A Week On The Wrist: The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe

This year is the 60th anniversary of Blancpain's Fifty Fathoms dive watch. To celebrate, Blancpain released the new Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe, a tribute to one of the best-known Fifty Fathoms from the late 1950s. The watch takes some design inspiration from the original while still being a thoroughly modern watch, and we had to take a closer look for ourselves. A week on the Cote d'Azure, where French Marine Nationale divers originally used the Fifty Fathoms, was the perfect excuse to spend some time with the new Bathyscaphe and here are my thoughts. For full details, go to http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/blancpain-fifty-fathoms-review