Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph 43mm Box And Papers
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This Blancpain Fif...ty Fathoms Bathyscaphe 5200-0130-B52A has an automatic self-winding Blancpain Caliber F385 movement that's rhodium plated with fausses cotes embellishment. It's constructed with a shock absorber mechanism, a straight-line lever escapement, and a nonmagnetic silicon balance-spring. It has a column wheel chronograph with vertical clutch, an 18K gold oscillating weight featuring a sculpted Blancpain logo, and the rotor oscillates at a high frequency of 5 Hz at 36, 000 vph.
Brushed stainless steel case.Uni-Directional Bezel:Brushed steel bezel.Bezel graduating indication made of Liquidmetal® which bonds neatly & well with ceramic, allowing for a smooth & lasting finish.Luminous filled & raised dot at the 12 'o'clock position.Metallic grey dial with a fine sun-ray finishApplied polished steel index & dot hour markers with luminous fill.Polished steel bold squared hour & minute hands with luminescent fill.Date window displayed between the 4 & 5 o'clock positions.Small seconds sub-dial located at the 6 o'clock position.Chronograph/Stopwatch functions:Features a "Flyback" function which allows instant restarting of the chronograph with a single push of the button rather than the need to stop, reset & then start the stop-watch again. Chronograph can be used underwater.Vertical clutch and column wheelCentral red-tipped seconds counter hand.30 minute counter sub-dial located at the 3 o'clock position.12 Hour counter sub-dial located a the 9 o'clock position.Blancpain Caliber F385 that beats at 5Hz at 36, 000vph, composed out of 322 parts, contains 37 Jewels & has an approximate power reserve of 50 hours.The movement is fitted with a nonmagnetic silicon balance-spring - in-additional to its non-magnetic properties, silicon is also extremely corrosion-resistant & resistant to wear and natural aging.