Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bakelite Bezel longines during the so-called Quartz Crisis

during the so-called Quartz Crisis of the early 1970s

Organically Grown

black enamel paint instead of luminous in-fill

- Reference 1016- 36mm steel case- Serial 356xxxx dating to 1974- Lovely matte Frog Foot dial- Oyster bracelet reference 7836 with 380 endlinks- Fully serviced by our watchmaker- One-year mechanical warranty- Includes a handmade leather watch pouch- Free worldwide Fedex Priority shippingThis watch has been certified at Certifiwatch under registration number CF-0102698

with a to-die-for dial

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bakelite Bezel longines during the so-called Quartz CrisisAn early Blancpain diverThis is a very rare and very early Blancpain Fifty Fathoms. Credited as the first divers watch with uni directional bezel, the Fifty Fathoms was designed by the then CEO of Jean Jacques Fiecht who was an avid diver, in the early 1950s. Available tot he public in 1953 ( same year as the first Rolex submariner), and used by many Armed forces (French, German, Israeli, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, and most famously,