Blancpain history 1955-2023

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SpeedyPhill

·Sep 9, 2023

https://perezcope.com/2023/09/09/debunking-the-fictitious-history-of-the-blancpain-fifty-fathoms/

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Sep 9, 2023

Chez " Blancpain " they might have to edit their history book a bit 📖
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Fifty Fathoms, The Dive and Watch History 1953-2013
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sathomasga

·Sep 9, 2023

And if you didn't read all the way to the end, you might have missed this little tidbit:

Oh, one more thing. Just as with vintage Omega Speedmasters, the Swatch Group has been rigging auctions for early Blancpain Fifty Fathoms as well. The prices achived at auction have to be taken with a grain of salt. If you found yourself in a bidding war over a Fifty Fathoms, chances are you were bidding against someone at Swatch Group who was using multiple accounts to make the watch appear more popular than it actually was.

 

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spacemission

·Sep 10, 2023

En mi opinión, a perezcope le crecen los palmeros.

Rolex tampoco necesita palmeros. Esto último ya no es una opinión.

 

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redpcar

·Sep 10, 2023

Holy crap! Not to throw this thread into the weeds, but I didn't know about watchlibrary.org. Talk about overwhelming....

 

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w154

·Sep 11, 2023

To me, and I’m trying not to be biased as I’m an FF owner, the article does seem to draw cast-iron conclusions from a simple lack of evidence. It doesn’t seem as balanced and as objective as other articles and work by Jose.

 

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w154

·Sep 11, 2023

sathomasga

And if you didn't read all the way to the end, you might have missed this little tidbit:

And this was odd to read. I follow FF results and prices are all over the place. I don’t see much point in rigging auctions unless you’re going to rig them all. Perhaps it’s beneficial to have stellar results from some of the bigger sales (say Philipps), but as a private buyer I would never use these as realistic reference points. It’d be helpful if Jose presented some evidence.

 

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theycallmeSerg

·Sep 11, 2023

redpcar

Holy crap! Not to throw this thread into the weeds, but I didn't know about watchlibrary.org. Talk about overwhelming....

+1 Simply amazing, I'm considering contributing because they deserve it

 

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Archer

·Sep 11, 2023

w154

To me, and I’m trying not to be biased as I’m an FF owner, the article does seem to draw cast-iron conclusions from a simple lack of evidence. It doesn’t seem as balanced and as objective as other articles and work by Jose.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. That principle seems to be lost in this article...

 

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spacemission

·Sep 11, 2023

Archer

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. That principle seems to be lost in this article...

Hey archer, the rolex fans will kill us 😁

 

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Lonestar

·Sep 20, 2024

Part II:

https://perezcope.com/2024/08/30/a-...icated-history-of-the-modern-blancpain-brand/

(Thank you Pascal for bringing this to our attention)

 

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Porteroso

·Sep 20, 2024

Pretty interesting read. The author does seem certain of his own research into the family, however the fact that 100 years ago, the company claimed to have begun in 1815, makes me think that was correct. Obviously it would be interesting to see what was claimed, in say 1840.

Somehow made my post a quote, my bad.