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The Blancpain BaselWorld 2012 NEWS...
We can’t deny that this manufacture always was dear to us. Both of us follow the developments in Le Brassus closely and with much of our hearts & souls involved.
In the early days of Blancpain (“second life”) there was a simple but unique case, only. They introduced a lot of movements and complications (in a relatively short time) in the same kind of case and even complicated watches also in steel cases.
Today Blancpain offers a much wider range of designs, styles, finishing’s … More than ever before.
However, in the recent years we felt that the manufacture lost focus and endeavoured into realms that did not – in our humble opinion – match the rather clearly defined essence of the brand.
Thus, and at not surprise either, we could not help to voice our disappointment last year (click here ) when we concluded that the erstwhile collector’s brand transmorphed into a ‘normal’ haute horlogerie manufacturer.
Keeping in mind that one observation is only that – a spotlight in time – we were eager to learn whether our past impressions were to be substantiated or refuted at BaselWorld 2012.
2012 was overshadowed with the presentation of the overtly large X Fathoms, a true talking piece. Few have seen it in the wild, and its sheer dimensions as well as its features set it apart from most other watches (is it still considered one?).
However, Blancpain is known for not only focussing on a single collection, instead all of them receive (more or less) due attention. As a consequence there is always lots to report from the Blancpain booth:
For more, click here !
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The Blancpain BaselWorld 2012 NEWS...
We cant deny that this manufacture always was dear to us. Both of us follow the developments in Le Brassus closely and with much of our hearts & souls involved. In the early days of Blancpain (second life) there was a simple but unique case, only. They...
