below its surface.
The Rolex Explorer II and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms are standouts among prestige watches .
As professional equipment for mountain climbers, military divers, and
oceanographers, these high-performance instruments exude authenticity in
a fashion that most prestige watches only can mimic.
Although Sir Edmund Hillary wore no Rolex when he became the first man
to summit Everest, his Nepalese Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, most certainly
did.
Norgay, Oyster Perpetual at hand, stood on top of the world on May 29,
1953. The Rolex Explorer I was launched in honor of Norgay and Hillary's
exploit.
In 1971, the Explorer II was launched with a special 24-hour hand and bezel to keep track of day and night in extreme climactic regions where daylight can be irregular. Today's Explorer II measures a contemporary 42mm and features Swiss Chronometer certification – a hallmark of the most accurate prestige watches .
Only months after Norgay and Hillary conquered Everest, the French Navy commissioned the legendary Blancpain – Switzerland's oldest watchmaker – to produce a watch suitable for combat divers.
The design brief called for a rotating calibrated bezel to allow dive durations to be tracked; the watch would have an oversized case and strap for easy reading and easy fitting; hermetic integrity was mandatory, so automatic winding was specified to reduce wear on the crown seal.
1954 witnessed the birth of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, a watch whose reliability and strength won customers as varied as the US Navy's SEAL teams and underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau.
Today's Fifty Fathoms outperforms the original in every way. Still oversized and highly legible, the new “Fifty” sports a 120 hour power reserve, a shock-resistant movement, a paramagnetic cage to protect the escapement, and a unique sapphire-protected bezel that allows Super Luminova to be applied to the calibrated timing scale. It glows like a blowtorch.
As a Blancpain, the Fifty Fathoms is a true specimen of high horology, and each is assembled and regulated by a single watchmaker in Le Brassus, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Authenticity is the ultimate trump card. It cannot be bought or bargained. Authenticity is heritage; it's a record going places and achieving the exceptional. Among prestige watches, the Rolex Explorer and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms have been there and done that.
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In 1971, the Explorer II was launched with a special 24-hour hand and bezel to keep track of day and night in extreme climactic regions where daylight can be irregular. Today's Explorer II measures a contemporary 42mm and features Swiss Chronometer certification – a hallmark of the most accurate prestige watches .
Only months after Norgay and Hillary conquered Everest, the French Navy commissioned the legendary Blancpain – Switzerland's oldest watchmaker – to produce a watch suitable for combat divers.
The design brief called for a rotating calibrated bezel to allow dive durations to be tracked; the watch would have an oversized case and strap for easy reading and easy fitting; hermetic integrity was mandatory, so automatic winding was specified to reduce wear on the crown seal.
1954 witnessed the birth of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, a watch whose reliability and strength won customers as varied as the US Navy's SEAL teams and underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau.
Today's Fifty Fathoms outperforms the original in every way. Still oversized and highly legible, the new “Fifty” sports a 120 hour power reserve, a shock-resistant movement, a paramagnetic cage to protect the escapement, and a unique sapphire-protected bezel that allows Super Luminova to be applied to the calibrated timing scale. It glows like a blowtorch.
As a Blancpain, the Fifty Fathoms is a true specimen of high horology, and each is assembled and regulated by a single watchmaker in Le Brassus, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Authenticity is the ultimate trump card. It cannot be bought or bargained. Authenticity is heritage; it's a record going places and achieving the exceptional. Among prestige watches, the Rolex Explorer and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms have been there and done that.
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