LUX Loves: Blancpain’s latest Bathyscaphe timepieces
An underwater photographer wearing the Blancpain Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph. Image by Harald Hois
Swiss watch brand Blancpain has long championed the exploration and conservation of our oceans through their Bathyscaphe range of innovative underwater timepieces. Chloe Frost-Smith takes a closer look at the collection’s newest additions
Widely recognised as the luxury watchmaker for the underwater world, explorers, oceanographers and underwater photographers have worn Blancpain since their creation of the first modern diver?s watch, Fifty Fathoms, in 1953. The Swiss brand?s latest additions to the Bathyscaphe line delve into its deep-sea history while continuing its long-standing commitment to the protection of the oceans.
Follow LUX on Instagram: luxthemagazine The Bathyscaphe Day Date Desert Edition and the Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph introduce an earthy aesthetic into the collection?s previously nautical palette, with two new colours in beige and green featuring on the strap and face of each model respectively.
The Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph
While the sandy tones of the Day Date Desert Edition might not immediately conjure up a connection to the ocean, they have been designed to evoke the Nevada Desert where Ernest H. Brooks II, a pioneer of underwater photography and contributor to the Edition Fifty Fathoms project, made a spectacular dive in 1962. Descending into the depths of Devils Hole in the infamous Death Valley in Nevada, Brooks photographed an...
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