Blancpain resurrects a 1950s-era timepiece designed to meet the strict standards for U.S. military use with the new Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC, its latest vintage-inspired take on its Fifty Fathoms dive watch collection. The original watch — engineered specifically to pass a battery of tests conducted by the United States Navy, which was seeking a timepiece for use on underwater missions — was notable for the water-tightness indicator on its dial, specifically a large disk at 6 o’clock that changed its color from white to red if liquid leaked into the case.
In addition to this vintage-inspired indicator, the watch exhibits other hallmark features of Fifty Fathoms watches, including a black dial with large, luminous indices for legibility deep underwater, a unidirectional rotating bezel covered in scratch-resistant sapphire, and a water resistance of 300 meters.
Its movement is the Blancpain manufacture Caliber 1151, with a four-day power reserve. Available on a NATO or sailcloth strap or a steel bracelet, the MIL-SPEC is priced from $14,000 to $16,200.
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