Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bakelite Bezel longines - Reference 1016- 36mm steel

- Reference 1016- 36mm steel case- Serial 356xxxx dating to 1974- Lovely matte Frog Foot dial- Oyster bracelet reference 7836 with 380 endlinks- Fully serviced by our watchmaker- One-year mechanical warranty- Includes a handmade leather watch pouch- Free worldwide Fedex Priority shippingThis watch has been certified at Certifiwatch under registration number CF-0102698

with hour plots that are a nice match with the sword hands

The watch features a cream dial with moon phase indicator cut out at 12 o’clock

The dial is a gilt dial in fantastic condition – we don’t think we’ve ever seen a nicer one I the last few years

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bakelite Bezel longines - Reference 1016- 36mm steelAn early Blancpain diverThis is a very rare and very early Blancpain Fifty Fathoms. Credited as the first divers watch with uni directional bezel, the Fifty Fathoms was designed by the then CEO of Jean Jacques Fiecht who was an avid diver, in the early 1950s. Available tot he public in 1953 ( same year as the first Rolex submariner), and used by many Armed forces (French, German, Israeli, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, and most famously,