Blancpain Opens New Watch Boutique In....
Sep 01, 2008
Blancpain, the world's oldest watch manufacture, is opening a new boutique in its native Switzerland. The boutique, which offers 100-square meters of space across two floors is located in Zurich, on the corner of the upscale Bahnhofstrasse shopping mile and the Paradeplatz.
The new Zurich boutique becomes the second Blancpain exclusive store to be located in Switzerland. ....
Blancpain Editions Fifty....
Jul 28, 2008
Swiss luxury watchmaker Blancpain celebrates the fascinating underwater realm with an exclusive new magazine....
Blancpain Acquires Vincent....
Jun 24, 2008
In a press release by the Swatch Group, it has been announced that Blancpain SA has gained control of the Vica Sarl company,....
Jet Set
Nov 01, 2004
The multi-time-zone watch is one of the few complicated watch
genres that addresses contemporary lifestyles rather than paying homage
to
historical technical masterpieces. The latest travel watches range
from designs
with an additional hand to those with extra dials.
So-called world timers
indicate all 24 time zones, and GMTs—which are....
EQUATION MARCHANTE, LE BRASSUS, by Blancpain
Sep 03, 2004
Platinum case (42 mm) equipped with a Calibre 3863 self-winding movement. Perpetual calendar, retrograde moon phases, two coaxial minute hands, one indicating mean solar time (normal time) and the other indicating real solar time (that shown on sundials, a reflection of the earth’s elliptical orbit around the sun) thus visualizing the difference....
FrontRunners: Ancient Mariner
Sep 01, 2004
A number of watch companies are channeling Jacques Cousteau this year, including
Blancpain (877.520.1735, www.blancpain.com ), which has introduced a
50th-anniversary limited edition of its pioneering Fifty Fathoms watch. The
original, which made some well-documented descents with Cousteau in the 1950s,
set the standard for nearly every underwater....
VILLERET CHRONOGRAPH MONOPOUSSOIR by Blancpain
Jun 25, 2004
18 carat white gold case equipped with a Calibre M 185 self-winding movement. Small seconds and date aperture at 6 o’clock, Havana brown dial, 320 components, water-resistant to 30 metres.
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Watches: In Flagrante
Mar 01, 2004
The two-sided
nature of the erotic watch is aptly illustrated by Blancpain, one of the most
stolidly conservative Swiss manufacturers and also one of the leading makers of
the traditional erotic automaton watch. For $160,000, you can purchase a classic
Villeret minute repeater with your choice of erotic scene underneath the
sapphire caseback.....
The Best of the Best 2003: Watches - Villeret, Blancpain
Jun 02, 2003
ts are built as integrated units for extra displays ratherDress watch fans have something to celebrate now that serious suits are back in fashion. Equally thrilling is the news that some of their all-time favorite timepieces, Blancpain’s famous ultrathins, have been completely revamped. With a new name—Villeret—the collection ($10,000 to....
MORE WATCHES, CLOCKS AT INHORGENTA 2001
Feb 01, 2001
More clock and watch manufacturers than ever before will be represented at Inhorgenta München, to be held Feb. 23-26. Represented among the top brands will be Germany's Glashütte Original and Union. Among top Swiss brands will be Blancpain, Breguet, Bunz, Charriol, Chopard and Eterna, and Porsche. Fashion brands represented at the show will include Boss,....
Time On Your Side
Jan 01, 1996
On an otherwise slow Monday in the second week of November, watch retailers and manufacturers were laying the groundwork for what they expected to be a strong holiday season. By page seven in the day's Wall Street Journal, readers saw ads for Blancpain, Longines, Breitling and Bulgari watches. One day earlier, Sunday New York Times readers saw enough ads to....
Blancpain: A Timely Mix of Horology & Philanthropy
Luxury Watches: Blancpain has produced haute timepieces for men and women since 1735. Yearly the prominent Switzerland-based watch manufacturer puts up a one-off wristwatch for auction to benefit the Monaco Association of Muscular Dystrophy (Association Monegasque contre la Myopathie) during the Monaco Yacht Show. This year's selected timepiece for the Only....