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Blancpain Debuts Limited-Edition Tribute To Fifty Fathoms No Rad Watch
Perhaps no other combination of factors excites vintage watch enthusiasts quite like early dive watches with military provenance. The blend of classic design, field-proven durability, and the romantic warmth of patina is a difficult one to beat, and few brands capture this magic formula better than Blancpain. The brand's Fifty Fathoms line is one of the longest-running and most celebrated diver lines in all of watchmaking, and Blancpain certainly has no lack of historic points to reference with its collection. For its first major release of 2021, Blancpain singles out one of the most lauded military references in the Fifty Fathoms' lineage. First produced in the mid-'60s for the elite Kampfschwimmer combat divers of the West German navy, the Fifty Fathoms No Rad offered these battle-hardened, frogmen-tough functionality and underwater legibility without the use of radium lume, which was still the standard at the time but had been discovered to cause potential health issues. The new lim
Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda Metrographe Watches Hands-On: A Solid Entry For The Brand
The Swiss manufacture, Parmigiani Fleurier, launched its new – and very important – Tonda Metro collection (including the Metrograph) in Lausanne, just a few days before SIHH 2014. What you have here is worth taking note of because it is perhaps the best choice for men looking for their first piece from the brand. Parmigiani is a well-known and deservedly respected name among those at a more severe stage of watch addiction. The main reason for that lies in the brand’s rather unique position: it is backed up by a remarkably sophisticated system of manufactures, making it one of the few genuinely and completely “in-house” watch makers of the industry. In 2013 we visited the dedicated Parmigiani case, dial and movement manufactures, as well as their unique restoring and haute horlogerie departments. This time we take a closer look at what this new, urban-lifestyle inspired collection called the Tonda Metro has to offer.While the collection comprises nearly?20