Founded in 1735, Blancpain is the oldest watch brand in the world according to the Swiss official public property register, but it really started in the 20th century, in 1953. The French admiral commissioned Treasure Platinum to make a watch capable of diving to 50 fathoms (equivalent to 91.45 meters), this batch of watches has the function of a modern professional diver's watch, in the beginning, 50 fathoms using radium luminous, even after a few decades of detection, the radiation is still explosive, and then switched to tritium luminous, to avoid radiation problems, successively adopted by the United States, the German navy, "50 fathoms" is currently one of Blanchol's most important product lines.
 
Blancpain claims to only make mechanical watches, not quartz watches; Only round tables, no square tables. In fact, there is a story behind this, when the quartz crisis came, the Blancpain brand had already died, at that time, in order to resist Seiko, a number of Swiss brands were working together to develop the quartz movement Beta21, and Blancpain had no technology or funds, and of course it was impossible to participate in the development. It was not until 1982, when Jean-Claude Biver bought Blancpain for 18,200 yuan, that the process of resurrection began, under the slogan "Insist on not making quartz watches". By 1992, Blancpain had finally regained its feet and was acquired by Swatch, with Hayek as president. And Blancpain has also made a square watch, and there is more than one, if you are interested, you can study it.
 
Despite this, Blancpain is also a very respectable brand, because the strategy of "only making round watches, not quartz" sacrificed a very large market, and now even independent watchmakers are experimenting with quartz movements, and the shape of the watches on the market is changing with each passing day, and making only round watches means giving up other forms of thought.
 
Blancpain has two flagship collections, Villeret and 50 Fathoms. To say that Villeret is Blancpain's masterpiece is not disputed, because the degree of recognition is too high: basically they all use a double-layer bezel, a three-dimensional Roman scale with a waist (except for no scale and a very few women's watches), all using lancet needles. The hollowed-out Blancpain lance needles are also known as "the world's first needles", which are even more fascinating than Breguet's toasted blue needles. The first choice for Villeret is of course the stainless steel 6654, which has moon phases, day of the week, month, and calendar, and is priced at 115,500 yuan, which is very cost-effective. The advanced style recommends 6664, the full calendar moon phase semi-hunting watch of precious metals, not only has a full calendar, moon phases, and sunburst guilloché on the dial, but also has a half-hunting case cover worth playing, the style of precious metals is very formal, but it will not be too serious, the public price is 223,000 yuan.
 
The old 50 Fathoms has a classic design, a broadsword needle, a sapphire luminous bezel, a simple three-hand plus calendar, and the largest sales volume is the steel 5015, which is the first choice for many people to buy Blancpain, for the simple reason that stainless steel, dense bottom, simplicity, meet all the requirements of a diver's watch, high recognition, and a reasonable price, with a public price of 112,000 yuan. The new 50 Fathoms is also called a deep-sea submarine, which completely subverts the design of the old model, the size has changed from 45mm to 41mm, the hands have also become guidelines, the case has been replaced with titanium, and the outer ring is made of liquid metal and ceramic, everything is very in line with the current trend, including the very unreasonable penetrating bottom, the transparent diving watch does give people a nondescript feeling, but the price has also been lowered compared with the old model, reduced to 98,000 yuan, I believe it will attract more new customers.