Cortina Watch’s 50th anniversary celebrations are steaming along magnificently. The eminent watch retailer announces yet another commemorative limited edition timepiece to mark the occasion, this time with Blancpain, which is spicing up the congratulatory mood with a special 50-piece rendition of its popular Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe collection.
Hailed as the world’s first modern dive watch, Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms is without question one of the most authentic dive watches in watchmaking history. Launched in 1953, after Blancpain successfully took up the challenge by military officers from the French frogmen unit to make military-grade timekeepers for combat and underwater use, the Fifty Fathoms set the standard with many groundbreaking features. Features like optimum underwater visibility with luminescent and high-contrast dials, top-notch water resistance, and outer rotating bezel to mark remaining dive times, which…
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CROWN (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 3 2022