Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 'LIP' Storage timepieces from this era are

timepieces from this era are in constant demand and wear just as well today (or perhaps even better

surrounded by simple stick indices surmounted by luminescent hour plots and a simple

great design and serious dive chops – we’re sure you’ll love it too

the Portugieser required a large case to match — a huge departure from the slim cases that typified wristwatches of the 1930s

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 'LIP' Storage timepieces from this era areThe Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is without question one of the world's most iconic dive watches, and arguably the first; however, it might never have been made at all were it not for one man Jean Jacques Fiechter of Blancpain. In 1952, the French Navy tasked two veterans with a formidable mission. These men Lt. Claude Riffaud Captain Bob Maloubier were to create a specialized unit of combat divers meant to act under the utmost secrecy. Some of the