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WELCOME TO A BLOG ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO BLANCPAIN TIMEPIECES

The Blancpain Blog is focused on the Manufacture and the timepieces created in Le Brassus and Le Sentier. My aim is to over time build a source that provides a comprehensive overview on the collections since the 1990s , share hands-on experience with the timepieces, showcase the watches with detailed and emotional photography and offer an opportunity to discuss your thoughts and ideas.

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This blog is independent, but it receives support by Blancpain in terms of knowledge, access to the Manufacture and their representatives and the opportunity to capture their timepieces with my photography, of which I am very grateful for.

Please join the blog, enjoy and have fun. Together we can share our passion and build a source that over time accumulates knowledge accessible to collectors and enthusiasts. You can follow the blog (necessary for email alerts on new reports) and in addition register as a member, which gives you the opportunity to actively engage by commenting on blog posts and photos.

Get in contact and let me know which topics you are interested in, and I will do my best to capture those moving forward. Over time the Blancpain Blog shall build a solid database for existing and past references, so we get a comprehensive overview on the outstanding timepieces created in Le Brassus, Le Sentier and Paudex.

Please find all blog posts here or explore the blog via the tag cloud.

2020/2021 novelties:

Hands-on with the Tribute to FF No Radiations	Press releases 2021 (last update Mar 15)

Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC for Hodinkee	A reflection on the 2020 novelties
Hands-on Villeret Boutique edition	Hands-on Bathyscaphe Chronographe
Hands-on Bathyscaphe Day Date Desert	Hands-on with the Bathyscaphe Mokarran
Hands-on Bathyscaphe Sedna gold ‘Blue’	The Bathyscaphe Mokarran Special Edition
Hands-on with the 38mm Villeret novelties	Hands-on with the FF titanium bracelet
Hands-on with two Villeret novelties	Press releases 2020

Blog posts on the manufacture:

	Fifty Fathoms History documentary
Blancpain Virtual Tour	A visit to Blancpain
The Vintage Atelier	Metiers d’Art workshop

Some recent blog posts:

Extrovert classics: two Villeret QC 6654	Up close with the Air Command AC01
Family relations: the 40mm FF editions	A tale of two MILSPECs
Hands-on with the 38mm Bathyscaphe	Comparing two titanium Fifty Fathoms

Shortcuts to all released blog posts:

Two Villeret QC 6654	FF 40mm limited editions	Air Command AC01
Fifty Fathoms documentary	H/O Tribute to FF No Radiations	Overview 2021 novelties
Flashback: 2185F titanium	Saint-Valentin overview	Hands-on 38mm Bathyscaphe
A tale of two MILSPECs	FF MIL-SPEC Hodinkee	Edition Fifty Fathoms
Review 2020 novelties	H/O Villeret Boutique Edition	Flashback: FF Concept 2000
H/O Bathyscaphe Chrono green	H/O Bathyscaphe Day Date Desert	H/O Bathyscaphe Mokarran
Villeret Demi-Savonnette	Fifty Fathoms 5066F	H/O Bathyscaphe Sedna Blue
FF titanium comparison	Bathyscaphe Mokarran	FF RG/blue
H/O Villeret 38mm	H/O FF titanium bracelet	H/O Villeret 6651 & 6654
Bathyscaphe Chronographe	Villeret Monopoussoir	Tribute to FF MilSpec
Virtual Tour Blancpain	X-Fathoms	Bathyscaphe grey/blue
Comparison 40 and 45mm FF	Spectrum Haute Horlogerie	Overview 2020 novelties
Villeret Quantieme Perpetuel	Flashback: Leman series (part 3)	Calendrier Chinois Traditionnel
Flashback: 2100 Half Hunter	FF Nageurs de combat	Hands-on new Air Command
Villeret Ultraplate Platinum	Villeret Mouvement Inverse	The Blancpain Ladybird
Ocean Commitment timepieces	Blancpain for Only Watch	Hands-on FF Barakuda
Two Annual Calendars	FF 5015 overview	Blancpain 500 Fathoms
Bathyscaphe for Hodinkee	A conversation with Eric Singer	Flashback: Leman series (part 2)
Villeret Squelete 8 Jours	Flashback: Leman series (part 1)	2019 novelties conclusions
Fifty Fathoms titanium	Fifty Fathoms RG blue ceramic	New Villeret timepieces
Fifty Fathoms Barakuda	FF Nageurs de combat	The new Air Command
The 2019 novelties overview	Bathyscaphe Jour Date 70s	Villeret GMT Reveil
Evolution of a dive watch	Villeret QC 8 Jours platinum	Villeret Demi-Fuseau Horaire
X Fathoms on a dive	Flashback: FF Anniversary	Villeret QP Platinum
Flashback: Trilogy series	Villeret GD Semainier 8 Jours	Flashback: 2086 A’Toute Vitesse
Sylt Gourmet Festival	Top 3 of 2018	Metiers d’Art Workshop
Bathyscaphe Sedna Gold	Fifty Fathoms Grande Date	Bathyscaphe Bucherer Edition
Blancpain Vintage Atelier	L’Evolution GMT Reveil	A Quantieme Complet Duo
FF OC III on bracelet	Motorsports & L’Evolution	At the 24h of Spa
Special Event Gianluca Genoni	Two Fifty Fathoms on bracelet	Fifty Fathoms OC III
Basel report – the booth	Basel report – Villeret	Basel report – Fifty Fathoms
Basel report – Tourbillon	Basel report – Bathyscaphe 70s	A visit to Blancpain
Haute Cuisine & Haute Horlogerie	Fifty Fathoms Titanium	Tribute to MilSpec 2017

For all Blancpain aficionados: don’t miss out exploring the fabulous deconstructions of various Blancpain timepieces by The Naked Watchmaker, aka Peter Speake-Marin. As a courtesy granted by Peter, the Blancpain deconstructions are also featured on the Blancpain Blog. Below you find the direct links to the amazing reports by The Naked Watchmaker.