{"id":10613,"date":"2021-07-05T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/?p=10613"},"modified":"2021-07-09T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:10:08","slug":"jacques-bianchi-the-jb-200-is-coming-back-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/jacques-bianchi-the-jb-200-is-coming-back-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacques Bianchi: the JB 200 is coming back (up)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JACQUES BIANCHI MARSEILLE  - JB200\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zRbu0M4OfwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually, beautiful stories start off with &#8220;Once upon a time&#8221;. For the JB&nbsp;200, it would be more right to say &#8220;Once upon two times&#8221;. Indeed, in a way, this watch was born twice. The first birth occurred almost 40 years ago. Back then, Jacques Bianchi was a watchmaker in Marseille. He took care of after-sale services for some great manufactures \u2013 including the renowned house Rolex! \u2013 and he also specialized in working on cases&#8217; water resistance. Then again, he did know divers such as Jacques Mayol (the Dolphin man who inspired&nbsp;<em>The Big Blue<\/em>), Captain Cousteau and his second-in-command Albert Falco. Together, they discussed at length the watches&#8217; features needed for underwater adventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A rare piece<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1982, Jacques Bianchi decided to take the plunge \u2013 In every sense of the word \u2013 by founding his own brand and his very first watch. This was made possible by the request for proposals by the French Navy which ordered a few dozen models named JB&nbsp;200. The instruments were mainly intended for helicopter divers from the Saint-Rapha\u00ebl Naval Air Base or divers on board certain ships. Later on, during the 1990s, Bianchi also released a thousand pieces of the JB&nbsp;300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/photo1.jpg\" alt=\"La JB 200 de Jacques Bianchi\" class=\"wp-image-10000014611\" \/><figcaption>About 40 years after the launch of the JB\u00a0200, the diver represented on the dial will finally be back in the waters of the Mediterranean and other seas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The watchmaker from Marseille put a frogman on the dial to make his models stand out. And the crown was placed on the left for comfort reasons: as a motorcyclist, traditional watches with their crown on the right hurt the back of his hand when he was holding the handlebars. About a hundred pieces were released \u2013 a limited number which makes this JB&nbsp;200 a very rare as well as historic watch. Still, diving enthusiasts never forgot this very special watch which conjures up the South of France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A collective dream and project<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Though he has been thinking about reissuing his first creation for a long time, Jacques Bianchi \u2013 who is still working despite is 80 years of age \u2013 was finally able to seriously consider it in June 2020 thanks to a convergence of enthusiasm. Indeed, he met Fabrice Pougez, the founder of the brand MAT Watches, who took part in the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/photo2.jpg\" alt=\"La JB 200 de Jacques Bianchi\" class=\"wp-image-10000014612\" \/><figcaption>The 2021 vintage-looking JB\u00a0200 looks almost identical to the 1982 model.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;second generation&#8221; JB&nbsp;200 looks almost exactly like its predecessor. The 42&nbsp;mm diameter is left unchanged, just like the diver on the dial, the Jacques Bianchi-Marseille signature, the crown located on the left and the 200&nbsp;m water resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A few pieces are still available<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/photo3.jpg\" alt=\"La JB 200 de Jacques Bianchi\" class=\"wp-image-10000014613\" \/><figcaption>Steel case. Diameter: 42\u00a0mm. Automatic movement. Bi-directional rotating bezel. Luminescent hands and indices. Water resistance: 200\u00a0metres. Tropic-type rubber strap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, there is one significant change: unlike the original quartz model, the new JB&nbsp;200 is now powered by an automatic movement (the ever-reliable Seiko NH35). Fabrice Pougez explains that the brand wanted to be up to the expectations of today&#8217;s collectors with a high-performance automatic watch, while still marketing it at a very affordable price. The pre-order campaign launched on Kickstarter on the 15th of June will end in a few days, on the 15th of July. Though the launch was extremely successful \u2013 thus proving the legitimacy of reissuing a thousand watches \u2013 there are still a few pieces available at preferential rates: \u20ac594 for now, while the public price will be \u20ac990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/photo4.jpg\" alt=\"La JB 200 de Jacques Bianchi\" class=\"wp-image-10000014614\" \/><figcaption>The rebirth of the JB\u00a0200 is an incredible watchmaking adventure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least: the different parts of the JB&nbsp;200 are assembled in France, in Franche-Comt\u00e9, and Jacques Bianchi himself takes care of the final check in Marseille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.jacquesbianchi.com\/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw24qHBhCnARIsAPbdtlLJpBeVMKvA6ubcEAcyRp6RVK1FzlBSon1BcVkNPg6--zQ1-NRpPNUaAtliEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.jacquesbianchi.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you want to know more about dive watches:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-mywatch-en wp-block-embed-mywatch-en\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4n7Dh7NEqh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/longines-reservoir-tudor-when-dive-watches-go-bronze\/\">Longines, Reservoir, Tudor&#8230; when dive watches go bronze<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Longines, Reservoir, Tudor&#8230; when dive watches go bronze\u00a0\u00bb &#8212; MyWatch EN\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/longines-reservoir-tudor-when-dive-watches-go-bronze\/embed\/#?secret=4n7Dh7NEqh\" data-secret=\"4n7Dh7NEqh\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Droit au but!&#8221; as the motto of the Olympique Marseille (the city&#8217;s football team) says.  Meaning &#8220;straight to the goal&#8221; in French, it is quite fitting for the reissuing of this famous dive watch, born precisely in Marseille, as its pre-order campaign is coming to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":10618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[182,183,149],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jacques Bianchi: the JB 200 is coming back (up) - MyWatch EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The famous dive watch, Jacques Bianchi&#039;s JB 200, born precisely in Marseille, as its pre-order campaign is coming to an end.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/jacques-bianchi-the-jb-200-is-coming-back-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jacques Bianchi: the JB 200 is coming back (up) - 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