Swiss watch designer, Blancpain, a subsidiary of the Swatch Group, is extending its vintage-inspired Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe collection with the addition of aa 38 mm timepiece attired in abyss blue.
The 2017Â model features a blue ceramic insert and hour-markers in Liquidmetal, an alloy known for its deformation resistance and its long-term stability.Bathyscaphe diving watches were first introduced in the 1950s, and reissued in 2013 as a 60th anniversary launch that took on vintage elements of the original.
It has a luminescent dot on the bezel, serving as an index for divers so that they know the start and finish time of a dive.
The watch is water-resistant to approximately 300 meters.
Inside is a Caliber 1150 movement with gold oscillating weight equipped with two series-coupled barrels ensuring a 100-hour power reserve.
It has a balance spring in silicon, whose low density makes it lighter and thus more shock-resistant.
The new timepiece will launch at Blancpain’s Bond Street store in September.
The news follows the launch of the Fifty Fathoms timepiece in black last month.
