Blancpain Fifty Fathoms

[lazarini]

Seriously people

i just did a search on this watch today and realized the status have not moved eg. no one heard nothing about this being made ...

I'm sure im not alone when i say i would get one of these either Vintage or Modern! This is a piece of history and a great potential also looks like not to be to complicate to do ...

Someone shed some light

Modern:

Vintage:

Gorgeous

Regards Laz

[b16a2]

Oh I agree. At first I wasn't too keen on this watch, but it has really grown on me. It wouldn't be a hard watch to rep, and I am pretty sure that it would sell by the dozens!! Please make this one

[rower]

I think it would be critical to have great lume on this one. The bezel has incredible lume on the real thing. I think that is the hardest thing to duplicate.

[FasTTaP]

I agree, I went in an AD to look at it, and the first thing the girl showd me was the lume... Can't see how it could be lumed by a lume artist here on the bezel... correct me if I'm wrong.

[takashi]

The bezel is made of a few layers. Outermost part is made of sapphire

Anyway, laz, I showed you pictures of this watch during Brussels GTG on Chronos magazine.

[tmg]

The Precista homage sold by Timefactors and MkII Stingray are great bases for a vintage FF project.

Another project to finish some day....

[Sir-Lancelot]

If they rep the modern or the vintage, I would buy one or both.

Very nice.

[Seadweller4000]

I really admire this watch. In fact I would buy it even if it would cost more than standart replicas if it is made well.

And yes, it is really a piece of diving history!

[Watchmeister]

The Fifty Fathoms is the watch a number of folks would kill for. The issue is that manufacturers don't gear up for dozen's of pieces - more like a thousand. On that basis the most likely candidate is the new one. It is part of the whole enlarged size generation at 45mm. If you have seen either the new automatic or chrono you know that the bezel is an absolute work of art. That is what makes the watch. I do hope they can conquer it. If you are inclined toward vintage there are plenty of homage pieces around so I would be surprised if a widely available high quality rep comes out on the vintage anytime soon.

[jeff g]

A very beautiful vintage diver.

I must say that the watch has a similar feel to the new BreitlingHeritage.

Bold/clean/elegant/timeless.

I too would love to own a rep of the 50F.

[Corgi]

I would buy the modern version if the rep was accurate and reasonably priced, sure.

[dadog13]

I'd be for a fifty fathoms if it would get repped...love some of the vintage ones...and I find it not too difficult to replicate...

I'd love to pt my hands on something like this :

Edited June 5, 2008 by dadog13

[SubFrog]

YES! I'll take one as well!

I love black on black. That's sharp!

[Nanuq]

Sign me up for a vintage Fifty too! I've been saving a spot on the shelf for yeaaaars.

[Virgil Hilts]

REP THE VINTAGE.

No datewheel. No lume issues. A little aging and...Robert's your Father's Brother.

[Nanuq]

I know there are aftermarket 6542 GMT inserts available with the printing on the back of the clear acrylic... Absolutely required for this vintage piece. This can be DONE if someone would just step up to the plate.

[Guest avitt]

Over at the Time Factors forum, they're trying to talk Eddie into doing a homage to this beauty, which I find even more stunning than the vintage FF:

[Nanuq]

Wow!!

[turboGUATE]

Me like.

Me want.

Vintage.

Modern.

And hell yeah the JLC.

Cheers!

[Jimster]

There's a seller in Viet Nam thats been selling "franken" reps on a lot of watches including the BP Fifty passing them off as gens.

Here's a link to the last SM300 he sold. He sold a BP Fifty at the same time. The only thing gen is the movement. I had the opportunity to look at one at the last NAWCC meet and the 552 movement was a piece of crap.

So we know there are reps of everything out there. The BP Fifty and the SM300 are one of the most Faked watches on the Bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ME:B:SS:US:1123

Here's a useful link: http://www.scubawatch.org/hallofshame.html

Jim

[tmg]

I think I've seen Phong at J&W offer a fully assembled vintage FF from time to time too under his pre-owned watches.

[rogerthat]

Would love to see the Modern version repped properly, definitely would buy.

Cheers,

M

[P4GTR]

I second most of everything posted. Fifty Fathoms. Cover of watchtime magazine this month.

Modern- REAL superluminova under saphire bezel is a MUST. I'd lay the cash down for this. I'm not putting this on someones shoulder to mod.

Vintage. I'll bite. Do it right.

[mr1973]

Over at the Time Factors forum, they're trying to talk Eddie into doing a homage to this beauty, which I find even more stunning than the vintage FF:

Yah, that was actually my post over there :-)

It was a prototype, not many around of these.

[swdivad]

This doen's look hard at all to rep... what IS the holdup?? I would buy this over a sub/sd anyday!!