Lot Essay
This watch was the successor Blancpain's first diver watch the fifty fathoms released in 1953 and named after Jacques Cousteau's diving chamber.
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SIGNED BLANCPAIN, BATHYSCAPHE TECHNISUB, CASE NO 205905, CIRCA 1970
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Blancpain. A Stainless Steel Automatic Centre Seconds Divers Watch with Date
Signed Blancpain, Bathyscaphe Technisub, case no 205905, circa 1970
nickel movement with monometallic balance, black dial with luminos quarter Arabic numerals with baton marks between, date aperture and luminos sword hands, sweep seconds hand, in tonneau shaped case with movable bezel with black graduated insert, screw back and polished down turn lugs, case, dial and movement signed
38mm
Signed Blancpain, Bathyscaphe Technisub, case no 205905, circa 1970
nickel movement with monometallic balance, black dial with luminos quarter Arabic numerals with baton marks between, date aperture and luminos sword hands, sweep seconds hand, in tonneau shaped case with movable bezel with black graduated insert, screw back and polished down turn lugs, case, dial and movement signed
38mm
Special notice
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