BLANCPAIN. AN UNUSUAL OVERSIZED STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC DIVER'S WRISTWATCH WITH CENTER SECONDS AND DATE

SIGNED BLANCPAIN, FIFTY FATHOMS, AQUA-LUNG, NO. 209434, CIRCA 1970

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BLANCPAIN. AN UNUSUAL OVERSIZED STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC DIVER'S WRISTWATCH WITH CENTER SECONDS AND DATE
SIGNED BLANCPAIN, FIFTY FATHOMS, AQUA-LUNG, NO. 209434, CIRCA 1970
Cal. AS1903 nickel-finished lever movement, 25 jewels, black matte dial, luminescent baton, dot and triangular numerals, luminescent hands, date aperture, circular radioactivity indicator to the lower half of dial, circular water-resistant-type case, bidirectional revolving black bezel with luminous 60 units indication, screw down crown, engraved screw back MW 7615, case, dial and movement signed
42mm diam.

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Debuted in 1953, Blancpain's celebrated Fifty Fathoms model was presented as the first true modern diving wristwatch. The idea for the model arose when two captains of the French navy, Commander Maloubier and Lieutenant Riffand, requested a practical solution for a watch to be used by a new unit of military combat swimmers.

Upon finding no existing watch capable of withstanding the extreme conditions of underwater missions, the two officers approached Blancpain with a very specific set of technical specifications, including the revolutionary bezel. The watch developed following these requests is considered the archetype of the diver's watch, its name derived from the water resistance guaranteed to a depth of 50 fathoms or 91.45 meters.