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Get ready to puke everyone. What a disaster this is.

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"I don't own any watches, I just lease them"

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.

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SHARKMAN

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.

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One Watch At A Time.

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.

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SHARKMAN

What a shame, and a waste of a beautiful, simple watch platform.

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Scott

AP Royal Oak 15400, silver
Zenith Chronomaster El Primero Classic Cars
Vintage gold Corum
Rolex DJ 36 TT, oyster dial, oyster/smooth
Baume & Mercier Riviera 200m, silver dial/aquamarine bezel
Breitling Superocean 57, rose/stainless

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'.

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.

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Chronomat 01- Sierra Silver/Steel
Navitimer 01- Limited Edition #1337/2000

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

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SHARKMAN

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

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Driver8

Site Moderator

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.

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.

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"I don't own any watches, I just lease them"

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.

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Driver8

Site Moderator

It may be useful for someone who dives. A diver who has found 'the treasure' at that price.

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Chrono Jetstream
Montbrilliant 1903
Aerospace E79362

My thoughts entirely, terrible!

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Currently:
Avenger Skyland(Black)
Super Avenger(White)

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Montbrillant Legende(Silver)
Panerai 312
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Navitimer World(Pearl)
Panerai 441