I?ll be honest: on Monday morning, as I settled into the ol? home office (a corner carved out of my living room where Netflix and other distractions are forbidden) and began prepping for the days ahead with a cup of coffee in hand, I didn?t realize we were setting upon Fifty Fathoms week on Worn & Wound. But, well, here we are, a few days removed from the launch of the latest Hodinkee collaboration with Blancpain (which sold out in minutes), and I?m back again to bring you yet another Fifty Fathoms related release, this one at the polar opposite end of the pricing spectrum, but with a hook that is genuinely interesting. This new release from Squale and retailers Amsterdam Watch Company will likely generate some serious interest among many of the same folks who shelled out a little over $14,000 for a Limited Edition MIL-SPEC earlier this week. Let?s take a look. 
What we have here is a limited run of 180 watches in genuine ?new old stock? Blancpain cases that date back to the 1950s. These are previously unused 35mm cases that would have been used in the production of Blancpain?s ?MC4? Fifty Fathoms, as well as watches with the ?Rayville SA? signature made for the Waltham brand and the US market. Two variants are being produced (for now): the Subino, and the No Radiobino. The Subino model has a classic matte black dial with Arabic numerals at 12, 3, 6, and 9, and the original bakelite bezel insert. The No Radiobino uses a combination of circular and rectangular...