BLANCPAIN – Fifty Fathoms Automatique Titanium

BLANCPAIN – Fifty Fathoms Automatique Titanium 45mm - Model - 2019

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The icon of Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms collection
appears in a new titanium version

Upon its release in 1953, Fifty Fathoms, the first modern diver's watch, immediately appealed to professional divers and soon thereafter to their civilian counterparts. It has since become the archetypal watch in this genre. As relevant as ever six decades on, its main original technical and aesthetic characteristics, revisited and complemented by a date in the 2000s, are now teamed with a titanium case.

When launched in the 1950s, the first Fifty Fathoms quickly stood out thanks to its practical features, entirely designed for professional diving. Among the decisive criteria that contributed to its renown were broad luminescent hour-markers and hands contrasting with a black dial and unidirectional rotating bezel, as well as a steel case with a soft iron inner cage intended to protect the movement from magnetic fields.

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This watchmaking legend was updated and enhanced in 2007 with a date placed between 4 and 5 o'clock, while preserving its immediately recognizable DNA. Today, Blancpain is offering a new version of this Fifty Fathoms Automatique model which combines its ebony-black color with a satin-brushed titanium case.

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Known for its robustness as well as its high resistance to impacts and corrosion, titanium also has a low density that makes it particularly light. This major advantage, which distinguishes it from steel, has enabled Blancpain to produce a large-diameter model, offering all the technical guarantees of a diving instrument without having to feel them weighing on the wrist. Divers will undoubtedly appreciate this advantage, especially during dives requiring already extensive sports equipment, as will urbanites wishing to wear a generously sized yet airy timepiece on a daily basis.

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Measuring 45 mm in diameter and water-resistant to 300 meters, the new Fifty Fathoms Automatique in titanium features a ratcheted unidirectional rotating bezel, fitted with a scratchproof domed black sapphire insert. For enhanced visibility in all circumstances, its markers, dial hour-markers and hands are made of Super-LumiNova®, a coating that strikes an ideal contrast with the sunburst black face of the watch.

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The sapphire crystal case-back provides an admirable view of the movement: the famous Blancpain 1315 caliber, notably endowed with an optimal five-day power reserve enabled by the use of three series-coupled barrels housing high-performance springs.

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Its silicon balance-spring protects it from the negative effects of magnetism without the need to isolate it behind a metal cage. Ensuring this movement is every bit as beautiful as it is reliable, meticulous finishing performed in the purest watchmaking tradition combines straight-graining, beveling, circular-graining and circular satin-brushing techniques to enhance the exclusivity of this new Fifty Fathoms Automatique.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: Fifty Fathoms

References:  5015 -12B30-B52A

References:  5015-12B30-NABA - NATO strap


Model: Automatique Titanium


Case
Titanium satin-brushed
One-way rotating bezel
Diameter:  45.00 mm
Thickness: 15.50 mm
Between horns:  23.00 mm
Back:   Sapphire crystal
Antimagnetic properties
Water-resistant: 30 ATM/300m/1000ft
Dial
Black dial
Date and seconds
Liquidmetal® hour-markers
Round indexes in Super-LuminNova® 
Disk between 4 and 5 o'clock
Functions                
Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Date 
Movement
Calibre 1315
Self-winding
Calibre diameter: 30.60.mm
Calibre thickness: 5.65 mm
Power reserve in hours: 120 hours
Jewels: 35
3 mainspring barrels

Glucydur free sprung balance with gold regulation screws

Secured movement

Components: 227

Strap

Sail canvas or a NATO strap

Pin Buckle engraved with the BLANCPAIN logo.
(*Available steel bracelet with a secure buckle)

New Model - 2019

*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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Jaquet Droz – GRANDE SECONDE Skelet-One Ceramic 280th Anniversary

Jaquet Droz – GRANDE SECONDE Skelet-One Ceramic Black 280th Anniversary

PREVIEW NEW COLLECTION 2019:
A POWERFUL NEW TECHNICAL VERSION 

IN BLACK AND BLUE

Sheathed in black ceramic, boasting a dial with blued steel screws and white gold indexes, and worn on a blue canvas strap, the Grande Seconde Skelet-One Ceramic by Jaquet Droz solidifies its modern, masculine identity.

Designed over two and half centuries ago, the Grande Seconde by Jaquet Droz never ceases to amaze. Marrying every facet of its time and era, this ever-evolving piece reinvents details and finishes with each variation, to both surprise and astound.

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Its “Skelet-One” skeleton version, presented in 2018, marked yet another break: it was the first time the Grande Seconde did away with its dial. In its place: light, lightness and transparency. The Grande Seconde saw both its architecture unveiled and its power laid bare. Sculptural and enhanced, the Grande Seconde Skelet-One began a new chapter in the history of time as told by Jaquet Droz.

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Today, the piece returns with a new feature that gives it added modernity: a ceramic case. With a diameter of 41.5 mm, it’s in perfect harmony with the Grande Seconde Skelet-One’s open movement structure, featuring a black “NAC” coating that intensifies its power and modern, masculine character. Its straight lines contrast with the ceramic case’s skillful finishing, with a satin-finished top just like its lugs. In contrast, its polished sides foster a play of light that is amplified by a double sapphire "glass box” on the top and bottom, offering the largest possible opening onto the skeleton movement. Watch lovers will notice that the movement plate stretches all the way around the case, which itself does away with the casing ring. With this new construction, the gear train is entirely suspended and fixed to the skeletonized bridges that cross over the movement.

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The latter has been the subject of many finishing details that are evocative of the Fine Watchmaking category to which the Grande Seconde Skelet-One Ceramic belongs. In pure watchmaking tradition and a clear nod to its heritage, the skeleton movement features blued steel screws that fix together the stainless steel hour circle and the sapphire dial. Each of these screws is “indexed,” meaning they are turned towards the center of the dial.

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For this new Skelet-One Ceramic version, the indexes are made of 18K white gold and the hours and minutes dial is crafted from steel. Vertically brushed, it catches every ray of light, ensuring perfect readability. As for the grande seconde dial, it is made from sapphire to offer an unobstructed view of each of the movement’s details. With the same objective of total transparency, the 18K white gold oscillating weight has been entirely skeletonized to avoid masking the slightest detail of the caliber, which makes a circular revolution around the case. The watch is worn on a blue canvas bracelet. Powerful and exclusive, the Grande Seconde Skelet-One Ceramic continues the centuries’ old odyssey of telling time at Jaquet Droz.

 “Some watches tell time, some tell a story.”

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Technical Specifications 

Reference J003525541 - Black Ceramic

Movement
Jaquet Droz 2663 SQ, self-winding skeleton mechanical movement,
black treatment, silicon balance spring and pallet horns, double barrel,
18-karat white gold oscillating weight
Individual number engraved on the oscillating weight
Indications
Off-centered hours and minutes, large off-centered second
Jewelling     30 jewels
Power reserve     68 hours
Frequency     28,800 v.p.h
Case
Black ceramicDiameter 41.5 mm
Height 12.48 mm
Water resistance     To 3 bar (30 meters)
Dial
Sapphire dial
Hour circle in stainless steel
White gold indexes
Blued steel dial fixing screws 
Hands     Blued steel
Strap
Rolled-edge hand-made blue fabric 
Buckle     Stainless steel and ceramic folding clasp with black PVD treatment


Available 
Reference J003523240 - Red Gold
Reference J003524240 - White Gold
Reference J003525540 - Black Ceramic

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Press Release - 2018
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MONTRES JAQUET DROZ SA
Allée du Tourbillon 2
CH-2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2
· press@jaquet-droz.com
tel +41 32 924 28 72 · fax +41 (0)32 924 28 82
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