Swatch Group 2019 Release: Blancpain Revives the Fifty Fathoms Barakuda and Fifty Fathoms Nageurs de Combat
The Swatch Group decided to forgo Baselworld in 2019 and have its 12 exhibiting brands release their latest novelties on their own terms. While we’ve seen a number of releases slowly trickle out over the past six months, it’s all led up to this week for the Swiss conglomerate. WatchTime was one of the select few American publications invited to attend the inaugural “Time to Move” event that took place over the past four days in Switzerland. We spent that time meeting with six of the Swatch Group’s most prestigious marques ? Breguet, Blancpain, Jaquet Droz, Glashütte Original, Harry Winston, and Omega ? to view the watches that would be defining the rest of the year. Here are the highlights so far.
In an unexpected move by Blancpain, the brand is launching not one, but two unique dive watches in the Fifty Fathoms series that pay homage to the golden age of horology from the 1950s to 1960s. The Fifty Fathoms is famed for being among the first dive watches to hit the market during the mid-19th century ? more importantly, it was one of the first watches to use the critically important uni-directional bezel. These two new pieces honor the long history of military partnerships and scuba diving which have formed the foundation of the collection’s legacy. Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Nageurs de Combat Limited Edition
The first of these watches is the “Nageurs de Combat” watch, a 300-piece limited-edition run designed to evoke the origi...
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