Blancpain FF Bathyscaphe Mokarran Edition - New Blancpain release on 7 July 2020

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ekel

·Jul 7, 2020

https://www.watchtime.com/wristwatc...ed-for-a-big-announcement-surfacing-tomorrow/

"the team at Blancpain has been working on something truly special for the U.S. market, and we at WatchTime cannot wait to also share with our online readers the latest watch and ocean conservation project from the creator of the modern dive watch"

I'm holding out for a modest 40mm no date diver but expecting a 45mm diver.

 

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killer67

·Jul 7, 2020

FF will never be 40mm. Unfortunately they’re taking notes from Breitling

 

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asrnj77

·Jul 7, 2020

The Barakuda was pretty nice at 40mm. At 14k it wasn’t a bargain but they only made 500 pieces

 

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TechFounder

·Jul 7, 2020

Knowing their current design sensibilities, it will probably be some brick of a watch that normal people can't wear.

 

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TechFounder

·Jul 7, 2020

I told you. Talk about a huge letdown...

https://www.watchtime.com/wristwatc...fathoms-bathyscaphe-mokarran-limited-edition/

 

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pongster

·Jul 7, 2020

^ but the hammerhead sharks. Arent they important?

 

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eugeneandresson

·Jul 7, 2020

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^ but the hammerhead sharks. Arent they important?

Definitely as important as about 75% of humanity.

 

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STANDY

·Jul 7, 2020·schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector

P pongster

^ but the hammerhead sharks. Arent they important?

Unless they stop Shark Fin Soup no one is Conserving any type of shark...... But lasers and sharks is one hell of a story 📖 to sell a $15k watch. 👍

The Mokarran Protection Society, which consists mostly of volunteers, has been working with a noninvasive technique called laser photogrammetry, basically a panel with two parallel lasers and a digital camera, that allowed them to project laser markings to measure, reliably identify and track individual sharks over time. This in return will now lay the groundwork to improve activities linked to the conservation of the species.

 

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zoohannover

·Jul 7, 2020

Just for posterity:

Front view of the green-dialed Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Mokarran Edition
(Should check the tubes ;-)

 

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zoohannover

·Jul 7, 2020

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lasers

and I call it "LASER".

 

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abrod520

·Jul 7, 2020

43.6mm. Absolute shame - with such a blank dial and slim bezel, this thing is gonna wear enormous. Hope you like green dinner plates 🙄

 

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killer67

·Jul 7, 2020

50 is gonna bd hard to sell 🤮

 

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ekel

·Jul 7, 2020

At least the sharks got rid of the date window.

 

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NGO1

·Jul 7, 2020

Damn, that’s ugly.
The problem with BP is that their secondary market is worst in the biz.
Except for A few limited edition like the Barakuda, and MilSpec. You can find most of their offerings for +50% off.

I have yet to see a BP in the wild. Any BP.
Any forum member owns a sport BP?

 

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pongster

·Jul 8, 2020

^ Happy to oblige. But i only have a Leman.

i dont have a diver. after my former boss asked me to source a barakuda for him, am sligjtly tempted.

 

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3nicewatches

·Jul 8, 2020

ngo516

Damn, that’s ugly.
The problem with BP is that their secondary market is worst in the biz.
Except for A few limited edition like the Barakuda, and MilSpec. You can find most of their offerings for +50% off.

I have yet to see a BP in the wild. Any BP.
Any forum member owns a sport BP?

Here’s mine. A BP, but not a sport. Couldn’t care less about secondary value of any watch I buy.

 

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TechFounder

·Jul 8, 2020

Leman was the last good sports line Blancpain made. Here's mine.

I think Blancpain is slowly dying...

 

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MikeMan2727

·Jul 9, 2020

ngo516

Damn, that’s ugly.
The problem with BP is that their secondary market is worst in the biz.
Except for A few limited edition like the Barakuda, and MilSpec. You can find most of their offerings for +50% off.

I have yet to see a BP in the wild. Any BP.
Any forum member owns a sport BP?

I do! :-P

 

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WatchTimes

·Jul 9, 2020

asrnj77

The Barakuda was pretty nice at 40mm. At 14k it wasn’t a bargain but they only made 500 pieces

That is one watch I truly regret selling!
I had a client trade one in and before it arrived another client had contacted me looking for one.
I made the mistake of telling him I had one coming but I was thinking of wearing it and keeping it. I think he knew I would love it and talked me into selling it to him before it arrived (I already knew condition etc). I wore it for a day when it arrived (as I explained I was going to) well I loved it, tried to buy it back even offering him a cash profit and extra discount on his next purchase but he wanted the watch 🙁 I have first right to buy if he sells BUT he's already warned me his 16 year old honors student son has requested it for graduation.... The only watch his kids asked for according to him so I think I am SOL.
I LOVE this Green LE but I will never own one as they will command a premium with only 50 being made. I think it would have been better at 40 or 42 mm BUT I love green and would proudly wear that as is.