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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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Baselworld 2014: Blancpain Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph

Blancpain introduced a modern re-issue of its famed divers’ watch, the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe, at last year’s Baselworld. For Baselworld 2014, the brand has added a new model to the vintage-inspired Bathyscaphe family, the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph.

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Mar 28, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

Sponsored: CODE41 Unveils Latest NB24 with the Impressive Stratom Case

CODE41 has unveiled its latest iteration of the NB24, a chronograph watch that has become a legendary part of the brand’s history. This third edition of the NB24 brings with it not only a captivating new color, but also introduces a fresh case design known as the Stratom. The NB24 – A Growing Legacy The...

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Sep 20, 2023 by WatchTime

Pre-Baselworld 2014: Watch Insider Previews the New Blancpain Villeret Watch

The pre-Baselworld 2014 product releases have started pouring into my in-box, and I have already covered several of them on my blog, Watch-Insider.com. Here is one of the latest: Blancpain’s Villeret 2014, a self-winding three-hand watch with a date display, featuring a remarkably understated grand feu enamel dial.

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Feb 9, 2014 by Alexander Linz

Around the Web: 2014 Watch Predictions, Tiffany-Swatch Legal Decision, Blancpain’s Chefs and the “Death Watch”

The new year has begun, and it is time for our first installment of “Around the Web” for 2014.  As always, WatchTime social media maven Alan Loren updates watch aficionados with what we thought were some of the most interesting watch-related stories and news tidbits of the past weeks, culled from the websites of your...

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Jan 5, 2014 by WatchTime

WatchTime New York 2023 Tickets on Sale Now

Following what was one of WatchTime New York’s biggest shows to-date in 2022, the esteemed collector’s event returns to Manhattan once again this year from October 20th to 22nd. WatchTime New York 2023 will bring together many of the world’s most impressive watchmakers and timepieces alongside countless enthusiasts, collectors, and industry experts. The multi-day event...

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Jun 16, 2023 by WatchTime

WatchTime’s January-February Issue is On Sale Now!

The January-February issue of WatchTime is on newsstands now (and on Nook, Kindle, and the WatchTime app for iOS and Android), featuring in-depth watch tests of the IWC Ingenieur Automatic AMG Black Series Ceramic, Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe, and Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon NEDU, a reference guide to the watch industry’s quality marks, a gallery of...

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Dec 31, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Video: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe

In WatchTime’s January-February 2014 issue, on sale December 31, technical editor Mike Disher conducts an in-depth test of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe, a vintage-inspired divers’ watch introduced at Baselworld 2013. Click below to watch an exclusive video taken by Robert Atkinson (who also provided photos for the story), available only here on WatchTime.com.

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Dec 14, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

KISS Drummer Eric Singer Tests Ball Watch on Stage

At a recent invitation-only press event at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Tokyo, KISS drummer (and WatchTime Connoisseuer profile subject) Eric Singer tested a Ball watch during on onstage performance.

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Nov 7, 2013 by WatchTime

The Big Fix: Behind Girard-Perregaux’s Makeover

The new Girard-Perregaux Chrono Hawk goes under the microscope in WatchTime’s November-December issue, on sale now. In this feature from the June 2013 issue, we delve into how new Sowind Group CEO Michele Sofisti plans to cure what’s been ailing that Swiss high-horology brand.

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Oct 22, 2013 by Norma Buchanan

A Record-Breaking Patek Philippe Highlights Top 5 Watches from Only Watch 2013

The fifth edition of the biennial “Only Watch” auction took place over the weekend at the Hermitage Hotel in Monaco. When the final hammer fell, the auction of unique timepieces had raised 5,066,000 euros for research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and a Patek Philippe Ref. 5004T fetched the highest price ever paid for a modern...

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Oct 1, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Watchmaker Dominique Loiseau Passes Away

French watchmaker Dominique Loiseau, known for creating the Rose des Temps clock, Blancpain 1735 wristwatch, and other notable timepieces, has passed away. Last year, Loiseau joined Girard-Perregaux to develop new in-house movements for the brand. Read below for Girard-Perragaux’s official statement on the watchmaker’s passing.

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Sep 18, 2013 by WatchTime

Blancpain Hosts UN Reception for “Oceans” Photo Exhibit

On July 10th, guests of Blancpain, DivePhotoGuide.com and the National Geographic Society gathered for an evening reception in the exhibit gallery of the United Nations in New York to acknowledge “Oceans,” an underwater photography exhibition.

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Jul 16, 2013 by WatchTime

Watch Insider Looks at Blancpain L-Evolution-R Chronographe Flyback Rattrapante Grande Date

WatchTime’s “Watch Insider” Alexander Linz visited the Hungaroring race track near Budapest for the launch of the Blancpain L-Evolution-R Chronographe Flyback Rattrapante Grande Date, which features a 24-hour counter shaped like the Lamborghini logo.

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May 23, 2013 by WatchTime

Watch Insider: My Top 10 Watches from Baselworld 2013

The Baselworld 2013 watch fair has come to and end, and now, having seen and covered dozens of new watches on my blog, Watch-Insider.com, my colleagues at WatchTime have asked me to name my favorite new timepieces from this year’s show. Click here to see my top 10 watches from the most well-established brands.

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May 19, 2013 by Alexander Linz

Baselworld 2013, Day One: Blancpain, Hublot, Graham, Alpina

The first day of the 2013 Baselworld watch fair is in the books, and I’ve already seen a number of interesting new timepieces. Yesterday’s highlights included a clever yacht-timer watch from Alpina, a world horological  first from Blancpain, and some quality time with one of this year’s most talked-about pieces, Hublot’s La Ferrari.

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Apr 26, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Horology Meets Cuisine: Blancpain Partners with Three-Star Chef Daniel Humm

Last week, at a luxurious six-course dinner at New York City’s world renowned Eleven Madison Park restaurant, Blancpain introduced Daniel Humm, a three-Michelin-starred chef and Blancpain watch enthusiast, as an official “friend of the brand,” presenting him with a one-of-a-kind, engraved Fifty Fathoms timepiece.

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Mar 12, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Video: WatchTime Talks Racecars and Watches with Lamborghini’s CEO

Last week, WatchTime attended the “global dynamic launch” of the Lamborghini LP 700-4 Aventador Roadster in Miami as a guest of Blancpain, which partnered with Lamborghini in 2009 to establish the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo single-make race series. While there, we had the opportunity to speak with Lamborghini CEO Stephen Winkelmann, who answered questions about...

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Feb 6, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Blancpain Introduces Saint Valentin Ladies’ Watch

With the 2012 holiday season behind us, Blancpain is already looking ahead to Valentine’s Day, with the debut of its new Saint Valentin 2013 limited-edition watch, a ladies’ model with a mother-of-pearl dial and diamond-bedecked bezel.

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Jan 2, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Watch Wallpaper: A Cavalcade of Calendars

It’s the holiday season, the time for giving and receiving gifts — and accumulating next year’s calendars for your home and office walls. How about some great horological calendars to decorate your desktop? Click here to download beautiful images of calendar timepieces from some of the top haute horlogerie watch brands.

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Dec 21, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Blancpain Villeret Squelette 8 Jours

Skeleton watches continue to be hot items for collectors, and Blancpain‘s Squelette 8 Jours (Ref. 6633-1500-55B), from the brand’s elegant Villeret collection, offers one of the most intricately executed openworked movements on the market. The manufacture movement on display through the front and back sapphire crystals is the manual-wind Calibre 1333SQ, which is equipped with...

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Dec 5, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Elegant Accessories: Pens for Watch Lovers

Watch companies have upped the ante in the quality of their branded accessories — particularly in the case of fine writing implements, a category near and dear to the hearts of many watch collectors. In this 2009 column by Fine Pens writer Jan DiVincenzo, the first in our online archive of WatchTime’s popular lifestyle columns,...

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Jul 30, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Blancpain Villeret Traditional Chinese Calendar

With 2012 being the Chinese Year of the Dragon, and with the momentous growth of Asia, and China in particular, as a luxury wristwatch market, it should be no surprise that many brands have created timepieces aimed squarely at Chinese consumers this year. Dragons and other Chinese motifs and styles were a recurring theme at...

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May 9, 2012 by Mark Bernardo
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