Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Archives - The Truth About Watches https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/tag/blancpain-fifty-fathoms/ Fully Independent Watch Website Sun, 24 Sep 2023 15:48:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://i0.wp.com/thetruthaboutwatches.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-TTAW-logo-4-e1602814010673.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Archives - The Truth About Watches https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/tag/blancpain-fifty-fathoms/ 32 32 17944636 New Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act 3 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/new-blancpain-fifty-fathoms-70th-anniversary-act-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-blancpain-fifty-fathoms-70th-anniversary-act-3 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/new-blancpain-fifty-fathoms-70th-anniversary-act-3/#respond Sun, 24 Sep 2023 15:43:11 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20742 The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act 3 is the latest variation of the watchmaker’s Royal Oak or Nautilus. In other words, its Blancpain’s most recent attempt to milk their main profit engine. The Shakespearean schtick – releasing releases in “Acts” – is, as the Brits say, too clever by half. Just so you know, […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/new-blancpain-fifty-fathoms-70th-anniversary-act-3/feed/ 0 20742 New Swatch X Blancpain – A Fathomable Brand Betrayal https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/new-swatch-x-blancpain-fathomable-brand-betrayal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-swatch-x-blancpain-fathomable-brand-betrayal https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/new-swatch-x-blancpain-fathomable-brand-betrayal/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:08:23 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20670 Swatch X Blancpain Fifty Fathoms? A bioceramic cheap mechanical or quartz-powered copy of the legendary diving watch (first edition above), currently selling for $14k and up? Yup. watchpro.com’s Rob Corder explains… “Swatch and Omega’s partnership to create the MoonSwatch in 2022 was heralded as one of the greatest marketing stunts of the decade among watch […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/new-swatch-x-blancpain-fathomable-brand-betrayal/feed/ 29 20670 MoonSwatch – OMEGA Jumped the Shark https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2022/11/moonswatch-has-omega-jumped-the-shark/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moonswatch-has-omega-jumped-the-shark https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2022/11/moonswatch-has-omega-jumped-the-shark/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2022 21:29:05 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=18912 The expression “jump the shark” comes from the fifth season of the TV sitcom Happy Days, While “Fonzi’s” stunt didn’t end the series’ popularity, “jumped the shark” now means “a point at which far-fetched events are included for the sake of novelty, indicative of a decline in quality.” Hence my take on the Swatch X […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2022/11/moonswatch-has-omega-jumped-the-shark/feed/ 7 18912 Tudor Pelagos vs. Longines Hydroconquest https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2020/10/tudor-pelagos-vs-longines-hydroconquest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tudor-pelagos-vs-longines-hydroconquest https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2020/10/tudor-pelagos-vs-longines-hydroconquest/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:00:47 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=7694 Two dive watches. One made by the Swatch Group under its Longines brand. One made by the Rolex group under its Tudor brand. Is the $4575 Tudor Pelagos worth almost three times as much as the $1600 Longines Hydroconquest? Why do they cost what they cost? After reading Franz Rivoira’s excellent esssay, here’s my take […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2020/10/tudor-pelagos-vs-longines-hydroconquest/feed/ 17 7694 Three Reasons Not to Buy a Dive Watch https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2020/01/three-reasons-not-to-buy-a-dive-watch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-reasons-not-to-buy-a-dive-watch https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2020/01/three-reasons-not-to-buy-a-dive-watch/#comments Sat, 18 Jan 2020 13:00:44 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=2693 Back in the day, Zodiac had to convince customers it was OK to buy a dive watch even if you don’t dive. Nowadays, Zodiac feels free to tag their retro Super Sea Wolf 68 Saturation “For the Underwater Pro” – knowing full well pro divers wear digital dive computers. People buy dive watches because they’re cool. […]

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