Any vintage Blancpain experts?

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mingthem

·Nov 20, 2025

Hi all

Looking at this vintage Bathyscaphe model - not seen it before, 37/38mm case so not the mc4 and with an AS 2063 movement apparently dates from 1960s.
I can see images of other grey dial Bathys out there but none with this sort of bezel or red date window
Insights welcome!

 

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mingthem

·Nov 20, 2025

adding pic of movement - lack of “rayville” is giving me pause

 

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calalum

·Nov 20, 2025

Looks wonky all the way around.

 

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redpcar

·Nov 20, 2025

Wouldn't pay any kind of money for it. $100 at the flea market, ok. Looks sketch. Do you have a shot of inside the case back?

 

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mingthem

·Nov 20, 2025

redpcar

Wouldn't pay any kind of money for it. $100 at the flea market, ok. Looks sketch. Do you have a shot of inside the case back?

 

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redpcar

·Nov 20, 2025

Yeah, no. Too many red flags. In fact, everything about it is a red flag. Differences in the wear on the stamping. Is it $100? I like the bezel.

 

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mingthem

·Nov 20, 2025

redpcar

Yeah, no. Too many red flags. In fact, everything about it is a red flag. Differences in the wear on the stamping. Is it $100? I like the bezel.

No lol much more 🤦🏽‍♂️

 

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Dan S

·Nov 20, 2025

I’m no expert on Blancpain, but it looks completely fake to me just based on general observations.

 

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mingthem

·Nov 21, 2025

Update - got a helpful guy at Blancpain AD who asked their Heritage dept on my behalf:

Indeed, it's hard to judge from the photos, but it looks like the case and dial are related to a Blancpain production, but not from the same model.

In addition, this movement reference was used in a third model and the engraving on the oscillating weight does not appear to be authentic.

This piece seems to be an assemblage of at least three models.

Please note that these are just observations based on photos.