Back to overview Launched in the mid 1950s, the Fifty Fathoms was both a passion project led by Blancpain’s then CEO, and an extremely technical and ground-breaking diving tool, built to meet the French Navy’s requirements for a wristwatch. When the very first military Fifty Fathoms model came out, the dials featured radium to ensure the luminosity of the watch in the darkness of the sea. Later on, and with the rise of the public’s concern with the level of radioactivity of this material, Blancpain decided that the Fifty Fathoms should use tritium and would clearly indicate the harmlessness of their luminescent material. The present watch was most notably issued to the Bundeswehr, the German Armed Forces in 1968. These watches were requisitioned by the German Navy for their elite naval commando unit, the Kampfschwimmer
39'000 CHF
Launched in the mid 1950s, the Fifty Fathoms was both a passion project led by Blancpain’s then CEO, and an extremely technical and ground-breaking diving tool, built to meet the French Navy’s requirements for a wristwatch. When the very first military Fifty Fathoms model came out, the dials featured radium to ensure the luminosity of the watch in the darkness of the sea. Later on, and with the rise of the public’s concern with the level of radioactivity of this material, Blancpain decided that the Fifty Fathoms should use tritium and would clearly indicate the harmlessness of their luminescent material. The present watch was most notably issued to the Bundeswehr, the German Armed Forces in 1968. These watches were requisitioned by the German Navy for their elite naval commando unit, the Kampfschwimmer
39'000 CHF
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