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Blancpain Fifty Fathoms MilSpec

This specification including a revolutionary unidirectional bezel. bague femme haute couture The watch developed following these requests is considered the archetype of the diver watch, its name derived from the water resistance guaranteed to a depth of 50 fathoms or 91.45 meters.

The Fifty Fathoms were met these specificationsby bague femme diamant noir the use of a patented double sealed crown system. A second patent for a case back with a channel into which acheter bague femme the “O” ring is held in position. And of course, the unidirectional bezel to mark the critical dive timing.

Further, the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms make another important innovation, with the use of white luminescent indexes and hands on a contrasting black dial, increasing the underwater visibility. bague femme argent longue The automatic movement alsoreduced the need of crown usage for winding, and thus increasing bague femme style art deco the usable life of the crown’s seal.

Blancpain continued its innovation streak under Jean Jacques Fiechter’s supervision and in 1957/58 incorporated a moisture indication on the dial the MIL SPEC 1. With this,Blancpain managed to win the contract to equip the elite UDT and the Navy Seals. At the beginning of the graver bague femme 60’s, with the incorporating a humidity indicator on the dial, which changesits colour from pink/blue to entirely pink. The humidity indicator would show if water moisture had penetrated the watch, hence requiring a servicing. This was the so called bague femme 30 ans “Tornek Rayville”, after Allen V. Tornek of the Rayville factory, the representative of Blancpain in the US. 1000 of these watches were delivered to the US Navy. One such piece was bague femme gemmyo auctioned by Christie as Lot 101 in 12 November 2007, Genevafor CHF 18,750 against an estimate of CHF 9,000 14,000.

This year, Blancpain released the “Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL SPEC” to celebrate 60 years from the first release of the watch with water tightness indicator. Last year, Deployant reviewed another “brother” from the Fifty Fathom Collection the Blancpain Fifty Fathom Bathyscaphe.

Blancpain “Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL SPEC”

The Blancpain’s MIL Spec is bague femme acier chirurgical a worthy successor of the ’57 release, coming in stainless steel with a classic taille bague femme imprimer look and bague femme acier pas cher a modern touch. We carried the Press Release for the Mil Spec in our Baselworld coverage. At the show, we were able to spend time examining the watch and photographing it, bague bague femme avec pendentif femme 100 euros and bring you our hands on analytical review in this article.

The case, dial and hands

This diving watch’s case is a little unusual: you would expect, for a tool watch, to see a more dull looking case, instead you will see a glamorous highly polished case. The 40mm diameter case is simple and gorgeous, the only decoration.

Even with a NATO strap, the wrist appearance is incredibly elegant due to the black silver contrast and the relative small size for a dive bague femme manege a bijoux watch

A prominent feature of the watch isthe convex sapphire bezel. The steel based bezel with unidirectional ratcheting systemis a very important feature for a diver, and part of the original bague femme ado specifications of the Fifty Fathoms. The grooves on the bezel are cut so that it can also be used with gloves. Asapphire scratch resistant protects the bezel. Luminescent minutes’ numerals and indexes on a black background offer a depth effect. The dial is clear, legible, with a rather spectacular “classic diver” look. The 15 minutes counter scale on the bezel was onceused by the divers to monitorthe ascent time for the necessary stops during diving to prevent bague femme colore the bends.

Under the robust domed sapphire crystal, is visible the subtle sunburst black dial with Super LumiNova painted hour indexes. Together with the baton Superluminova filled hours’ and minutes’ hands and arrow shaped seconds’ hand, the dial is a lovely view in bague femme argent massif all times. The dial surface has a play in the light during the day and provides good visibility in the dark. Actually, the night view is the most spectacular and, the beast aspect of it, is the long decay of theluminescence of the indexes. Perhaps bague femmetrackid=sp-006 offering enough “energy” for the entire night of visibility (of course, in a normal sunny day).

The domed sapphires of the watch’s face and matt black bezel create a pleasant depth effect without being bulky and heavy, the 40mm case contributing to the finesse of the 2017’s MIL SPEC

As with the originalMIL SPEC 1, the 2017 edition also bague femme or large incorporates a water tightness humidity indicator. The white/orange dot placed at 6’clock, recalling the designs of the 1950s is an instant indication of high humidity with the case, perhaps indicative of case damage. A complication that has the highest probability not to be used. We expect that a 300m water resistant watch will never have an issue with the water tightness due to the technological advance in the last jolie bague femme 60 years. Still, the indicator, even with a more romantic function now, remains a potential life saver.

The dial’s most delicate detail is the trapeze date window placed between the 4 and 5 o’clock hour indexes, being perfectly visible without obstructing or disrupting the overall dial appearance.

The crown’s protection bumps are a combination of beauty and utility as all the components of this watch are doing their job without being obvious.

The movement: Blancpain Caliber 1151

The diving timepiece is equipped with an in house caliber offering a modern movement: a four day power reserve achieved using two series coupled mainspring barrels, a regulation realized with a silicon springbalance with the clear advantages like magnetic field tolerance and light weight, offering a better precision for the end user. The Fifty Fathoms MIL SPEC is available in a limited edition of 500 pieces.

The movement decorated with Geneva waves has a special detail the ball bearing mounted solid 18k gold winding rotor which is coated with a platinum alloy offering an extravagant contrast and a better winding efficiency. It is also not the only watch with a built in humidity indicator. Sinn produces an entire line of watches with a copper sulphate capsule which turns blue from a near white when the inside of the case has high humidity. Their latest Sinn EZM 12(US$3,340 or about S$ 4,700) is one such example. But the Sinn uses a less exclusive ETA movement, and rated to a depth of only 200m, as it is not is a diving watch.

Another diver watch from Blancpain is the Fifty Fathoms 500 Fathoms GMT priced a little bit over S$ 40,000 bague femme aile d’ange offering an increased case size of 45mm and the 2007’s 120 hours power reserve 1315 in house caliber.

From the house of Omega comes another legend, with orange on the dial, in the person of Omega Seamaster bague femme diamants Ploprof 1200m as the name says, a 1200m water resistance in atitanium watch with a bidirectional bezel, helium valve and the Omega Co Axial escapement priced at approx. S$ 13,000. But the Omega does not have a built in humidity indicator.

Perhaps the bestdiver watch is the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner Date(S$ 11,500 with GST) that can be easier compared with the Blancpain MIL SPEC: initially released in 1953, the same year as the Fifty Fathoms, packed in a 40mm steel case with an automatic 3135 in house COSC/Rolex Chronometer certified movement.

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