Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Flyback Chronograph

KEY FACTS

• Offered by an established trade seller based in the UK
• Presented with its internal pouch, warranty card, manual, Peli case, folder, pusher and retailer carry bag
• Graded ‘A’ for condition by the vendor who reports the watch to be in good working order

FUNCTIONS

• Time, date, day, month, moonphase and flyback chronograph
• Powered by the calibre 66BF8
• ​Self-winding movement with a 40-hour power reserve
• ​300m of waterproofness 

SUMMARY

The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms was initially developed with elite French divers and is both iconic and incredibly important in the history of dive watches. Launched in 1953, it was the first to incorporate a uni-directional rotating bezel - beating out the Rolex Submariner. The Fifty Fathoms was reintroduced into the catalogue in 2007 blending contemporary engineering with vintage inspiration.

The Chronographe Flyback Quantième Complet represented here retains the utilitarianism of a dive watch, rated with a 300m of water resistance, but elevates the wearing experience with several complications, consisting of a complete calendar, flyback chronograph, and a moon phase.

Powered by Blancpain’s calibre 66BF8 which is based on Frédéric Piguet’s calibre 1185, an integrated self-winding column wheel chronograph with a vertical clutch and one of the thinnest self-winding chronographs in the world. The calibre 66BF8 is visible through the see-through caseback and features a 21K gold oscillating weight resembling a nautilus. There is no need for an adjusting tool since the wearer can use their hands to set the calendar using one of the four under-lug correctors.

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