Με το καινούργιο limited Blancpain TECH, χωρίς υπερβολές, για άλλη μια φορά, η Blancpain ,μας δείχνει πως μπορεί να μεταμορφώσει ένα τόσο σύνηθες concept όπως τα divers ρολογια, και να υο σπρώξει στο μέλλον.
Αυτη, είναι η θεμελιώδεις διαφορα ανάμεσα σε ένα τεράστιο γκρουπ, και στο ίδρυμα Rolex.
Η μία κοιτάζει το μέλλον,η άλλη έχει επαναπαυθεί στις δαφνες του παρελθόντος.
Αληθεια, μέχρι πριν 2,3 μήνες ,μπόλικα άτομα με κραζατε, ότι πλέον οι τιμές της Rolex,επανέρχονται σε εργοστασιακά επίπεδα.....Γελανε και οι κότες.
Ο ανταγωνισμός απομακρυνεται....
BEZEL
These unusual markings are no affectation, and they hint at the particularly special complication that’s central to the Tech Gombessa. You’ll notice that it’s got four hands. That long, green lume-tipped hand? It’s actually a three-hour hand: that is, it completes one full rotation in three hours.
That’s why the bezel has such unique markers – they’re designed to time that three-hour sweep. The Tech Gombessa is actually the first timepiece capable of measuring immersions of up to three hours, a valuable complication for technical diving (e.g. decompression diving).
CASE
While its form factor superficially resembles the classic Fifty Fathoms, first appearances can be deceiving. First of all, it’s crafted from grade 5 ELI titanium: a light yet extremely tough material that’s perfect for such a technical watch that ensures that it’s comfortable to wear despite its hefty 47mm case diameter and 18.4mm case thickness.
a unique case design whereby its rubber strap is screwed into the back of its lugs. This means the strap is extra secure, but it also makes the watch appear lug-less – again, aiding in making it not so meaty on the wrist. It’s also water resistant to 300m, which is kind of par for the course here.
Not only does the Tech Gombessa celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Fifty Fathoms, its release also commemorates the 10th anniversary of Gombessa Expeditions, a unique oceanographic initiative that Blancpain supports. Blancpain has really put its money where its mouths are when it comes to supporting marine science and conservation over the years with its Blancpain Ocean Commitment initiative, and Gombessa is a core part of that.
Gombessa
Gombessa’s missions, which focus on studying some of the rarest, most elusive marine creatures and phenomena on Earth, have been at the cutting edge of marine science as well as technical diving, and it was Gombessa’s founder Laurent Ballesta who helped develop the Tech Gombessa with Blancpain over the last five years.
Indeed, Ballesta and Gombessa’s aquanauts tested four prototypes of the watch for an almost 50-day trial period at a depth of 120 metres as part of the Gombessa V and Gombessa VI missions. The result? A truly superlative dive watch.
One of the inconvenient truths of the luxury watch industry is that very few actual divers these days would ever use a mechanical watch while diving. They’re anachronisms: modern divers use digital dive computers.
But the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech Gombessa is a luxury mechanical dive watch you could actually justify diving with. It’s been developed with proper, hard-core divers; is tough as nails yet comfortable to wear, and features a complication that no other mechanical dive watch has. It’s straight-up revolutionary.
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