BASEL 2008: Blancpain Carrousel Volante....
Apr 18, 2008
The Blancpain Carrousel Volant Une Minute watch is an entirely new complicated watch from Blancpain, which confirms the spirit for inventive haute horlogerie that has made the brand a revered reference among collectors. This watch's remarkable....
Basel 2008: Blancpain Speed....
Apr 09, 2008
The Blancpain Speed Command Chronograph is an exciting new introduction, which unites dynamically sporty details with....
New Blancpain Fifty Fathoms....
Feb 12, 2008
A new Blancpain Fifty Fathoms timepiece enriches an iconic Blancpain sports watch collection. With its striking white....
Blancpain Watch Collection Overview
Oct 10, 2005
Blancpain is one of the finest timepiece manufacturers in the world. The company was founded in 1735 in Le Brassus Switzerland. Blancpain is now owned by the Luxury watch company Swatch Group. The Swatch Group is run by the Hyack family, and they have made a significant investment to make Blancpain one of the leading fine timepiece brands in the world.....
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Watches
Oct 11, 2005
The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms watch is one of the coolest dive sport watches ever manufactured. The history behind this watch is what makes it so unique. Blancpain first created the Fifty Fathoms watch in 1954 for the French Navy. At the time a French Naval officer names Robert Maloubier was searching the market for a dive watch rugged enough to meet the....
Blancpain Leman Watches
Oct 11, 2005
The Blancpain Leman watch collection features an impressive variety of models and complications. Blancpain manufactures seventeen different versions of the Leman. The automatic version with its traditional round case, Roman numeral markers, and date window at six o’clock is truly a classic. This is a men’s dress watch that will never go out of....
Gold: A Guide to the Varieties Used to Luxury Watches and Timepieces
Sep 25, 2007
Gold, the traditional "noble metal" used in jewelry for centuries, is also extremely popular in crafting the cases of watches. Typically, when one thinks of gold, it is the yellow variety that springs to mind. However, other shades of gold have also been employed in jewelry making, and these variations are highly prized as well. The purity....
The Water Resistance of Swiss Watches
Oct 02, 2007
From the inception of the first portable timepieces, it has been a preoccupation of watchmakers to protect the delicate mechanisms from the ravages of the elements, particularly dust and moisture. As watches for the wrist gained favor in the 20th century, and watches moved from the protection of the waistcoat pocket to the hazards of exposure on the....
All About Swiss Watch Manufactures and Swiss Watch Movements
Aug 21, 2007
There are a variety of fine watches produced today by a multitude of companies, both old and young. Part of the appeal of luxury mechanical watchmaking is in the complexity and fine details of the ticking mechanisms which make these marvels work. Within the specialized market that luxury watches represent, few terms raise the pulse of the....
Complicated Watches
Aug 25, 2007
Watchmaking is a profession which is inherently complex, and the desire for innovation has through the centuries resulted in wondrous mechanisms to chart the passage of time in innovative ways. Comprised of hundreds of interrelated, miniscule parts, these select timepieces represent the wonder in human genius that complicated watches have always evoked.The....
Blancpain Le Brassus Equation of Time Marchante watch
Jan 03, 2007
The Blancpain Le Brassus Equation of Time "Marchante" watch is a remarkable achievement within the field of haute horologerie, reaffirming Blancpain's status as a watch Manufacture of the highest order. For the very first time, the world is presented with a watch that shows both the equation of time, and a running display that indicates the precise....
Blancpain Le Brassus 1735 Grande Complication watch
Jan 05, 2007
The Blancpain Le Brassus 1735 Grande Complication watch represents the supreme culmination of the traditional watchmaking arts, and is the ultimate complicated watch produced by Blancpain. It combines nearly all of the important complications coveted by collectors of haute horlogerie--the perpetual calendar, the split seconds chronograph, the minute....
Blancpain Villeret "Jubilee" Perpetual Calendar watch
Jan 09, 2007
The Blancpain Villeret "Jubilee" Perpetual Calendar watch commemorates the foundation of the Geneva watchmaking guild in 1601. This beautiful timepiece, offers the ultraslim construction, impeccable detail, and classic form of the entire Villeret watch collection, and shows off the classic and prestigious perpetual calendar....