Blancpain
- Founded
- 1735 · Villeret
- Collections
- 3
- References
- 19
Registered in 1735, which makes it the oldest watch brand by name. Its modern significance rests on the Fifty Fathoms of 1953, developed for French Navy combat swimmers and with a strong claim to being the first modern dive watch. Under Jean-Claude Biver in the 1980s Blancpain made a public point of never having produced a quartz watch.
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Before you ask.
When was Blancpain founded?
The name was registered in 1735, which makes Blancpain the oldest watch brand by name.
What is the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms?
A dive watch launched in 1953, developed for French Navy combat swimmers, with a strong claim to being the first modern dive watch.
Does Watch Safe cover Blancpain?
Yes. Blancpain is catalogued in the Watch Safe reference library, and any Blancpain serial number can be looked up in the public registry to check for an existing record or theft flag. Authentication is performed by independent expert authenticators; Watch Safe records the result and publishes the registry entry.
Checking a specific Blancpain? Look up its serial number in the registry.