Blancpain — Fifty Fathoms

Fifty Fathoms

Name: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms FF-RPG1-1953
Brand: Blancpain
SKU: FF-RPG1-1953

“Fifty Fathoms (original)”

The 1953 original automatic dive watch developed with French Nageurs de Combat; founding piece of the modern dive-watch category. No standardized modern reference code.

Open in The Dial Atlas

ReferenceFF-RPG1-1953

BrandBlancpain

FamilyFifty Fathoms

Produced1953–1957

StatusDiscontinued

Editorial context

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Blancpain — 12 min readBlancpain Fifty Fathoms: The Dive Watch Born Under PressureA connected history of the Fifty Fathoms, from Jean-Jacques Fiechter, Bob Maloubier, Claude Riffaud, and the French combat swimmers to Tornek-Rayville, No Rad, Bathyscaphe, the 2003 revival, modern Automatique references, heritage tributes, and the Tech Gombessa.