In 1953, Blancpain introduced the world's first true diving watch, the Fifty Fathoms. Its name referred to a British depth measurement, which equals 91 meters or 300 feet: at the time the deepest depth that any watch could reach. Later that year, Rolex introduced the Submariner, but only the Blancpain could be used for diving with compressed air, because it had a unidirectional bezel. The following 7 watches offer a similarly classic look and feel, for far less money than the 12000$ of the Fifty Fathoms: -Yema Pearldiver (750$): eu.yema.com/products/yema-pearldiver-ycl1-mr ORIGIN: FRANCE -Baltic Aquascaphe (700$): baltic-watches.com/en/collections/all-watches ORIGIN: FRANCE -Le Forban Sécurité Mer (500$): leforbansecuritemer.com/en/ ORIGIN: FRANCE -Spinnaker Fleuss (285-300$): amzn.to/3dBDw80 ORIGIN: GREAT BRITAIN -Undone Basecamp (300$): www.undone.com/en/collection/lists/basecamp ORIGIN: HONG KONG Casio MTD-1053D (70$): amzn.to/3A48IUY ORIGIN:JAPAN Thank you so much for watching my channel! As a watch lover, I have created a curated selection of affiliate links to the watches shown in this video. Using affiliate links is optional for you, however if you do, I may get a small commission. I would really appreciate your support as it allows me to keep making more curated lists for you. Many thanks! Jörg *All images are used in accordance to Fair Use Law.
@@ManlyWatchesbut you don't say which alternate is which price - so I still don't know which is the cheaper end; those at the beginning or those at the end, assuming they are is ascending or descending price order. Please give us all a clue. And you did not include the Blancpain-Swatch.
@@ManlyWatches it's a very tasteful homage to the design of the fifty fathoms mixed with Certinas own design for the classic pH diver. I own one myself but it couldn't truly take away my desire for the fifty fathoms.
@@ManlyWatches I'm looking forward for that video. Usually I'm not a fan of microbrands. But at RLG you see a real enthusiast who also fell in love to the clean design of BlancPain.
correction! get your history right , Zodiac was the first and had a 100 mtr water resistance, Banc 50 was second at 50 mtr, Rolex was third inline,....Zodiac for the win and is a far better watch , and you can stil buy the 1953 Zodiac Sea Wolf Today!
In 1953, Blancpain introduced the world's first true diving watch, the Fifty Fathoms. Its name referred to a British depth measurement, which equals 91 meters or 300 feet: at the time the deepest depth that any watch could reach.
Later that year, Rolex introduced the Submariner, but only the Blancpain could be used for diving with compressed air, because it had a unidirectional bezel.
The following 7 watches offer a similarly classic look and feel, for far less money than the 12000$ of the Fifty Fathoms:
-Yema Pearldiver (750$): eu.yema.com/products/yema-pearldiver-ycl1-mr
ORIGIN: FRANCE
-Baltic Aquascaphe (700$): baltic-watches.com/en/collections/all-watches
ORIGIN: FRANCE
-Le Forban Sécurité Mer (500$): leforbansecuritemer.com/en/
ORIGIN: FRANCE
-Spinnaker Fleuss (285-300$): amzn.to/3dBDw80
ORIGIN: GREAT BRITAIN
-Undone Basecamp (300$): www.undone.com/en/collection/lists/basecamp
ORIGIN: HONG KONG
Casio MTD-1053D (70$): amzn.to/3A48IUY
ORIGIN:JAPAN
Thank you so much for watching my channel! As a watch lover, I have created a curated selection of affiliate links to the watches shown in this video.
Using affiliate links is optional for you, however if you do, I may get a small commission. I would really appreciate your support as it allows me to keep making more curated lists for you. Many thanks!
Jörg
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Blancpain fifty fathoms- the world’s first diver ever made and the most refined diver in todays market
Yup. It smokes every other diver out there no doubt about it.
Sure. However, normal-earners cannot afford one, thus my selection.
@@ManlyWatchesbut you don't say which alternate is which price - so I still don't know which is the cheaper end; those at the beginning or those at the end, assuming they are is ascending or descending price order. Please give us all a clue. And you did not include the Blancpain-Swatch.
I have that Baltic and it’s amazing. Worth every penny.
I think a good watch to add to your list would be the Casio Duro with the black dial.
You could also add the Helm Miyako
Definitely! I like Helm Watches.
That waitlist though 😕
Not another robot,get rid.
The best alternative is the certina ds ph200m ceramic lineup.
Certainly a nice watch.
@@ManlyWatches it's a very tasteful homage to the design of the fifty fathoms mixed with Certinas own design for the classic pH diver. I own one myself but it couldn't truly take away my desire for the fifty fathoms.
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Great compilation. I would add the *Richard LeGrand Oceanfarer* to this selection. In my opinion the most Bathyscaphe looking watch.
Many thanks! I will make some day a brand video for Richard LeGrand, thanks for the suggestion!
@@ManlyWatches I'm looking forward for that video. Usually I'm not a fan of microbrands. But at RLG you see a real enthusiast who also fell in love to the clean design of BlancPain.
....and fom China Tandorio of corse 😊 😅
correction!
get your history right ,
Zodiac was the first and had a 100 mtr water resistance, Banc 50 was second at 50 mtr, Rolex was third inline,....Zodiac for the win and is a far better watch , and you can stil buy the 1953 Zodiac Sea Wolf Today!
Correction ! 50 fathoms are 91 meters, not 50 !
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