An ultra rare 40mm Fifty Fathoms: reference 5009 from 2021

In November 2021 I drafted an article about a new regular collection 40mm Fifty Fathoms going by reference number 5009-1144L-NAOA. But prior to the official launch of the timepiece Blancpain decided to pull it from the catalogue, so it never got introduced and my article was never published. Now, with two Fifty Fathoms 5007 with beautiful mother-of-pearl dials (and with that carrying the idea behind the 5009 from 2021 in a slightly different expression forward) being introduced last year it seems appropriate to finally capture the extremely short lived rare timepiece in the blog.

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Hands-on with the Ladybird Colors Phases de Lune Nude Moka

Besides the sports, dress and complicated timepieces there’s a fourth pillar Blancpain is known for, and it is a very important one for the Manufacture: exceptional ladies watches. Among those the Ladybird Colors combines fine watchmaking with beautiful jewelry aspects in the most extrovert way, so let’s take a look at the latest iteration, named Ladybird Colors Phases de Lune Nude Moka, in both white and red gold.

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Hands-on with the two MoP dial Fifty Fathoms 5007

Blancpain recently introduced the new 38mm Fifty Fathoms 5007 collection with two stunning no date versions featuring Mother-of-pearl dials going first. I now had the opportunity to handle both for a short while (unfortunately not under bright natural light) and capture them for the blog, so here we go up close and personal with the gold/black reference 5007 3644A B64B and the titanium/pink reference 5007 12B44R NAFA.

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