The evolution of Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms dive watch
Seventy years ago, Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms dive watch made history. Now its heritage is inspiring bold new iterations

Timothy Barber is a Spear’s contributing editor, and a features writer specialised in watches, culture, luxury and technology. His writing appears regularly in Wired, the Telegraph, Mr Porter, QP, WatchPro, Rolls Royce Whispers and many more publications.
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