Classical sport-luxury watches on bracelets are having a moment in today’s trend-centric watch world, and one of the category’s pioneers, the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, joins the party with three new models whose lightweight yet robust brushed titanium cases are mounted on specially created link bracelets in the same material.

Fifty Fathoms Automatique, Ref. 5015-12830-98

Two of the new references hail from the mainline Fifty Fathoms Automatique series, with their traditional three-hand time display and an unobtrusive date window at 4:30; the third is a new version of the Fifty Fathoms Grande Date, whose date indicator is more prominent and placed in a double aperture at 6 o’clock. All the models, whose 45-mm titanium cases have previously been available on sailcloth NATO straps, are attached to new three-row titanium bracelets whose satin-brushed links are connected through a series of transverse pins, allowing a high degree of fluidity and flexibility on the wrist. Based on a patented system, the mostly lateral screws are placed on the back of the links to preserve the smoothness of the bracelet edges. The sunburst dials of the new Automatique models are in black or blue; the Grande Date’s dial is black.
Fifty Fathoms Automatique, Ref. 5015-12840-98

All three watches feature the Fifty Fathoms collection’s hallmark unidirectional dive-scale bezel, with a scratch-resistant sapphire insert, and familiar dial elements such as the wedge...