Fifty Fathoms Automatique

5015-11C30-52

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Fifty Fathoms Automatique

Brand  : Blancpain
Collection  : Fifty Fathoms
Model  : Fifty Fathoms Automatique
Reference  : 5015-11C30-52
Complement : Steel
On sale : 2010

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  • Brand  : Blancpain
    Collection  : Fifty Fathoms
    Model  : Fifty Fathoms Automatique
    Reference  : 5015-11C30-52
    Complement : Steel
    On sale : 2010
    List Price : 12 750 €
    Diameter : 45 mm
    Thickness : 15.40 mm
    Styles : High Horology
    Sporty
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : 1315
    Case material : Steel
    Case peculiarity : Screwed-down caseback
    Sapphire caseback
    Screwed-down crown
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 300 meters
    Dial color : Black
    Display : Luminescent hands
    Indexes : Luminescent
    Triangles
    Arabic numerals
    Glass : Domed
    Sapphire
    Strap material : Sail Canvas
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    + More characteristics : Caliber
    Thickness 5.65 mm
    Diameter 30.60 mm
    Power-reserve in hours : 120
    35 rubies
    222 components

    Case
    Between horns 23 mm

DESCRIPTION

  • IN TUNE WITH THE TIMES  

    Blancpain presents two Fifty Fathoms watches of a new genre: modern and elegant,  sporty and dynamic,they will appeal as much to seasoned divers as to informed aesthetes  and to connoisseurs of fine mechanisms. Equally at home 300 metres below or out of the  water, the new Fifty Fathoms models feature contrasting white and black shades tailor-  made to adorn the wrists of sporting style enthusiasts.  

    GIVING INNOVATION CARTE BLANCHE  

    Blancpain unveils a brand-new Fifty Fathoms Automatique watch imbued with the brand’s  trademark understated elegance. Making a striking contrast with its black predecessors, it  radiantly reveals its sporting assets through an immaculate white exterior blending tradition and  innovation with pure, sleek lines.  

    In keeping with its tradition of innovation, Blancpain has interpreted the instantly recognisable  design of the Fifty Fathoms in the emblematic colour of purity. Crafted in scratch-resistant  sapphire, the unidirectional rotating bezel avoids any risk of accidentally prolonging the dive  time, The 45 mm-diameter steel case, equipped with crown guards, houses the sturdy  Blancpain Calibre 1315 with a five-day power reserve. Echoing the matt white dial  background, the white shade of the luminescent coating applied to trapeze-shaped hour-  markers and hands in rhodium-plated gold, as well as the pearly grey Luminova of the markings  on the bezel, reveal their fluorescent green colour only in the half-light or the darkness of the  ocean depths. This new Fifty Fathoms is equipped with a sturdy, sporty and water-resistant  strap complete with pin buckle and made from rubber-lined white sail canvas.  

    THE NAUTILUS,THE SYMBOL OF THE NEW FIFTY FATHOMS  

    The oscillating weight specially designed for the new Fifty Fathoms models is shaped like a  nautilus. This cephalopod, a distant relative of the now-extinct ammonite, is estimated to have  lived in the sea for the past 400 million years. By varying the proportion of gas and liquid  contained within the spiral shapes of its shell, the nautilus can rise up through the water or sink  down again to explore new hunting grounds. The new Fifty Fathoms models are henceforth  equipped with a sapphire crystal case-back revealing the beauty and the complexity of its 222-  part movement, yet without compromising its water resistance to 300 metres. Self-winding  Calibre 1315 features finishing worthy of the grand watchmaking traditions: hand-drawn file  strokes, bevelling, circular graining, circular satin brushing... The large rubies are driven  directly into the bridges and plates so as to preserve the visual magic of traditional movements. 

    THE PEAK OF MASCULINE ELEGANCE  

    The Fifty Fathoms still has plenty of surprises in store for admirers, as it appears decked out in  new colours and luxurious finishes, to the delight of devotees of fine mechanical watchmaking.  Blancpain now presents an all-black version of the Fifty Fathoms, with the exclusive Blancpain  Calibre 1315 now housed within a polished steel case clothed in a jet-black exterior.  

    The black dial of the Fifty Fathoms, protected by a slightly cambered scratch-resistant sapphire  crystal, features cone-shaped hands, hour-markers and cone-shaped sporty numerals in  rhodium-plated and polished steel coated with a luminescent black material. The 45 mm case  of this latest addition to the Sport collection is equipped with a sapphire crystal case-back  enabling one to admire the self-winding movement and its nautilus-shaped oscillating weight.  The screw-lock crown and case-back ensure perfect water resistance to 300 metres, while the  sail canvas strap is fitted with a black steel buckle.  

    A BRIEF HISTORICAL REMINDER  

    Born in 1953 from the encounter between Blancpain and two officers - Captain «Bob»  Maloubier and his lieutenant Claude Riffaud, commissioned by the French Ministry of Defence  to create an elite unit of «Combat Divers» - the Fifty Fathoms earned its stripes by withstanding  the extreme conditions of military underwater missions. The water resistance of the original,  guaranteed to a depth of 50 fathoms (91.45 metres) lent its name to this mechanical  masterpiece that soon earned a reputation for reliability and sturdiness and asserted itself as the  archetypal modern diver’s watch. 

  • IN TUNE WITH THE TIMES  

    Blancpain presents two Fifty Fathoms watches of a new genre: modern and elegant,  sporty and dynamic,they will appeal as much to seasoned divers as to informed aesthetes  and to connoisseurs of fine mechanisms. Equally at home 300 metres below or out of the  water, the new Fifty Fathoms models feature contrasting white and black shades tailor-  made to adorn the wrists of sporting style enthusiasts.  

    GIVING INNOVATION CARTE BLANCHE  

    Blancpain unveils a brand-new Fifty Fathoms Automatique watch imbued with the brand’s  trademark understated elegance. Making a striking contrast with its black predecessors, it  radiantly reveals its sporting assets through an immaculate white exterior blending tradition and  innovation with pure, sleek lines.  

    In keeping with its tradition of innovation, Blancpain has interpreted the instantly recognisable  design of the Fifty Fathoms in the emblematic colour of purity. Crafted in scratch-resistant  sapphire, the unidirectional rotating bezel avoids any risk of accidentally prolonging the dive  time, The 45 mm-diameter steel case, equipped with crown guards, houses the sturdy  Blancpain Calibre 1315 with a five-day power reserve. Echoing the matt white dial  background, the white shade of the luminescent coating applied to trapeze-shaped hour-  markers and hands in rhodium-plated gold, as well as the pearly grey Luminova of the markings  on the bezel, reveal their fluorescent green colour only in the half-light or the darkness of the  ocean depths. This new Fifty Fathoms is equipped with a sturdy, sporty and water-resistant  strap complete with pin buckle and made from rubber-lined white sail canvas.  

    THE NAUTILUS,THE SYMBOL OF THE NEW FIFTY FATHOMS  

    The oscillating weight specially designed for the new Fifty Fathoms models is shaped like a  nautilus. This cephalopod, a distant relative of the now-extinct ammonite, is estimated to have  lived in the sea for the past 400 million years. By varying the proportion of gas and liquid  contained within the spiral shapes of its shell, the nautilus can rise up through the water or sink  down again to explore new hunting grounds. The new Fifty Fathoms models are henceforth  equipped with a sapphire crystal case-back revealing the beauty and the complexity of its 222-  part movement, yet without compromising its water resistance to 300 metres. Self-winding  Calibre 1315 features finishing worthy of the grand watchmaking traditions: hand-drawn file  strokes, bevelling, circular graining, circular satin brushing... The large rubies are driven  directly into the bridges and plates so as to preserve the visual magic of traditional movements. 

    THE PEAK OF MASCULINE ELEGANCE  

    The Fifty Fathoms still has plenty of surprises in store for admirers, as it appears decked out in  new colours and luxurious finishes, to the delight of devotees of fine mechanical watchmaking.  Blancpain now presents an all-black version of the Fifty Fathoms, with the exclusive Blancpain  Calibre 1315 now housed within a polished steel case clothed in a jet-black exterior.  

    The black dial of the Fifty Fathoms, protected by a slightly cambered scratch-resistant sapphire  crystal, features cone-shaped hands, hour-markers and cone-shaped sporty numerals in  rhodium-plated and polished steel coated with a luminescent black material. The 45 mm case  of this latest addition to the Sport collection is equipped with a sapphire crystal case-back  enabling one to admire the self-winding movement and its nautilus-shaped oscillating weight.  The screw-lock crown and case-back ensure perfect water resistance to 300 metres, while the  sail canvas strap is fitted with a black steel buckle.  

    A BRIEF HISTORICAL REMINDER  

    Born in 1953 from the encounter between Blancpain and two officers - Captain «Bob»  Maloubier and his lieutenant Claude Riffaud, commissioned by the French Ministry of Defence  to create an elite unit of «Combat Divers» - the Fifty Fathoms earned its stripes by withstanding  the extreme conditions of military underwater missions. The water resistance of the original,  guaranteed to a depth of 50 fathoms (91.45 metres) lent its name to this mechanical  masterpiece that soon earned a reputation for reliability and sturdiness and asserted itself as the  archetypal modern diver’s watch. 

  • Brand  : Blancpain
    Collection  : Fifty Fathoms
    Model  : Fifty Fathoms Automatique
    Reference  : 5015-11C30-52
    Complement : Steel
    On sale : 2010
    List Price : 12 750 €
    Diameter : 45 mm
    Thickness : 15.40 mm
    Styles : High Horology
    Sporty
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : 1315
    Case material : Steel
    Case peculiarity : Screwed-down caseback
    Sapphire caseback
    Screwed-down crown
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 300 meters
    Dial color : Black
    Display : Luminescent hands
    Indexes : Luminescent
    Triangles
    Arabic numerals
    Glass : Domed
    Sapphire
    Strap material : Sail Canvas
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    More characteristics : Caliber
    Thickness 5.65 mm
    Diameter 30.60 mm
    Power-reserve in hours : 120
    35 rubies
    222 components

    Case
    Between horns 23 mm