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I was reading the last few posts on Blancpain here in the last week or so and got to thinking about why I got rid of all of them...
Was it that I concentrated too much on one brand? Maybe. Was it that I got a little bored? Maybe. What I do know is that I am now thinking of adding one to my collection because I still believe the BP FF is the quintessential dive watch and I miss having one in my collection! Here are the watches that have come and gone...
That first one is very close to perfection
make it a few mm smaller, no date and I would be game
Refined choices. You will land on the one you love even if it means going back to an old love. Enjoy the journey.
Always have a FF 😀
Sold my 500 Fathoms GMT and missed it more than I could have imagined. Almost bought it back but down sized to 45mm instead and it's a keeper. If Blancpain does a 42mm titanium no date I could see down sizing again but I think I leaned my lesson and will always have a FF in the collection.
Yes! Think there will be some fun releases coming with the 42mm case option. I'm really curious to try the tech gombessa in person, a titanium tweener between the 500 and 50 sounds good
The OG!
I know Rolly likes to tout the Sub as the OG but the FF is the true OG. Read the Navy paper on the contest amongst the contenders and the Sub wasn't even close to FF in it's capability. As I recall it would fog up rendering it useless.
Time and Tide has a great write-up - www.timeandwatches.com
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My fave is probably the Rayville-Tornek version for the pure history of having to fake a US company to get the watch in the states (or there abouts)