An Ocean of Blue: Seven Bucherer Blue Watches at the Bucherer 1888 Time Machine in NYC
After many months of anticipation, the new Bucherer 1888 57th Street flagship store, formerly the Tourneau Time Machine, had its grand re-opening this fall after an extensive renovation and re-branding under the ownership of the Bucherer Group, which acquired Tourneau in 2018. Among the many exciting items the revamped store offers are the first-ever Bucherer Blue Edition timepieces sold in the United States. A staple of Bucherer’s European boutiques, these blue-detailed watches are sure to find an avid audience in the U.S. Here are seven Bucherer Blue timepieces that took their bow at the opening of the New York flagship.
The blue tones of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Bucherer Blue Editions also evoke that watch’s longstanding connection to the marine world, since the original model debuted in 1956 as a military-style dive watch for civilian divers. The 44-mm case and its unidirectional rotating bezel is made of brushed blue ceramic and water-resistant to 300 meters. The sunburst-finish dark blue dial has luminous-coated hour markers and central hours and minute hands that echo the look of their vintage forebears; the date appears in a small window at 4:30; and the large, central seconds hand has a red tip. Inside is Blancpain?s self-winding caliber 1315, with three series-coupled mainspring barrels holding a power reserve of five days reserve while guaranteeing a constant supply of energy. The movement, which is visible through the watch?s cl...
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