❱❱❱ 100 pieces

🔴 Price : 19,600 CHF💰 

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Le Rocher 12
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BLANCPAIN – VILLERET Traditional Chinese Calendar 2025 - "Year of the Snake" Edition

 

BLANCPAIN – VILLERET Traditional Chinese Calendar “Year of the Snake” Platinum 45 mm Limited Edition - 2024

The Blancpain Villeret Traditional Chinese Calendar
enters its second 12-year cycle 

 Blancpain is delighted to unveil its new Villeret Calendrier Chinois Traditionnel to celebrate Chinese New Year 2025, which on 29 January will see the wooden dragon give way to the wooden snake. For the 14th consecutive year, the Manufacture is uniting East and West in a commemorative timepiece themed according to the zodiac sign of the lunar new year, engraved on the watch’s rotor. Produced in a limited edition, this calendar is the first to pair a platinum case with a green Grand Feu enamel dial.

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In 2012, Blancpain achieved a world first with the launch of its Villeret Calendrier Chinois Traditionnel wristwatch associating a complex Chinese calendar with the Gregorian date and moon phases, a symbolic conjunction of Eastern and Western traditions. On entering its second 12-year cycle in 2024, the Manufacture revamped the design of the 12 zodiac animals appearing through a 12 o'clock aperture, recalling the legend of the Jade Emperor. In 2025, the Year of the Wood Snake, this restyled animal will appear for the first time on a timepiece featuring a 45.2 mm platinum case framing a green Grand Feu enamel dial.

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Renowned for its intuition and perspicacity, the snake takes pride of place on the 22K white gold rotor of this Villeret Calendrier Chinois Traditionnel 2025 with its frosted finish. Brought to life in Blancpain’s Métiers d'Art workshop, the reptile has been delicately drawn by in-house artisans. This zodiac sign is accompanied by natural ruby and an engraving in Chinese characters indicating the words ‘serpent’ and ‘wood’.

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Powered by Calibre 3638 and its 464 components, the traditional Chinese calendar features a complex mechanism going well beyond that of a perpetual calendar to resemble that of a minute repeater. It springs to life in the Grand Complications workshop at Le Brassus. Resulting from five years of research and development, it comprises three barrels providing an impressive seven-day power reserve. While its complexity is apparent from a first glance at the dial comprising numerous indications, their cleverly arranged layout ensures excellent legibility. 

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This calendar is enlivened by a set of four hands, accompanied by two apertures. These display the five elements combined with Yin and Yang – linked to the sexagesimal cycle – at 3 o'clock; the Chinese days and months at 9 o'clock; as well as double Chinese hours at 12 o'clock. The apertures provide information on the Chinese leap month at 9 o'clock and the zodiac sign of the current lunar year at 12 o'clock. In addition to this multitude of calendar data, a serpentine hand points to the Gregorian date, while the emblematic Blancpain moon phase appears at 6 o'clock.

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Despite its complexity, the Villeret Calendrier Chinois Traditionnel 2025 is very user-friendly thanks to its under-lug correctors. Presented as a world first and patented by Blancpain in 2005, these enable the calendar indications to be adjusted simply at the touch of a finger, without any need for additional tools. Discreetly positioned beneath the lugs, these small correctors free the sides from the ‘dimples’ usually found on calendar watches, without compromising the comfortable feel on the wrist. What's more, if the wearer tries to set the calendar indications when the mechanism is automatically adjusting them – which could otherwise lead to mechanical damage – nothing happens, as the movement is secure.  Paired with a chocolate brown alligator leather strap matching the dial colour, this Villeret Calendrier Chinois Traditionnel 2025 is issued in a 50-piece limited edition.

Villeret: timeless elegance and an eminently technical nature

Blancpain’s native village lends its name to the Brand's most classic collection. Rooted in tradition yet looking firmly to the future, Villeret models personify the roots of the Manufacture and are distinguished by their restrained, pure lines endowing them with timeless elegance. With its iconic double-stepped case, the Villeret collection incorporates the results of Blancpain's recent research into its movements.

Moon phases: The face of Blancpain

Reintroduced by Blancpain in 1983 in the wake of the quartz crisis, this complication, now a signature of the Manufacture in Le Brassus, enabled the Maison to demonstrate that a mechanical timepiece testified to extraordinary expertise and that quartz could never replace a complex mechanical watchmaking creation. 

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It thus came to symbolise the revival of mechanical watchmaking. Blancpain’s immediately recognisable moon phase graces the Villeret Calendrier Chinois Traditionnel 2025.

Blancpain: The Master of Calendars 

As key components of the Manufacture’s DNA, calendars demonstrate Blancpain’s expertise in complications. The complete calendar made a strong comeback after the quartz crisis and in 1983 heralded a succession of timepieces equipped with calendar indications. 

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 Whether in the form of a weekly calendar, a simple date display, an annual calendar or a perpetual calendar, the Brand’s ability to create calendars culminated in the extremely complex creation of two world firsts: the Villeret Equation du Temps Marchante and the Villeret Calendrier Chinois Traditionnel. Frequently featured within the Manufacture’s catalogue in the Villeret, Ladybird and Fifty Fathoms collections, calendar mechanisms consolidate Blancpain’s stature as the Master of Calendars.

The silicon revolution

Silicon has revolutionised watchmaking since the beginning of the 21st century and enabled major advances in time measurement. Elastic without deforming, hard, light and highly resistant to corrosion, this material notably stands for its resistance to magnetism, a welcome quality when it comes to ensuring timepiece precision.

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Contrary to the 1950s, when the balances of timepieces were fitted with metal springs that could become magnetised – hence the need for a soft iron inner cage to shield and protect the movement from magnetism –, contemporary Fifty Fathoms feature a silicon balance-spring, which enables them to have a sapphire crystal case back revealing their unique movement construction. Featuring a balance spring fitted with this technology, the Villeret Calendrier Chinois Traditionnel 2025 not only showcases a mechanism with high-quality finishes, but also offers superior timekeeping performance thanks to this material.

This 2024 Traditional Chinese Calendar 2025 is limited to 50 pieces.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: VILLERET Traditional Chinese Calendar "Year of the Water Snake"

 

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  References:  0888-3632C-55B - Platinum 45mm - Edition
 
Complications
Traditional Chinese Calendar
[double-hour indication, signs of the zodiac, date and month of the Chinese calendar. Indication of the
five elements, the celestial stems and the leap months]
Specificities

• ∙ Gregorian calendar
• ∙ Moon phases
• ∙ Under-lug correctors
• ∙ Secured movement
• ∙ White grand feu enamel dial
• ∙ Oscillating weight set with a Madagascar ruby
• ∙ Sself-winding

Case

Material: Platinum

Case thickness:     15.10 mm
Case diameter:     45.20 mm
Water resistance:     3.00 bar
Between horns:     23.00 mm
Sapphire back: Engraved on the - "Chinese Calendar - № ХX/50 Piece"
Dial
Green grand feu enamel dial
Grand feu enamel
Movement
Calibre 3638
Reference:   3638   

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Frequency - 4Hz

Self-winding
Calibre thickness:  8.30 mm
Calibre diameter:  32.00 mm | 14'''
Power reserve in hours:  168
Jewels:  39
3 mainspring barrels
Secured movement
Titanium free sprung balance with gold regulation screws
Components:   464
Strap/Bracelet
Alligator lined with alzavel
Brown color strap
Platinum folding clasp 

 

*Each bar corresponds to a 10-metre water column. Alligator leather straps - origin: Mississippiensis Blancpain reserves the right to modify this model and its technical characteristics.

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Le Rocher 12
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E-mail: pr@blancpain.com
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