Close-Up: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe
At Baselworld 2013, two iconic sport watches �� the Rolex Daytona and TAG Heuer Carrera �� celebrated their 50th birthdays with new models, while another historic watch brand, one with “50” in its name, celebrated its 60th. Blancpain’s influential Fifty Fathoms divers’ watch, now an entire collection, went back to the basics of its 1953 creation with the release of the vintage-inspired Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe.The first Fifty Fathoms watch �� named for the British measurement corresponding to approximately 91 meters, believed at the time to be the maximum depth to which a diver could descend �� was the brainchild of former Blancpain CEO Jean-Jacques Fiechter, who took the reins of the long-established Swiss brand in 1950. Fiechter, an avid diver, was determined to develop a functional instrument that he could use while pursuing his hobby, and in 1953, his efforts bore fruit. The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms made history with a number of innovations, several of them pate

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