BLANCPAIN – Fifty Fathoms BATHYSCAPHE Day Date 70s Eedition

BLANCPAIN – Fifty Fathoms BATHYSCAPHE Day Date 70s Steel 43mm Limited Eedition

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Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s

Following its 1956 debut – three years after the launch of the Fifty Fathoms –, the style of Blancpain’s Bathyscaphe evolved with the times. The 70s saw bold dial markings with Arabic numerals and windows for the day of the week and date at 3 o’clock. The new Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s, which will be limited to 500 pieces, captures the allure of that model while incorporating Blancpain’s current technical advances.

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During the 70s, Blancpain evolved its line of Bathyscaphe models, introducing a few diving watches with new aesthetic codes. These models featured a silvered dial ring with rectangular indexes and Arabic numerals radially arrayed every five minutes. Today’s Blancpain was inspired by this unique style in the creation of the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s timepiece.

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The dial of this new limited-edition watch captures the look of the 70s model with its day of the week and date indications at 3 o’clock. As with the vintage piece, this new model has a subtle graduated gray coloring, darker on the outer perimeter and infused with lighter tones toward the center, thus creating the perception of a larger dial size with enhanced readability.

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While the aesthetics of this new timepiece draw upon history, the watch takes advantage of Blancpain’s latest technical advances. The 43mm satin-finished case is equipped with an unidirectional bezel featuring a ceramic insert whose indexes are filled with Liquidmetal®.

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Limited to 500 pieces, the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s is available with four different wristbands: a vintage-style antiqued leather, sail-canvas or NATO strap, as well as a steel bracelet.

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Technical Specifications

References:  5052-1110-63A

Collection: Fifty Fathoms

Model: BATHYSCAPHE Jour Date 70s Eedition

Complications
Annual calendar
Case
Satin-brushed steel
Unidirectional satin-brushed steel bezel with ceramic insert and
Liquidmetal® hour-markers
Diameter:     43.00 mm
Thickness:     25.14 mm
Water resistance: 30.00 bar
Between horns:     23.00 mm
Back:   Sapphire crystal
Dial
Meteor subtle graduated brownish-gray coloring
Calendar
Date and seconds
Liquidmetal® hour-markers
Functions                
Hours, Minutes, Seconds.
Day of the week, date.
Movement
Calibre 1315DD
Self-winding 
Calibre diameter: 34.75.mm
Calibre thickness: 6.60 mm 
Power reserve in hours: 120 hours
Jewels: 37
3 mainspring barrels
Glucydur free sprung balance with gold regulation screws
Secured movement
Components: 281

Strap

Barennia lined with rubber

Pin Buckle engraved with the BLANCPAIN logo.
(*Available: Vintage-style antiqued brown leather strap,
sail-canvas or NATO strap, steel bracelet with a secure buckle)  

Limited edition of 500 pieces.

*Each bar corresponds to a 10-metre water column.

* Blancpain reserves the right to modify this model and its technical characteristics.

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Press release - 2018
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Blancpain S.A.
Le Rocher 12
1348 Le Brassus
Suisse
International PR: Aude Rosati
Tel.  (+41) 21 796 3636
Fax (+41) 21 796 3637
E-mail: pr@blancpain.com
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