Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
#62 of 166 in the community watch ranking · 18 head-to-head votes
What makes it stand out
The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, released in 1953, is considered the first "modern" divers' watch, as it was the first to include several now-common innovations like the unidirectional rotating bezel. The modern descendant of that historical model retains much of its classical, straightforward dial and bezel design but upgrades the watch with a sapphire bezel and the automatic, in-house Caliber 1315 caliber. It can also resist water pressures significantly higher than 50 fathoms --- 300 meters, to be precise.
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At a glance
- Material
- Stainless-steel case; black strap
- Case size
- 45 mm diameter
- Case height
- 15.4mm
- Lug to lug
- 50mm
- Movement
- Auto Blancpain 1315
- Water resistance
- 300m
- Crystal
- Sapphire
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How the crowd sees it
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms has won 10 of 18 matchups (56%). Its community score is 1042 crowns. It’s early: a few votes can still move this watch considerably.
Crowns are an Elo ranking score, not a star rating or a measure of manufacturing quality.
