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Hi Jack, I was just trying to point out a handful of really easy to source much lower serial numbered specimens, in case they could be of any use in your "little research". In fact, so easy to find they were posted right here in this very same forum. But these were just a few examples. There is anot

But the statement " Likely one of the earliest BP seen, with one of the lowest found serial number of 112X" sounds a bit bold to say the least ;-) You may want to have a look at this post, for instance... amp;fi=4&pi=4181476&ti=663126&msid=&s= And that's not even the lowest in my sma

In 1956 Blancpain released the Ladybird model with the cal.615, the smallest automatic movement ever made. This may nor sound like a major hit now, but it certainly was back then. Also, Blancpain sometimes gets praise for never having produced a quartz watch. Best, D.

But I should think acquiring souls would require better photoshopping skills! D.

Here's another cool number Ciao, D.

... but I very much doubt it in the case of the first Fifty Fathoms. When Blancpain released that watch, they weren't producing anything else remotely similar (or anybody else, for that matter), so a model number wasn't really necessary. Most probably, they didn't expect the commercial success the w

... those are much later watches. Some seven or even ten years later. By then, the Fifty Fathoms was far from being the best diving watch available... D.

Someone here was talking about low serial numbers... here's one of my Fifty Fathoms with a rather low one for your consideration: So early that it still has the old style, no-brand engraving in the back (only the inside of the caseback is signed). Cheers, Daniel