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    • Blancpain

    Blancpain was founded in 1735 and belongs to the Swatch Group (Breguet, Omega, Longines, Swatch). For many years during the 20th century Blancpain was out of business and did not sell any watches. In the 1980s Blancpain was revived and today enjoys considerable success among collectors.

    A somewhat famous marketing slogan is that Blancpain has never produced quartz watches and it never will. Every Blancpain timepiece (usually thirty to forty per day are being manufacture) is entirely made by one person, the so called watchmaker. The Blancpain 1735 watch is one of the most complicated watches ever made, its features include a tourbillon, minute repeater, perpetual calendar, split chrono – and together are the base for a grand complication. Blancpain watches are also popular with sports fans and divers.

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    When in Rome: Five Watches with Roman Numeral Dials

    Roman numerals are mostly reserved these days for movie sequels and Super Bowls, but they can still add a hint of elegant classicism to a watch dial, as in the five timepieces we showcase here. BLANCPAIN VILLERET ULTRAPLATE Blancpain’s Villeret series, named for the Swiss village where the manufacture was founded in 1735, is distinguished...

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    Jul 26, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Inspired by Ancestry: Exploring the Blancpain Villeret Collection

    Blancpain’s Villeret collection channels the haute horlogerie roots of the world’s oldest watchmaking brand and continues to innovate with an array of grand and practical complications. We explore the collection’s origins, as well as its historical and modern highlights, in this feature from our October 2020 issue. The author Thomas Wolfe is often credited with...

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    Jun 23, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    TIMEPIECE TIMELINE

    10 Highlights in the History of the Dive Watch

    In the beginning, dive watches were pure tools that helped keep divers on time and alive. Today they’re something else: fashion statements, conversation pieces, rugged companions for a trip to the beach or pool. Our Timeline: "Dive Watches Through the Decades," traces the history of the dive watch from its start in the 1920s, with the invention of the first truly water-resistant cases, to 2014.

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    Jun 4, 2021 by WatchTime

    Strength in Numbers: Five Watches with Big Date Displays

    Some watch connoisseurs find date displays of any kind on a watch dial distracting, unnecessary, and disruptive to a harmonious design. Others not only appreciate them, but also want them to be as legible and prominent as possible. For the latter group, we’ve assembled this list.

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    May 28, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Mission Timers: Five Modern Watches with MIL-SPEC Origins

    Like Jeeps, GPS, and the Internet, some of today’s popular wristwatch models started out as military projects. Here are five modern timepieces whose ancestors were made-to-order for soldiers, sailors, and airmen.

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    May 5, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    FEATURE

    Dive Watches in Depth: A Dive Watch FAQ

    "How water-resistant does it need to be?" "How does a depth gauge work?" We answer your FAQs about dive watches: learn about water resistance, diving bezels, depth gauges, and more in this feature from the WatchTime archives.

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    May 4, 2021 by WatchTime

    Blancpain Revisits the No-Nukes ’60s with Tribute to Fifty Fathoms No-Rad Limited Edition

    Blancpain can boast a long history of providing divers’ watches for military units since its introduction of the original Fifty Fathoms in 1953. By the mid-1960s, Blancpain was producing a version of that seminal timepiece to the elite combat swimmers (“Kampfschwimmers”) of the German Navy, one notable for the use of a red-and-yellow “No Radiations”...

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    Mar 16, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Blancpain Releases Documentary Film on the History of the Fifty Fathoms

    Blancpain just announced the release of its full-length documentary film Fifty Fathoms – The history as told by the pioneers who created it. Narrated by American Emmy Award winning actor and author Peter Coyote, the film recounts the most important events in the creation and seven-decade evolution of the watch. First-hand interviews are conducted with...

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    Mar 15, 2021 by WatchTime

    FEATURE

    How Green is My Watch? How Watch Brands Are Embracing Sustainability

    Sustainability is the topic of the hour. But how committed is the watch industry to ethical and ecological responsibility? We explore several interesting solutions in this feature from the WatchTime archives.

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    Jan 11, 2021 by Maria-Bettina Eich

    2020, The Watch Year in Review: 10 Dynamic Dive Watches

    It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch launches despite the huge obstacles posed by the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. As we look ahead hopefully to 2021, it’s time for our...

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    Dec 26, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    Blancpain Villeret Extraplate Boutique Edition Offers the Collection’s First Green Dial

    Throughout much of the past few years, Blancpain has been adding to its palette of dial colors, notably with the gradient sunburst-green that debuted on the Bathyscaphe Mokarran Limited Edition and re-emerged on the non-limited, chronograph version of the Bathyscaphe. For the latest Boutique Edition of its Villeret Extraplate model, the manufacture brings a green-hued...

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    Dec 3, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    Showing at WatchTime Live 2020: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronographe in Green

    Blancpain expanded its Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe collection — a vintage-inspired sub-family of its Fifty Fathoms series of luxurious divers’ watches — earlier this year with the release of the eye-catching and very exclusive Mokarran Limited Edition, which introduced a new shade of green on both the dial and bezel. This fall, the manufacture brings those...

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    Oct 18, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    TIMEPIECE TIMELINE

    10 Milestone Moments in the History of the Wristwatch

    Today it is common for a man to wear a watch on his wrist, but it was a different story around 100 years ago. World War I, which started in 1914 and ended in 1918, brought to the battlefield much that was new — airplanes, mustard gas, military tanks. It also brought something new to...

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    Aug 21, 2020 by WatchTime

    PORTFOLIO

    Splash! A Plunge Into the Colorful World of Watersports Watches

    Take the plunge with us into the colorful world of water sports. Here you can find professional instruments with appealing technologies, styles, and prices. In this article, we present divers’ watches without complex additional functions (e.g., chronographs) because the watches listed here are designed to focus your undivided attention on the time of day and the...

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    Aug 19, 2020 by Alexander Krupp

    Color Psychology: 6 Watches with Green Dials to Calm Your Pandemic Nerves

    A medical review, recently published on Color Psychology, written by author Kendra Cherry and reviewed by Psychotherapist Steven Gans, MD, suggests that different colors have different psychological impact on our moods and emotions. In hopes of calming your pandemic nerves, we have rounded up some of the latest 2020 watches with...

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    Aug 9, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

    Treasure Diver: Blancpain Unveils Blue-Dialed Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe in Sedna Gold

    Blancpain introduced the Bathyscaphe, an understated, "everyday wear" offshoot of its legendary Fifty Fathoms diving watch in 2013. The latest version of the Bathyscaphe combines a deep blue dial with a case and bezel made of 18k Sedna gold.

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    Aug 5, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    Highlights from WatchTime’s July-August 2020 Issue, On Sale Now

    The July-August issue of WatchTime is available at retailers and in our online shop) today. Among the highlights of the issue are our exclusive first look at the new Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Mokarran Limited Edition, tests and reviews of new watches from TAG Heuer, Grand Seiko, and Sinn; a comprehensive history of the Breguet...

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    Jul 9, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    Introducing: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Mokarran Limited Edition

    Blancpain’s latest version of the Bathyscaphe adds a new color and a no-date option to the brand’s popular range of dive watches. Additionally, the 50-piece limited edition supports conservation efforts to protect the critically endangered great hammerhead shark. Follow this link for WatchTime’s cover story >>> 

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    Jul 7, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

    Blancpain: Stay Tuned For A Big Announcement Surfacing Tomorrow

    Make sure to return here tomorrow morning: the team at Blancpain has been working on something truly special for the U.S. market, and we cannot wait to also share with our online readers the latest watch and ocean coonservation project from the creator of the modern dive watch.

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    Jul 6, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

    Microbrand Monday: Back in Bronze with the Baltic Aquascaphe

    It’s no secret in the watch community what a great value Baltic watches represents in the market — microbrand or otherwise. Founded in 2017 after two years of preparation, the brand kicked off with a successful Kickstarter campaign launching its first two watches: the time-only HMS 001 and chronograph-equipped BICOMPAX 001 (both below). Not too...

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    Jun 22, 2020 by Caleb Anderson
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