Blancpain X Fathoms

[sneijder]

... will be unveiled soon.

There are some (very) teasing bits on YouTube, and whilst I have no means of purchasing anything in this league before my daughter leaves home, I'll stick my neck out and predict it'll be fantastic


My daughter is 2 next weekend.

[andy_s]

Gulp:

[RemainAllHoof]

Looks like they employed a Japanese designer for that one. I'll stick to the traditional one, thanks.

[andy_s]

2 depth meters included plus a 'stage' timer; technically it's interesting. Visually it's, er, interesting...

[andy tims]

Far too big & far too busy I'm afraid.

The older (and smaller) Fifty Fathoms are way nicer than this, or the current FF

[sneijder]

I thought my prediction of 'fantastic' had been forgotten.

Bejeezus it's big, you could surely only wear that for its intended purpose?

Mechanical depth gauge though, is that a first?

[andy_s]

There were 'boudin' type ones in the sixties and IWC had one on one of their Aquatimers I think, so not the first, off the top of my head.

[Spice_Weasel]

It's a munter. And no mistake

[CardShark]

Regardless as to how it looks I'd love to have a play with one

[Dominic H]

andy_s said:

There were 'boudin' type ones in the sixties and IWC had one on one of their Aquatimers I think, so not the first, off the top of my head.

Yep, the IWC 'Deep One' (IW3527) launched in 1999.

[sneijder]

Oh my word.

I'll have to pretend I didn't just see that IWC.

I'll go and cheer myself up by putting all my quartz tat back one hour. Living in a hole in Oslo means I'll have to dig out all the manuals for Casios amazing atomic system that only syncs on Friday 13th if its a full moon.

[andy_s]

I just had a look and there is a Deep Two (2009) as well, very similar crown arrangement to the Blancpain -



Although, as with the Aquatimer generations in general, I can't help thinking that previous incarnations are better looking and more aligned to being 'instruments' as opposed to 'jewellery', but that's just a taste thing. I'd certainly prefer the Deep One over the Two.

Going back to the previous generation Aquatimer, the split-minute chrono was an interesting one (notice the pusher arrangement on the left and the independent minute hand)



But my favourite still has to be the generation before that - the 3536 in titanium especially:

[Stu R]

at the price!

[Miguel Alvarez]

I'm ooottt

[Ikemi]

It's technically rather impressive and the case back is stunning, but ...

Some Website said:

Measuring almost 56 mm across and 24 mm thick

[CommanderJameson]

andy_s said:

Gulp:

Hmm. Like an FF, but st.

[LukeBird]

Jesus, that'd look big strapped around my leg, let alone my wrist!
Totally pointless at that size... Something I didn't expect Blancpain to do either.

[al1991]

I agree with Luke, I expect better from Blancpain.

[Ikemi]

sneijder said:

Mechanical depth gauge though, is that a first?

I'm not sure who created the first mechanical depth gauge on a watch, but JLC have had a mechanical depth gauge fitted to their Master Compressor Diving Pro range for quite awhile

[Ikemi]

Just in case you miss this on TZ ... X Fathoms review with pics!

http://www.tz-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t...