This is a stainless steel Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe, 5000-1110-B52A. It has a leather strap with a stainless steel tang buckle, and a scratch resistant sapphire crystal. There is an exhibition sapphire crystal case back, and a unidirectional scratch resistant ceramic rotating bezel with a graduated 60-minute scale in Liquidmetal®. The 43mm diameter solid three-body case, downturned lugs, and display back are brushed. The dial is metallic grey with a fine sunburst pattern, luminous baton hands, a central red-tipped sweep seconds counter, and luminous dot hour index markers. There is a rectangular date aperture window between 4 and 5 o'clock. It's water resistant to 300 meters/1,000 feet, there is a 120-hour power reserve, and the 13.4mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed.

The automatic self-winding Blancpain Caliber 1315 movement is rhodium plated with fausses cotes embellishment. It's constructed with 35 jewels, 227 components, a shock absorber mechanism, and a straight-line lever escapement. It includes a monometallic Glucydur balance that's adjusted to temperature and 5 positions, and a nonmagnetic self-compensating silicon balance spring. The rotor oscillates at a frequency of 28,800 vph (4 Hz).

Technical Specification

Model: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe

Ref: 5000-1110-B52 A (Meteor grey dial with grey sail-canvas strap)

Case: Stainless steel; diameter 43.00 mm; height 13.40 mm; water resistant to 30 bar (300 metres); sapphire crystal to front and caseback.

Functions: Hours; minutes; central seconds; date.

Movement: Calibre 1315, self-winding movement; frequency 28,800 vph (4 Hz); 35 jewels; power reserve 120 hours; 227 parts

Strap: Charcoal sail-canvas strap presented on steel pin buckle (other straps available)

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