It has a series of flaps to say and does a good job

This Blancpain X Fathoms watch is a piece I was actually excited to get on my arm (at long last! )#). It's not only large and extremely complex, but Blancpain claimed that it was fitted with complicated plastic band ever made for a watch. That alone made me inquisitive about it. The X Fathoms is the thematic flagship watch in the "Fathoms" collection. This started with the vintage 50 Fathoms, which led to today's 50 Fathoms, as well as the 500 Fathoms watches. Every one of them represents for me the most desirable pieces in Blancpain's current collection given my own tastes. I recently love a nice diver! The X Fathoms isn't the greatest diving "Fathoms" piece, but it is the most complicated. Blancpain has offered basic automatic, GMT, and chronograph versions of their 50 and 500 Fathoms watches. The X Fathoms has a very sophisticated mechanical depth gauge system.

I debuted the X Fathoms watch here, where I discuss its functions in much more detail. If you aren't familiar with the watch you'll really want to check out that previous article which causes the area know very well what you are seeing in this one. The piece as it is on my arm is still a prototype. I believe they have fully functioning models, but this was not one of them. That is OK, because I was not exactly in a position to test that out under the sea. The X Fathoms switch has three hands dedicated to its depth gauge functions. It claims to be the most accurate mechanical depth gauge watch around, and can measure depths all the way to 90 meters. I think that is as deep as most humans should go without being in a submersible.

The switch shows the current depth using two precise hands, the most depth, and a retrograde 5 minute counter for timing decompression times. That hand can be reset to zero at any time. Yeah, it has the time as well. All thanks to an in-house made automatic Blancpain mechanical movement. The depth gauge is also mechanical and uses pressure walls on the case that are covered up with little waste hexagon grating -- which look pretty cool actually.

At almost 56mm wide, the piece is pretty massive -- especially considering the design of the case and band. Though the X Fathoms watch is made out of titanium, so it isn't that heavy. In line with the popular bezel style of the 50 Fathoms watch, the rotating bezel is capped with a bent sapphire very. This timepiece really makes the most out of its size, and it will stick off your arm like a tool generated for under the sea Batman. Talking about Batman, that titanium hold on the buckle certainly looks like his logo a bit right? Especially with the convenient letter "B. inch I think I see a collaboration in the future. Bruce Wayne would certainly sport a Blancpain -- for sure. Blancpain should make a watch set that includes two watches (or perhaps a convertible one), that has to be for Bruce Wayne's formal wear, and for Batman's high-tech durable needs. I think Mr. Hayek would be all over that.

The complicated plastic band doesn't disappoint. It has a series of flaps to say and does a good job of snugly securing to your arm. It looks a bit softball bat ray-ish (well of course it does). It might have a ton of part and pieces, but it is rather comfortable given the pretty huge (wide and thick) watch on your arm. I'd say that you need to use it for yourself to essentially know very well what it feels and looks like.

Blancpain knows that the X Fathoms watch is going to be not a mainstream piece. I can imagine one sitting in a Tourneau store next to an Aqualung or similar to that. A buyer who is not knowledgeable about watches realises it and begins to asks question like "now what is that? inch This is where the merchant melts or just says "that is a dive watch with a depth gauge. inch What a sad and underwhelming response which will be. Prices for the X Fathoms are going to be in the 40, 000 Switzerland Francs range I believe. I seriously want to see one on a arm in the wild soon.