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MikeMan2727
路Hi all,
I am very excited to share my latest arrival, a Blancpain Bathyscaphe MC4. I have been looking for this watch for several years and purchased the Waltham version to carry me over until I found this. I first saw it shared on Omega Forums by @keepschanging and proceeded to pester him for quite some time until he finally agreed to sell it 馃榿. The watch arrived yesterday and is even more stunning in person than in the photos.
Everyone is familiar with the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, which was a large diver introduced in the early 1950s. It was one of the earliest dive watches in history and was quite successful. The Blancpain Bathyscaphe was introduced in the late 1950s due to the demand for a smaller diver for everyday wear. This model was called the MC4 - it was 34mm in size, water resistant to 60m and had a manual wind AS 1187 movement.
From my online research, I was not able to find many examples of the Bathyscaphe MC4. It seems that there were two dial variants: (1) the 6 o clock triangle above the minute track with serif font, and (2) the 6 o clock triangle in line with the minute track and sans serif font:
1. Triangle above, serif font.
2. Triangle in line, sans serif font.
It seems the triangle above/serif variant was seen with earlier serial numbers, but there just aren't very many data points. The only outlier was one sold by EWC, which had a much later serial of 17600, plated case, and triangle above dial.
Without futher delay, here are photos of the new arrival! The case, bezel, and dial are in excellent condition. The caseback is very crisp, and the lume has developed a nice patina.
Here it is with my Waltham, which will sadly now have to be sold:
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Since there are so few of these online, I thought I would create a Registry with the known examples. If you have a Bathyscaphe MC4, I would love to see it and add it to the registry!
1. 15787, Triangle above, SS, Chrono24
2. 15837, Triangle above, SS, Chrono24
3. 15859, Triangle above, SS, Sothebys
4. 16045, Triangle in line, SS, WoK+eBay
5. 16099, Triangle above, SS, Chrono24 (wrong second hand, relumed and craked hour hand)
6. 16213, Triangle in line, SS, EWC+MattBain
7. 16417, Triangle in line, SS, Wind Vintage
8. 16426, Triangle in line, SS, Owned by Johngdo
9. 16889, Triangle in line, SS, Christies+Vesper
10. 16956, Triangle in line, SS, My example above
11. 17600, Triangle above, Plated/SS Back, EWC+AnalogShift
I am very excited to share my latest arrival, a Blancpain Bathyscaphe MC4. I have been looking for this watch for several years and purchased the Waltham version to carry me over until I found this. I first saw it shared on Omega Forums by @keepschanging and proceeded to pester him for quite some time until he finally agreed to sell it 馃榿. The watch arrived yesterday and is even more stunning in person than in the photos.
Everyone is familiar with the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, which was a large diver introduced in the early 1950s. It was one of the earliest dive watches in history and was quite successful. The Blancpain Bathyscaphe was introduced in the late 1950s due to the demand for a smaller diver for everyday wear. This model was called the MC4 - it was 34mm in size, water resistant to 60m and had a manual wind AS 1187 movement.
From my online research, I was not able to find many examples of the Bathyscaphe MC4. It seems that there were two dial variants: (1) the 6 o clock triangle above the minute track with serif font, and (2) the 6 o clock triangle in line with the minute track and sans serif font:
1. Triangle above, serif font.
2. Triangle in line, sans serif font.
It seems the triangle above/serif variant was seen with earlier serial numbers, but there just aren't very many data points. The only outlier was one sold by EWC, which had a much later serial of 17600, plated case, and triangle above dial.
Without futher delay, here are photos of the new arrival! The case, bezel, and dial are in excellent condition. The caseback is very crisp, and the lume has developed a nice patina.
Here it is with my Waltham, which will sadly now have to be sold:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Since there are so few of these online, I thought I would create a Registry with the known examples. If you have a Bathyscaphe MC4, I would love to see it and add it to the registry!
1. 15787, Triangle above, SS, Chrono24
2. 15837, Triangle above, SS, Chrono24
3. 15859, Triangle above, SS, Sothebys
4. 16045, Triangle in line, SS, WoK+eBay
5. 16099, Triangle above, SS, Chrono24 (wrong second hand, relumed and craked hour hand)
6. 16213, Triangle in line, SS, EWC+MattBain
7. 16417, Triangle in line, SS, Wind Vintage
8. 16426, Triangle in line, SS, Owned by Johngdo
9. 16889, Triangle in line, SS, Christies+Vesper
10. 16956, Triangle in line, SS, My example above
11. 17600, Triangle above, Plated/SS Back, EWC+AnalogShift
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