Blancpain’s Research and Development department is engaged in constant innovation and today for the first time, the brand presents an entirely blue ceramic case on its newest Fifty Fathoms watch.
This coloring is achieved by adding pigments during the ceramic production process, together with a binding agent. Subsequently, to obtain this uniform, long-lasting hue throughout the entire case, two techniques were used. The first is a compaction process, where ceramic in powder form is pressed into a mold to obtain its shape. The second technique involves using an injection process to insert ceramic in the form of granules into the mold. After this, the piece is placed in an oven on a low temperature in order to eliminate the bonding agent and then heated at a high temperature in order to give the ceramic its ultimate hardness. Lastly, the machining and finishing operations take place in order to provide the geometry and final look of each part.
The Flyback Chronograph BOC II incorporates all the technical characteristics of a mechanical diving watch: it is water-resistant to 300 m, its unidirectional bezel features gray inserts and hour-markers in Liquidmetal® and it has a flyback function that enables immediate resetting of the chronograph to zero or restarting simply by pressing a pusher at 4 o’clock.
This 250-piece limited-edition watch is also distinguished by its oscillating weight engraved with the words "Ocean Commitment”.
Every owner of a limited edition Blancpain Ocean Commitment (BOC) watch is invited to become a member of the “Ocean Commitment Circle” and benefits from special opportunities. An amount of 1000 Euro is taken from the price of each watch and committed by the brand to the support of scientific expeditions.
All purchasers of a Fifty Fathoms Blancpain Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph Ocean Commitment II also receive an exclusive copy of a new book entitled “Hans Hass, Awakening to a New World”, the number of which will correspond to the serial number of the watch.
Hans Hass is regarded by his peers as having been the “pioneer of pioneers”. This Austrian biologist, ethnologist, photographer and filmmaker started exploring the seabed at the end of the 1930s, when no other suitable instrument existed.
