Born in 1953, the blancpain fifty fathoms helped to defined many of the. The histories of blancpains legendary fifty fathoms, the worlds first modern diving watch, and diving itself. Working together with some of the finest underwater photographers for nearly half of his life, fuchs has met many dive media professionals, authors and photographers likewise, and has chosen the very best of all for their contributions to blancpains fifty fathoms. A new documentary from blancpain showcasing the history of the.
Produced by blancpain and directed and written by jeffrey kingston, fifty fathoms. The editorial content is thus split into the free diving history and one of isforemost record diver. It is, thus, fitting that blancpain has brought these two stories together in a richly illustrated collectible volume entitled fifty fathoms. Blancpain fifty fathoms 50th anniversary 050 youtube. Italian world champion gianluca genoni and the story of two.
Blancpains stunning, limited edition coffee table book charts 24 of the most exciting milestones in diving of the past 60 years. Reinhard dirscherl underwater photography blancpain. Blancpain has been a subsidiary of the swiss swatch group since 1992, and is regarded as a toptier swatch brand. Then in 1983, blancpain becomes a subsidiary and jacques piguet hires jeanclaude biver as vicechairman of blancpain s executive committee. Edition fifty fathoms has been methodically designed to pay tribute to the first modern diving watch, the iconic fifty fathoms. As the blancpain fifty fathoms established itself as the worldwide standard for military diving watches, it achieved similar success in the civilian arena. A brief history of the blancpain fifty fathoms by magnus salbu the blancpain fifty fathoms is a diving watch in its truest form, and arguably also the first specifically made for the task. The blancpain fifty fathoms blackbird watch manual. Each book consists of 50 doublepage spreads, each measuring one fathom around its perimeter when open, hence a total of 50 fathoms. There is a lot to like here, and on top of this new watch, blancpain also announced a massive, 475page chronicle of the entire history of the fifty fathoms, the very. Fifty fathoms, the dive and watch history 195320 asian. On chrono24 youll find 166 preowned blancpain fifty fathoms watches and you can buy a preowned watch or sell a preowned blancpain.
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History deserves to be remembered recommended for you. The histories of blancpains iconic fifty fathoms, the worlds first modern diving watch, and diving itself have been intertwined ever since 1953. Flyback, and a new book celebrating the fifty fathoms. Today well go a bit deeper pun intended into how the blancpain fifty fathoms came to be, and how it has evolved over more than half a century. The conception and evolution of the modern diving watch, by jeffrey kingston. Bear clooney presents his blancpain fifty fathoms 5015. They were serious instruments and part of the required kit for any diver. Blancpain fabriccanvas wristwatch bands for sale ebay.
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