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Author:  mfserge [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:17 am ]
Post subject:  The All New Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
Get ready to puke everyone. What a disaster this is.

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Author:  sharkman [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:39 am ]
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photoshop?



EDIT - Aaaahhhhh!!!!! I just visited Blancpain's website. It's real. In fact it looks like someone photoshopped a Xezo dial into a Blancpain bezel into a Uboat case. WTF were they thinking? Breitling changes suddenly look conservative. Oh my gosh. Maybe it's just a Romanian LE. Please.
Author:  MacApple [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:50 am ]
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WoW, that is super fugly, I think I hate the rubber strap more than the watch. The rubber strap looks like something spiderman would have on his costume.
Author:  AlexB [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:02 am ]
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Looks damn awful, how someone can design that and think it looks nice is beyond me.
Author:  sharkman [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:04 am ]
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AlexB wrote:
Looks damn awful, how someone can design that and think it looks nice is beyond me.



Mushrooms is all I can come up with. Had to be. Time for the Blancpain guys to get a new pig.
Author:  Scott [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:13 am ]
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What a shame, and a waste of a beautiful, simple watch platform.
Author:  Roffensian [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:30 am ]
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I assume that the colours are to distinguish between time / depth / tide easily, which I guess makes sense for divers - quick glance tells them what they need, but for Joe Public, well it's er, 'different'.
Author:  bozman52 [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:40 am ]
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Did Blancpain hire a Breitling designer? That's awful. The FF was perfect as is. I have no idea why they would mess it up like that.
Author:  sharkman [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:41 am ]
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Roffensian wrote:
I assume that the colours are to distinguish between time / depth / tide easily, which I guess makes sense for divers - quick glance tells them what they need, but for Joe Public, well it's er, 'different'.



Can't that be done for illumination without it being apparent in daylight? It's a serious question - I don't know the answer.
Author:  Driver8 [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:54 am ]
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OK well I'm going to be the solo voice of disagreement (or is it madness) and say that I actually quite like it, PROVIDED I mentally disassociate it from the more traditional (and much more attractive) three hand Fifty Fathoms. As a standalone watch I think it's an interesting piece, and I think there are far worse looking watches out there. A quick look at the current Chronolog will show that :wink:
Author:  Roffensian [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:25 am ]
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sharkman wrote:
Roffensian wrote:
I assume that the colours are to distinguish between time / depth / tide easily, which I guess makes sense for divers - quick glance tells them what they need, but for Joe Public, well it's er, 'different'.



Can't that be done for illumination without it being apparent in daylight? It's a serious question - I don't know the answer.



To a degree.

Different colour lumes tend to look different to one another in daylight, but nowhere close to the extent that this is done.
Author:  mfserge [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:32 am ]
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You quite like it??? At apx $40,000 and 55mm what's not to love right?. It's a disaster; more so than all the Breitling disasters this year COMBINED....at least they're affordable...ugly but affordable. This x-fathoms is the ugliest watch I have ever seen. It makes a Graham look good.
Author:  Driver8 [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The All New Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
mfserge wrote:
You quite like it??? At apx $40,000 and 55mm what's not to love right?. It's a disaster; more so than all the Breitling disasters this year COMBINED....at least they're affordable...ugly but affordable. This x-fathoms is the ugliest watch I have ever seen. It makes a Graham look good.

OK I agree the price and size are both totally insane : I wasn't aware of either. That aside I still think it's OK looking as a standalone watch. There's no doubt the ordinary Fifty Fathoms is a million times nicer, but I can't say I hate this one.
Author:  Kodiak [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:12 pm ]
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It may be useful for someone who dives. A diver who has found 'the treasure' at that price.
Author:  andrew692003 [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:35 pm ]
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mfserge wrote:
You quite like it??? At apx $40,000 and 55mm what's not to love right?. It's a disaster; more so than all the Breitling disasters this year COMBINED....at least they're affordable...ugly but affordable. This x-fathoms is the ugliest watch I have ever seen. It makes a Graham look good.



:lol: :lol: :lol: My thoughts entirely, terrible!
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