Dressed in sandy desert colours with a 1970s feel, water resistance to 300 m and 5-day power reserve. This is the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Day Date Desert Edition.

Limited to 500 pieces, the new Bathyscaphe Day Date features a chromatic palette that evokes the desert, that of Death Valley, where photographer Ernest H. Brooks II dove in 1962. Thus, the 43 mm case is equipped with a unidirectional bezel in brown ceramic, while the dial appears in sand beige – a hue that extends to the canvas strap – and features a layout reminiscent of its 1970s predecessor, with sturdy hour

Inside this model beats the automatic caliber 1315 DD with three winding barrels and 5 days of power reserve. The sapphire crystal caseback reveals the movement, with special emphasis on the NAC-treated gold rotor.markers and a chapter ring with large Arabic numerals in 5-minute intervals and small red squares at the base. This chapter ring evokes the inner rotating ring of the 1970s watch.

FEATURES

Movement

Self-winding, in-house 1312 DD caliber, 28.000 vph, three barrels, 5-day power reserve

Case

43 mm, stainless steel, brown ceramic unidirectional rotating bezel with Liquidmetal™ numerals, sapphire crystal caseback, 300-meter water-resistant

Dial

Sand-coloured dial, silver chapter ring with Arabic numerals at 5-minute intervals, luminescent hands, and markers, hour, minutes, seconds, and day-date indication

Bracelet

Sand-coloured sail canvas, steel pin buckle

Limited edition of 500 pieces

Price: 12.180€