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In 1953, Blancpain introduced the world’s first true diving watch, the Fifty Fathoms. Its name, Fifty Fathoms, indicated the watch’s purpose since it referred to a British depth measurement. A depth of 50 fathoms equals 91 meters or 300 feet, at the time the deepest depth that any watch could reach. With a rotating bezel and double-sealed crown, it was truly revolutionary at the time.
Later that year, Rolex introduced the Submariner, but only the Fifty Fathoms could be used for diving with compressed air because it had a unidirectional bezel.
Fifty Fathoms Homage Watches
The following homage watches offer a similarly classic look and feel for far less money than the 12000$ of the Fifty Fathoms:
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Baltic Aquascaphe
Features
- Caliber: Miyota 9039, 42 hours power reserve
- Function: Time
- Water resistance: 200 meters / 660 feet / 20 ATM
- Bezel: Unidirectional (120 clicks), sapphire crystal
- Crown: Screw-down
- Case material: Stainless steel 316L
- Case diameter: 39 mm
- Lug to Lug: 47 mm
- Lug width: 20mm
- Thickness: 12 mm
- Crystal: Double dome sapphire
Price: $760
Yema Pearldiver
Features
- Caliber: Yema 2000 in-house-caliber, power reserve 42h
- Function: Time
- Water resistance: 200 meters / 660 feet / 20 ATM
- Bezel: Aluminum rotating bezel with black insert
- Crown: Screw-down crown, vintage YEMA logo engraved
- Case material: Brushed 316L stainless steel
- Case diameter: 38 mm
- Lug size: 20mm
- Thickness: 14mm
- Crystal: Hesalite superdome crystal, 3.50 mm thickness
- Lume: Super-Luminova C3
Price: $880
Le Forban Sécurité Mer
Features
- Caliber: Miyota 8215 mechanical movement
- Function: Time/Date
- Water resistance: 150 meters / 400 feet / 15 ATM
- Bezel: Unidirectional aluminium bezel (120 clicks)
- Crown: Screw-down
- Case material: 316L Stainless Steel
- Case diameter: 39 mm
- Case height: 12.75 mm
- Lug to lug: 45 mm
- Crystal: Domed sapphire crystal
Price: $540
Undone Basecamp
Features
- Caliber: Miyota 8315 with 60 Hour Power Reserve
- Function: Time date
- Water resistance: 300 meters / 1000 feet / 30 ATM
- Bezel: 120 Click Unidirectional
- Crown: Screw-down
- Case material: Stainless / Stainless Black Non-Reflective PVD
- Case diameter: 45 mm
- Lug to Lug: 46.5mm
- Weight: 89.5g
- Crystal: Flat sapphire lens with AR coating
- Luminous Paint Type: Luminova
Price: $350
Spinnaker Fleuss
Features
- Caliber: Seiko NH35 TMI Automatic
- Function: Time date
- Water resistance: 150 meters / 400 feet / 15 ATM
- Bezel: Unidirectional with hardened glass
- Crown: Screw-down
- Case Material: Stainless
- Case diameter: 43 mm
- Lug to Lug: 51 mm
- Lug width: 22 mm
- Crystal: Sapphire lens with AR coating
Price: $305
Vostok Komandirskie 030
Features
- Caliber: VOSTOK 2415.01, 31 jewels, shockproof, power reserve 31 hours
- Function: Time date
- Water resistance: 200 meters / 660 feet / 20 ATM
- Bezel: stainless steel, freely adjustable
- Crown: screw-down
- Case Material: Stainless Steel
- Case size: 41 x 44mm
- Lug size: 22mm
- Crystal: domed plastic
Price: $200
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