The new Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 42mm offers a more wearable take on the iconic diver
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- Опубліковано 6 кві 2024
- For the first time, a 42mm Fifty Fathoms has entered the standard production catalogue for Blancpain. Measuring at 42.3mm in diameter, 14.3mm thick, and 47mm lug-to-lug, it may not be the thinnest option against its co-members of the trinity of dive watch icons but it is the most compact across the wrist lug-to-lug - very exciting news for those looking for a more wearable iconic diver.
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BRAND - BLANCPAIN
MODEL - FIFTY FATHOMS AUTOMATIQUE 42MM
CASE DIMENSIONS - 42.3MM (D) X 14.3MM (T) X 47MM (LTL)
CASE MATERIAL - TITANIUM OR RED GOLD
WATER RESISTANCE -300 METRES (SCREW-DOWN CROWN)
CRYSTAL(S) - SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL AND EXHIBITION CASEBACK
DIAL - BLUE OR BLACK SUNBURST DIAL
STRAPS - NATO, TROPIC RUBBER, OR SAIL-CANVAS STRAPS (TITANIUM OR RED GOLD MODELS WITH EITHER A PIN BUCKLE OR DEPLOYANT CLASP) - TITANIUM BRACELET WITH TRIPLE FOLDING CLASP (TITANIUM ONLY)
MOVEMENT - IN-HOUSE AUTOMATIC 1315
POWER RESERVE - 120 HOURS
FUNCTIONS - HOURS, MINUTES, SECONDS, DATE
AVAILABILITY - NOW
PRICE - ON NATO: US$16,600/A$26,500 (TITANIUM), US$30,400 (RED GOLD)
ON TROPIC RUBBER: US$16,600 (TITANIUM W/ PIN BUCKLE), US$18,400/A$29,300 (TITANIUM W/ DEPLOYANT), US$30,400 (RED GOLD W/ PIN BUCKLE), US$34,300 (RED GOLD W/ DEPLOYANT)
ON SAIL-CANVAS: US$16,600 (TITANIUM W/ PIN BUCKLE), US$18,400/A$29,300 (TITANIUM W/ DEPLOYANT), US$30,400 (RED GOLD W/ PIN BUCKLE), US$34,300 (RED GOLD W/ DEPLOYANT)
ON TITANIUM BRACELET: US$19,300 (TITANIUM ONLY)
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I just tried on this watch at the AD with the rubber and Titanium strap/bracelet....the size of case is now very wearable.
I have the 45mm FF 5015, black dial titanium on the bracelet. This watch is built like a tank; solid. Yet so finely finished. It's beautiful, robust, reliable, mega accurate all while being understated. I love it. I got mine for a smidge over 25% off.
If the 42mm version is anything like it's sibling, I absolutley recommend it. If you're worried about the 42mm size, know that it will wear smaller than that. I suggest trying it on if you are able to do so. The sticking point is the price. If you want one of these, be patient. Wait for them to start filtering through on the secondary market over the next 12-24 months, then all being well, you should be able to find one at a more reasonable price.
how did you negotiate the 25% off? in store or second hand market? Thank you in advance!
@@voland1 I bought online from a grey market seller, who quoted the price. They sourced the watch from an Italian AD, but with a signed warrantry card.
@@meson183 ok. I am thinking of buying the new 42 mm FF blue dial, so was thinking is it ok to discuss deductions in store?
I got a 2k deduction on my Marine Breguet in store a couple of years ago.
I’m 100% buying the 42mm
Understated??
Black dial, tropic with regular buckle is the way to go. This watch is a game changed and end game for me. Well done Blancpain
Same
For me this is the perfect watch design. I need someone to take the initial depreciation hit and i'll hopefully add the titanium to my collection one day.
I can’t wait to see one in person! Most likely, this will be my next watch!
I have the Ti FF on a the bracelet. I bought OEM nato and sail cloth. They each require their own pin buckle as the nato is wider. So I wear all 3 configurations. That said, sail cloth dresses it up but is the least comfortable. It’s stiff even after lots of break in. Nato is by far the most comfortable. Bracelet is a good summer option.
I have the 5015 and would always go for sail cloth, one of the best strap I have on my watches. Makes even wearing the 45mm very comfortable.
I opted for Blue on Ti bracelet. AD was generous and supplied me with blue sail cloth strap with deployiant clasp FOC as it was something I was wanting to add to change the look on occasion. This watch wears so well.
What a time to be alive for tiny wrists
like myself
Definitely on the tropic strap!
Nice video, your camera operator is doing a great job!
I have the Bathyscaphe on the sail cloth/rubber strap with pin buckle. It's my favorite strap not on a folding clasp. It doesn't have the friction problem that rubber straps have. And I haven't noticed any fraying of the stitching like I had on my Dark Side of the Moon watch. That's my pick.
Tried this on yesterday! Currently in lust. I would definitely go for the titanium on bracelet. I would add a sail cloth and rubber strap upon purchase to swap around though the hex bolt might slow me down a bit.
For the black version I would go for the rubber. The blue dial is probably nice on the blue canvas/rubber strap.
Definitely on the bracelet 😊
As an owner of a 45mm blue Ti 5015 I hope they make the Tropic style straps available for them in 23mm
Beautiful with references to the vintage. Ti + bracelet and throwi in the sailcloth for me.
Very interesting case side profile and ‘bubble’ case-back to hide the thickness.
Makes the lugs stand off the your wrist in this video…
Ti watch-head on Ti bracelet for me. The sailcloth strap with pin buckle would be a nice extra.
Sail cloth is best strap, but prices hopefully can be better aligned with reasonably competitive levels😊
Today I tried on the blue dial in titanium with rubber strap and sailcloth strap. Very nice watch and the bezel movement is truly unique - very precise and smooth, and less metallic sounding than a Rolex Submariner - I think it’s rotating on ceramic or the like. It’s pricy but you should be able to negotiate a hefty discount to at most ADs - avoid the boutiques.
I have the FF “Dark Knight” in 45mm and a FF Chrono, also in 45mm both with sail canvas strap, which is by far the most comfortable and best looking piece for the FF. No need to downsize to 42mm for me but can understand many with thinner wrists will feel happy to wear it finally.
Panerai got the specs right with the underrated Luminor Quaranta. 40mm and 12.5 or 13 mm* (source dependent). Those measurements reflect the vox populi.
Very nice, probably prefer the Ti but it is a tough choice
I opt for the tropical pin buckle, $16.6 vs $18.4.
Very curious to feel the Ti+strap on wrist. I’m sure it’s got heft but just how much more over the swatch collab?
Feels light as a feather.
I’ll take the watch on the sail canvas, but, but I want the 45mm version.
great video rubber strap pin buckle must be blue watch
Ti on bracelet. A killer watch. One piece you’ll ever need
Nice... very nice, the 42mm is perfect and I just hope the lug width is 20mm.... please 20mm 🙏🏼 Bracelet on the steel would be nice.
It’s 21.5 mm!! 🤦♂️🤦♂️ no joking it is 2:46
@@dukes70 oh dear... why...
This is definitely an icon that sure to make anyone Bank pain 😅 I'm still waiting my quadie to jackpot first 🤞🙏 so in the mean time dream on 😴
I know it's expensive but I would buy it in a heartbeat on a rubber strap with a regular buckle. And let's not act like you're getting a Submariner on sale anywhere and it's not even on this level in terms of movement and finishing.
As long as the strap is long enough I'd do the tropic strap
Matte or gloss dial please
Put half down on the Blancpain fifty fathoms blue Titanium on rubber pin buckle should receive it 2 weeks or so can't wait, I tried three version on and it's compact with short lug to lug and wears really comfy on the Ti23. The quality is up extremely high and I received a really good break on the price.
Did you get any discount?
@@SonnyBurnett-sc6edsorry for the extremely late reply but just saw your question. Can't understand the negativity towards this release, imo it's stunning no questions ask. I got mine brand new after a month wait at 11.8K straight and just received a free blue rubber strap as a gift for the wait. I did extremely well. Over 17K plus 300USD for the strap.
I like the look of them although a little thinner would have been better . The prices are crazy , not long ago you could pick up the larger models pre owned for around ten grand US .Now new 16 grand US ? Crazy . And the prices for the other models ? Insane…Who is going to pay that ? Not me . I would pay ten grand for one pre owned on a tropic strap,otherwise no thanks. New I would MAYBE consider like 12K but not a dollar more ; I think they got their pricing way wrong .
bracelet and canvas all day
Well I would buy the black dial with tropical rubber strap along with regular buckle but I would ask an extra sail cloth strap in case I want dress up for events. I have a standard steel Fifty Fathoms already, just need to wait few more year to buy its “brother”
Hoping for a non limited 40mm version
and in steel!
@@Alexander_MDDo you want to wait another 10+ years?
Talk about lack of innovation!
I will stick to my Pionier⌚️
Why this lifeline buoy as bezel?
Outstanding 🎉
Bracelet but waiting for the grande date version in Titanium
The ultimate diver for me. I would never trade for a submariner. At 42.3mm it's the Holy Grail
Submariner in every way except power reserve superior
The best is in titane grade 23 absolutely 💖
Great
The longest wait in watch history 👏
The grail watch the I could never afford in this lifetime
Titanium on the bracelet would be my choice if I could afford it
These watches are beautiful. Take note: the step dial is excluded from the 42mm. I think absolutely get it on a bracelet.
No. Rubber.
Oooo, smaller diameter.
Oooh, not smaller case height.
If it sits anything like the Swatch Collab. Hard no.
I guess I've been spoilt with Seikos remarkable ability to make otherwise big watch, sit squat and slim on the wrist
The 42mm is more expensive than the 45mm for less material. I get it might be the price of novelty, but it still feels weird given that the 45mm remains available. Apart from the case size, and the slightly different dial, did anyone spot other differences?
titanium rather than steel
@@swampThaang No, I was comparing the same materials in different sizes. For instance, the blue version with canvas strap, in titanium, has ref. 5015 12B40 O52A in 45mm and is cheaper than the new one in 42.3mm with ref. 5010 12B40 O52B (CHF 15‘600 vs. CHF 16‘900 in Switzerland). The only difference in the tech. specs. apart from case size is a folding clasp in the new 42mm model vs. pin buckle in the 45mm size. Another subtle difference is in the dial. But anyways, nothing to really justify the price difference, apart from novelty, I suppose.
It’s not wearable for a lot of people it’s going to be very, very, very expensive. Yes, I would love one and I have absolute respect for it.
Ti all the way...with an extra sail cloth strap.
I tried it at the AD, comparing it to the Sub or the SMP300m the price is just not worth it.
The hands design should go back to the vintage ones, obviously it looks better since they use it on most of their limited editions.
Great Watch ! For me black dial with tropic bracelet, pin buckle but additional sailcloth bracelet for a more dressy style.
Soon mine I hope🙏🏼
I’m so annoyed that they made the bracelet clasp a butterfly clasp…😑 Total missed opportunity to release a new badass micro adjust clasp.
Ti for sure.
Sail canvas
Sail cloth
WTH, What's the three? Rolex, for sure, but Omega...I guess?
Titanium black dial on nato
A little too thick but it’s a dive watch and TI with otherwise good specs but that price! $16.6K for strap pin buckle non-limited. 🤯😱😱
Holy hell. That’s pricey.
Fifty Fathoms or Submariner… I have to say I’m getting tired of Subs but not quite ready to take the leap to the FF. 42mm case size is the first step (or rather a huge leap) but yet not enough.
The watches are gorgeous in real life but at those price points....it's a hard justification to buy...for me at least
Definitely for the 1% 😂
What are the other two iconic dive watches you alluded too? I presume Rolex Submariner and What? Doxa?
Submariner for me unless Blancpain does an Act 3 in stainless steel with no see through case back!
Can’t compare a mass produced and machine produced diver like Rolex vs a high horology- hand made Blancpain FF
yes you can! High horology? The bezel action feel the same as my CWC or Doxa. In hand it does not feel any better than a rolex. I am not saying its a bad watch but would be better if it was more like the original .
@@joesaave😂 „does not feel better than a Rolex“. You‘re the type of guy touching big tits of a Hooter girl sayin‘ there ain‘t no difference to my wifeys 50 yrs old.
I just love the blue titanium with the blue tropical (rubber) with the pin buckel! The rubber with the clasp is a ripoff! And the best is that get the watch already 24% cheaper 😎
I also love the green color of the Superluminova ! The blue color of the Rolex Superluminova was always a no go! 🤮
Tbh I prefer the blue bathyscaphe on the sailcloth
A hockey puck on the wrist 😮
$19,300 dive watch with a butterfly clasp? lol. Good luck trying to get that over a wet suit.
TBF if you wear a wetsuit in the office, it might look silly.
Bracelet. But I have an issue : the nicer and more expensive it gets, the likelier I won't take it in the water. My real water piece (beach, sea, pool, holidays) is an expendable, 10-year old 1500m SuperOcean on glidelock - paid 3K for it. A perfect piece for its use. And for 20K I can find something way closer to my dreams than this Blancpain, so I'm afraid it is a no for me.
Im agree,realy too expensive,too much luxury brand compete for having the most expensive watch,its just like if the interest of rich customer come onlg if a watch is realy expensive,do the same at half of the price and snob customer will mnkt looking her...
Terrible, the way it still sits so high off your wrist.
"True divewatches" with white gold indicies, sunburst dials and at 15,000€? I think not. These are jewellery imitations of tool watches, people.
way too thick. Blancpain inscription on the side is a deal breaker.
Nato
Why the date? Dial ruined by Date window... who needs the date when diving 🤔
Sad.
JMB
Too thick, too expensive and most importantly, five years too late😅
The couple-years-late point is what really comes to mind first. Multiple years of luxury sports watch craze and BP has been watching from the sidelines...
>14mm for 30 bar, it is a joke for a new release today
Real
And no micro adjust on bracelet 😒
And no micro adjust on clasp! And a matte dial please. Won’t be waiting
Waaay too thick.
too expensive ...and a little bit too late to the game with the smaller size ...cannot see it over a submariner ...
The dial is so ugly, too big and bulky and excessively expensive. Blancpain could’ve been so much 😔
Meeeeehhhhh 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻❗😅
That hideous BLANCPAIN writing on side of case is absolutely disgusting 🤮 love the Submariner no nonsense cases and conservative designs. Why the hell does that even need to be there so trash! Everything else about the watch is perfect, not being one hot garbage for real!
Still too thick
For 16k$ when a Sub is 10,5$ ?
I don’t think so ..
This is super luxury. Rolex is middle of the road.
Clearly you don’t have a clue about high end Horology 🙄 They are NOT even in the same league, dude: The Submariner is a mass produced watch and the Fifty Fathoms is hand crafted 🤷🏻♂️
Still too thick , needs to be 40 mm with no limited edition with a thickness at 13 mm max. If that ever happens , I will pounce on it !! Untill then meh !
That’s why they have the Bathyscaphe, so dudes like you don’t “feel offended and excluded” because the Fifty Fathoms “iT’s ToO bIg FoR mY tInY wRiSt” 🙄
Full Titanium
I want one
What a waste,,
Too thick too late,
Should bring Leman 38mm 40mm back