Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 'LIP' Storage Fantastic build quality executed in

Fantastic build quality executed in a functional package with looks to die for

the Portugieser required a large case to match — a huge departure from the slim cases that typified wristwatches of the 1930s

was the world's first diving watch to be rated at 500M

great design and serious dive chops – we’re sure you’ll love it too

surrounded by simple stick indices surmounted by luminescent hour plots and a simple

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 'LIP' Storage Fantastic build quality executed inThe Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is without question one of the world's most iconic dive watches, and arguably the first; however, it might never have been made at all were it not for one man Jean Jacques Fiechter of Blancpain. In 1952, the French Navy tasked two veterans with a formidable mission. These men Lt. Claude Riffaud Captain Bob Maloubier were to create a specialized unit of combat divers meant to act under the utmost secrecy. Some of the