Fifty Fathoms, 'First Series' Rotomatic, Steel 110.041 Valjoux 727

Valjoux 727

highly-legible dial with broad arrow handset

The Double Balance couples two balance wheels on a central pivot

032 1815 Tourbillon

This is the second Type 1D ever made

Fifty Fathoms, 'First Series' Rotomatic, Steel 110.041 Valjoux 727An early production Fifty Fathoms Rotomatic Incabloc, one of the first examples of the Fifty Fathoms sold outside militaries of the world. This example features an early dial with triangles outside the numerals, a 'luxor' minute hand, and a beautiful, un fractured bakelite bezel. The Fifty Fathoms is a foundational dive watch, the first of its kind. Blancpains advertising in period often read, Des hautes cimes aux grandes profondeurs, meaning From