Treasure Diver: Blancpain Unveils Blue-Dialed Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe in Sedna Gold
Blancpain introduced the Bathyscaphe, an understated, “everyday wear” offshoot of its legendary Fifty Fathoms diving watch in 2013 and has grown it into a significant collection since then. The latest version of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe combines a deep blue dial ? an element long associated with the series ? with a case and bezel made of 18k Sedna gold.
Sedna gold ? an extra-durable alloy of gold, copper, and palladium ? is proprietary to the Swatch Group, Blancpain’s parent company, and familiar to fans of another brand within the group, Omega, which uses it on several models including the Seamaster Diver 300M. Blancpain uses the material here for the 43-mm case and the unidirectional rotating bezel, which is outfitted with a blue ceramic insert and hour markers and time scale made of Ceragold, another proprietary alloy that bonds 18k gold with ceramic. The luminous dot index at 12 o?clock on the bezel is a faithful reproduction of the one used on historical Fifty Fathoms watches of the 1950s. The 300-meter water-resistant case has a satin-brushed finish and a relatively slim profile, at 13. 4 mm thick.
The shimmering, sunburst-finish blue dial hosts distinctive rectangular hour and minute hands, which echo the look of their 1950s forebears and feature luminous coating; a tilted date window at 4:30; a thin, red-tipped central seconds hand; and a chapter ring consisting of dot-shaped and rectangular hour markers and combining g...
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