A truly fabulous show! This talking hands guys sure can talk! Without seeing or feeling a SWATCHXBLANCPAIN fifty fathoms , I am totally ready now for when one comes my way! However would rather buy anything else……….. except a MoonSwatch! Awesome stuff Andrew
I bought one and actually love it. I find myself wearing it more than I expected. I didn’t think a cheap plastic watch could replace my zenith AND omega in my rotation but I haven’t really taken it off
As a novelty I get it. At $400. It's a waste of money. It also comes off extremely hypocritical. It's a disposable watch that preaches sustainability. It's an oxymoron.
Not necessarily disposable. It’s possible to replace the movement if needed. It’s a fun watch like a Fast n Furious action film, not meant to be an Oscar winning film like Oppenheimer.
@@harryx6677once the 'Sandwich' is sealed...it CAN'T be reopened,(case back/front)(at least that's what I heard on a review) if there is any issues..it's a dead watch, I still want one though.
Great video, and as an owner of 3 Blancpain Fiddys over the years, I don't mind what they've done. Don't love the execution, but it's ok, and I'm happy to see the Blancpain brand getting some coverage
Owner here. This is what I get from owners of bp watches. Mine is a bathyscaphe in titanium. The critics alway come from who never saw a bp in the flesh 😂
As an owner of two Blancpain am very happy with the execution the fully functional bezel and the system 51 rather than the poor man’s choice of the cheap quartz mouvement in the omega. The watch looks great and for once, we’ll be able not to service the watch but to replace the mouvement if need be. That’s already a massive plus which could justify (somehow) the price.
@@gerrynelsonmusic people fear what they either don’t understand, or cannot obtain easily. To be frank, they’re not the market and neither are the people they may be influencing with their negativity. At the end of the day it’s so good for the brand and I’m happy Blancpain is receiving the brand recognition they deserve
Have to say, Andrew you smashed this one out the park. Great video, I love the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, so pleased to hear all these facts about the original and new watches.
It's an homage, I love the thought that went into the various bits and pieces you mentioned. As soon as I get to Montreal I'm going to get one (I want the Atlantic), I have the Moonswatch Saturn, bought and flipped the Moon and Pluto as well. Fun watch for us enthusiasts who can't justify $15-20k on a real Blancpain right now. Love the content Andrew.
Some watch collectors see no problem spending $20k on a stainless steel watch but think $400 is a waste for a fun watch collaboration. I applaud Swatch, Omega, and Blancpain.
Bought it and love it. Doesn’t cheapen the brand for me and I own an expensive two tone Rolex sub and plan to buy the BP someday as well. The movement cannot be serviced but it can be replaced. Not a swatch fan but I am a fan of this swatch.
For half of the listed price it would be fun plastic watch and a celebration of a classic. At listed price I will take a Japanese diver (let it be Seiko, Orient or Citizen) any day of the week.
If you’re looking for your only watch I’d agree 100%. If you’re a collector, it’s a really fun watch. If you can afford to burn 400$ to have a dun watch it’s really worth it. If you have 400-1000 and want to buy a watch as your dive or only watch you’d be fool to buy this one
I have one...love the travel case it came in...it has presence on the wrist but i will buy a rubber strap to make it slimmer..and i do like the lume on the dial and bezel... i reckon Swatch can replace the whole movement for another sys51 in the future.
Picked a blue one up on saturday here in Melbourne. Queued at 5.15am with about 20 people in front of me. I left out of the store at around 11am. Bunch of kids there who were few spots before me immediately took photos of their watches and listed on eBay for $2100 AU. Which was to be expected 😂.
@@HRM.H I did look at their listing again. They dropped it to 1500 later that day. And then today about 1200. Unfortunately for a laugh I looked at SOLD listings on eBay for the last few days. 11 suckers paid $1200 AUD to $1700 AUD for a Blancswatch. 😂
It took 6 hours to sell 20 people a “cheap” watch? How? Did they let every customer decide which color they wanted for an hour? I mean, yes it’s overpriced. But it’s only a 400$ “want not need” item. If you want it, you’ll get it and it’s not a life affecting decisionnlike buying a car or perhaps a several thousand watch. And if 400$ is mad money for you, you really aught to be looking at a Seiko or something like that in the same price range instead, that will last you forever too🤯 Congrats on the watch! 🎉I kinda like the orange one and i do like the seaslug rotors. I like the moonswatches too, but i really didn’t see a sensible use case in getting one. I still might though😅
Blancpain Ocean Commitment - Save the world's oceans from non-bio-degrading plastic disposable products that cannot be repaired or recycled. Blancpain x Swatch Scuba Fifty Fathoms - A non-bio-degrading plastic disposable product that cannot be repaired or recycled. Swatch Group - The Alanis Morissette of the watch world.
Great piece and rather than gloss over the Nudibranchs, you actually even took the time to pronounce their names…… one tiny thing…. The word Nudibranch is pronounced Nudi Brank…. ( I say this as I studied marine zoology and one of my professors was a world expert,even having species named after him) and he pronounced it Nudi brank…… small thing….. love your content!
Swatch for the second time is making money by selling an overpriced plastic copy of an overpriced stainless steel watch. I wonder what's next, maybe Hour Angle x Swatch. Any way, what are we really paing 15 or 20 thousands when buying a watch like Fifty Fathoms ? PS. As always, great video.
Love how Swatch is degrading the brands thought of as luxury. Making plastic throwaway versions and cheapening thing the experience. Remember Gerald Ratner saying he sold cheap tat. Ratners went overnight. Well Done Swatch.
@@ivanharlokin😆😂🤣 Yeah, “notoriety” as in a crime-against-taste pastiche hijacking of a high-end brand, slapping it on the watch equivalent of a Seat Mii so that you might buy that Lambo in 30 years time! I’m just off to listen to Public Enemy’s hit from 35 years ago…😉
Still worthy and legit, after all, it is genuine not a replica. Watch brand name is arguably the most expensive parts of watches. Need to check with Swatch is the case back snapped on, if so, movt is replacible and collectible.
Every watch guy talking about the FF: Nudibranches Scuba divers and marine biologists talking about the FF: Nudibranks Also: Divers do not breath OXYGEN (for the most part).
Still haven’t seen solid confirmation what the crystal is (some say mineral, some sapphire, some sapphire-coated mineral), and if you can open the caseback (likewise: some say you can some say you can’t)
Some people seem to hate everything about the collaboration and what it stands for. Don’t feel that way. Normies dont really know Blancpain and it would be a good way for the brand to get a little bit of recognition. In terms of the actual watch: Would be happy to receive one as a gift, but realistically I’m not willing to fork out the MSRP.
They know. They already realised two commemorative models of the ff this year and the third one is coming after this world wide commercial operation 😂❤
Andrew, Thanks again for a great video. I am not buying this one. Non-serviceable with plastic key parts means that it will fail. It will depreciate to zero. I will buy the real thing one day.
12 watches in my collection . One in one out. I’m not ready to trade one of my watches for a plastic watch. Even though they are pretty cool. Thanks Andrew
Much as I like the looks and spirit of them, they are essentially a piece of single use plastic. I was seriously tempted but give a few weeks and the clones versions will be about and they’ll probably have better specs (Seiko MechaQuartz, Sapphire Crystals and possibly a 316L case) for a lower price. What is service life of the System 51 movement? Probably considerably less than a MechaQuartz. The idea is a good one however with a bit more thought it could have been a brilliant one. Given the price, I’d have trouble convincing the Finance Director (Wife) that I need another watch.
Thanks for the interesting history. I won't be nailing my wrist to anything but I also won't be getting a watch I'd have no occasion to wear. I must admit that having dived under 8 feet of ice in the Arctic Ocean (wearing a 5513), I momentarily thought about getting one as a sort of memento.
Excellent content. Lots of people’s have covered this release but have ignored the details of the watches. This release obviously makes commercial sense for the Swatch Group, but they have geeked out on some of the details which I love!!
I need to notice only one: It looks like a piece of crap kids watch. This junk just came out and I am already fedup. Is all over youtube as if a piece of plastic is the only think that matters, when in fact is just another trendy keyword. Sorry Andrew, this is the first time that I spare watching your video even if I am sure it is very informative without fluff, but this whole plastic remakes are getting on my nerves....which is going to be the next Swatch "collaboration"....AP, IWC, PP? Thats good material for Cartoon Network.
Other watches were selected for testing for use by the US military but only the Blancpain FF passed the tests. A famous competitor was found to be insufficiently waterproof, that’s a hilarious matter of fact!
Got the Indian Ocean at the San Francisco shop by calling ahead. Took a while for the Atlantic model, but I got that also. In both cases hardly anyone in the store. What surprises me is how well they keep time given that automatics in that class drift -1s/+10s a day. Thanks for pointing out the little known facts about this collaboration, Andrew.
In one of the only cases of normal people appreciating watch knowledge ever, I told the story of how they had to add the "no radiation" marking to watch dials in a women's studies class when I was in college and it got me an A. I totally want the "no radiation" Fifty Fathoms, but I'm not in any rush to get one. I'll be waiting until I don't have to drive 5 hours to my nearest Swatch store to get one thank you very much.
Haha, no - good guess though. I'm an accountant, that class I took as an elective my last semester because the college allowed it to count for 3 different course requirements and I was able to finish a semester earlier than I'd planned.@@Entertainment-
Hey dude, you got one thing wrong. These watches do have a removable case back. They don't screw off but they do pop off and the movement is meant to be replaced and or serviced. Most system 51s are not built this way but I suppose they knew that enthusiasts would want something that they could maintain.
I will be happy to get one but I am not close to a Swatch shop. And even I was lucky to get a shop in my area, I did not queue to get one. Lastly, which one should I get ? I am living at the coast and the Atlantic Ocean is the one reaching but I was born on an island in the Pacific Ocean but aesthetically I do like the Antarctic Ocean version...
Cash grab, same as the Moonswatch. Early monitory benefits with just damage to Omega and Blancpain names further down the road. I've heard from many people that the quality is suspect and it's just a disposable plastic watch with just style over substance. You can buy respectable automatic watches for that money which look good and will last you years, without boarding the hype train.
I noticed only one thing ..all of them are a tad hideous! No doubt there will be another mad rush for people to queue up and buy. A reissue of the originals might have been better. Let's see! Cheers.
Actually quite like it and, as others mention, it’s nice to see the OG diver get the publicity. At nearly a centimetre and half thick though… it’s a no from me sadly. The view through the case back is cool though!
All plastic movements come from the Tissot Autolub back in the 70s, from memory 52 parts. I'm sure its where the System 51 was born out of. I personally can't stand these plastic fantastic Swatch watches, just utter waste of planetary resources. Nice video all the same Andrew.
My take on why ‘scuba’ is part of the name is perhaps due to the early 1990’s Scuba Swatch rated at 200 meters. Recall, it is a collab. I had thought of picking up a Happy Fish (a model I had in the early ‘90’s). Then I saw this model on the swatch page! Very happy with my ‘Sea of Storms’.
Nice education young man. Blancpain (5:30), it had SWISS on the dial and not swiss made. The only watch education I ever received (1970's) denoted the difference.😊
It's the movement that's the only dubious thing for me. I've heard some very bad reviews of the Sistem51. Is this Sistem more like the Swissmatic that's featured in the Tissot T-Race? In that I believe that it's the same design but more of the components are swapped for metal. Supposedly the normal Sistem51 will gradually decline over time until there's virtually no power reserve at all! ☹️
The presence of the "Drill" lug hole serves a specific purpose. Instead of employing spring bars, it has been substituted with a screw bar to mitigate the risk of saltwater corrosion, thus minimizing the potential for water ingress. When it comes to Blancpain, it's clear that every meticulous detail on their watches serves a purpose, revealing its significance when you delve into the intricacies. Appreciate the informative video, and here's to more enlightening content ahead! Cheers~
Personally I think it's degrading for Blancpain to associate themselves with disposable watches such as Swatch (The actual Swatch Brand, NOT the Swatch Group who owns Blancpain anyway). Can't be good for their reputation for outstanding quality products. Having said that, I DO actually quite like these! I like the little nudibranches on the rotor, I like the colour schemes. I don't like the fact that they are cheap plastic shite, with a movement that can't be serviced, and that they are probably as easily broken as the 'Moonswatch'. No idea if these are claiming to be 'bioceramic', but either way, they are just plastic. Blancpain COULD have done these as a range of decent quality limited edition watches in their usual sort of price range. They wouldn't have had the same volume of sales, but at least they'd have still kept their reputation for excellence. How about next we have Rolls Royce cars in association with Lada....
I'll mod yet another vintage Vostok Amphibia into what I call a "Fathomski" next week, and I hope that will suppress the urge to buy one of the BSSFFs at least for a while. If the pacific one had Glaucus atlanticus on the rotor, the choice would be easy and too enticing.
I wait for Rolex x Swatch... ;) Lord, what's up with you guys? You are the perfect cunsumers for our capitalist system, buying crap for ridiculous prices. A Swatch stays a cheap watch, no matter what additional brand you print on the dial. Got it?
I've nailed my wrist to the Steeldive homage of the Fifty Fathoms.A far better watch in stainless steel with the Seiko NH35 movement,sapphire crystal,ceramic bezel and very servicable.The bonus feature being the price at least one third the price of the plastic ripoff from Swatch............................
I Love my Orange swatch, bought in Barcelona AT the oficial store, I go to the sea every Day, and resiste all the situations, includings 3 inmersiones, que at 25,30 mts deep, the normal diving confortable Padi inmersions, I think that its real a BEST buy, no compare whith a SUBMARINER, Orís, or Panerai of course
I heard (on another Channel... 🙊 ) that this implementation of the System 51 movement is technically serviceable, as the watch isn't hermetically sealed (like previous Swatch auto's) but has a snap-fit case back. If that's true, you could get it serviced and there are companies that will. Question is, could you be bothered? Those internal plastic parts look rather cheap & nasty. Levering the back off would probably mess up the water resistancy too. £340 for a Blancpain x Swatch? No Thanks. Nor will I be nailing my wrist to a board. I'll stick with my Steeldive SD1953 for 20% of the price and pocket the change. Result!
$500 CAD for a $135 plastic watch? Hahahahahahah, No. Swatch sells stainless Sistem51 watches on their site for $245-335. Better watches for less money. Just like the Moonswatch. You can buy a stainless 3 dial chronograph Speed Up (Irony case) from Swatch. Better watch for almost half the price.
Answers all the questions I had about this biocerplastic carnival-claw-game-machine prize watch. Lessee...$400 usd and delivered with the same disposable movement found in $150 usd swatches. Check. No nailing my hands to boards, since Jesus already did that for me; I do think I'd rather be stuck in the Falklands, camped out on on a canceled Ryanair jet for three weeks, before I'd buy this pretentious trinket.
$400 for a plastic watch with a non-serviceable automatic movement? That's a hard pass from me, dog. And I know the bezel has 120 clicks, but being plastic, how does it feel? My guess is gross.
The Moonswatch looks quite cool but these look like a child’s toy. Also it’s a £140 watch at best so you’re paying £200 blancpain tax 🤦🏻♂️ also good luck with that system 51 too 😬 it’s not got the best reputation for reliability 😬
Yeah, but it's really not. The oldest brand in the world, it's the oldest name in the world. Because didn't someone buy it? That name for 25 grand and then start making watches. So it's really not the oldest brand in the world. I mean, the name is but people who make it. The history it's not any more. And if I was gonna buy one, i'd buy the real thing. Not this garbage after buying the swatch omega. I'd never waste my money on this. Who wants to pay $400 for a watch and online? They're already sewn between $1950 for something that if everything is perfect within 5 years, I'm gonna run no more and it can't be fixed, that's silly. You better off by yourself, a S E I k o
thanks for awesome content ... How much is this plastic cost now? ohhhh ... lol, lets put automatic movement in it and seal the watch... no need be serviced... PLASTIC TOY!
A truly fabulous show! This talking hands guys sure can talk! Without seeing or feeling a SWATCHXBLANCPAIN fifty fathoms , I am totally ready now for when one comes my way! However would rather buy anything else……….. except a MoonSwatch!
Awesome stuff Andrew
Are you plastic disposable watch ready?
this swatch showing ho is the boss yess plastic fantastic and if fred lip where still alive he will died on this one RIP Fred...
I bought one and actually love it. I find myself wearing it more than I expected. I didn’t think a cheap plastic watch could replace my zenith AND omega in my rotation but I haven’t really taken it off
As a novelty I get it. At $400. It's a waste of money. It also comes off extremely hypocritical. It's a disposable watch that preaches sustainability. It's an oxymoron.
Agreed but Swatch Group don't give a hoot about the environment, just $€£!
Not necessarily disposable. It’s possible to replace the movement if needed. It’s a fun watch like a Fast n Furious action film, not meant to be an Oscar winning film like Oppenheimer.
@harryx6677 it is not. Sistem51 watches are sealed. It's absolutely disposable.
@@harryx6677once the 'Sandwich' is sealed...it CAN'T be reopened,(case back/front)(at least that's what I heard on a review) if there is any issues..it's a dead watch, I still want one though.
$400 of fun for a novelty and a brand most aren't aware of, much less can afford.
Great video, and as an owner of 3 Blancpain Fiddys over the years, I don't mind what they've done. Don't love the execution, but it's ok, and I'm happy to see the Blancpain brand getting some coverage
Owner here. This is what I get from owners of bp watches. Mine is a bathyscaphe in titanium. The critics alway come from who never saw a bp in the flesh 😂
As an owner of two Blancpain am very happy with the execution the fully functional bezel and the system 51 rather than the poor man’s choice of the cheap quartz mouvement in the omega. The watch looks great and for once, we’ll be able not to service the watch but to replace the mouvement if need be. That’s already a massive plus which could justify (somehow) the price.
The 50 is one of my favorite watches of all time.
I completely agree. I don't know why people are getting so worked up, Kd.
@@gerrynelsonmusic people fear what they either don’t understand, or cannot obtain easily. To be frank, they’re not the market and neither are the people they may be influencing with their negativity. At the end of the day it’s so good for the brand and I’m happy Blancpain is receiving the brand recognition they deserve
Have to say, Andrew you smashed this one out the park. Great video, I love the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, so pleased to hear all these facts about the original and new watches.
It's an homage, I love the thought that went into the various bits and pieces you mentioned. As soon as I get to Montreal I'm going to get one (I want the Atlantic), I have the Moonswatch Saturn, bought and flipped the Moon and Pluto as well. Fun watch for us enthusiasts who can't justify $15-20k on a real Blancpain right now. Love the content Andrew.
Some watch collectors see no problem spending $20k on a stainless steel watch but think $400 is a waste for a fun watch collaboration.
I applaud Swatch, Omega, and Blancpain.
Bought it and love it. Doesn’t cheapen the brand for me and I own an expensive two tone Rolex sub and plan to buy the BP someday as well. The movement cannot be serviced but it can be replaced. Not a swatch fan but I am a fan of this swatch.
For half of the listed price it would be fun plastic watch and a celebration of a classic. At listed price I will take a Japanese diver (let it be Seiko, Orient or Citizen) any day of the week.
If you’re looking for your only watch I’d agree 100%. If you’re a collector, it’s a really fun watch. If you can afford to burn 400$ to have a dun watch it’s really worth it. If you have 400-1000 and want to buy a watch as your dive or only watch you’d be fool to buy this one
... What a great original video explaining everything about the new Blancpain x Swatch colaboration. THANKYOU!!
Outstanding - you made me smile while you educated me. NOT a bad deal at all..... Have enjoyed your work for years Andrew..... Best to you Sir.
Andrew what a brilliant, informative video, keep up the great work !
This is a very well-researched video. So much effort put in, compared to other reaction videos out there. Kudos!
I have one...love the travel case it came in...it has presence on the wrist but i will buy a rubber strap to make it slimmer..and i do like the lume on the dial and bezel... i reckon Swatch can replace the whole movement for another sys51 in the future.
Source a vintage Swiss Tropic to finish off the look, that should look impressive and add to the street cred
No, they can't. It is in fact permanently sealed like all swatches
@@-Jason-L i watched a video on YT of a watchmaker accessing the movement.
I appreciate it and if it were not disposable I’d gladly by one
Picked a blue one up on saturday here in Melbourne. Queued at 5.15am with about 20 people in front of me. I left out of the store at around 11am. Bunch of kids there who were few spots before me immediately took photos of their watches and listed on eBay for $2100 AU. Which was to be expected 😂.
Lmao lined up at 5am.... just because they are listed at 2K doesnt mean they will ever sell for 2K.
@@HRM.H I did look at their listing again. They dropped it to 1500 later that day. And then today about 1200. Unfortunately for a laugh I looked at SOLD listings on eBay for the last few days. 11 suckers paid $1200 AUD to $1700 AUD for a Blancswatch. 😂
@@pathongofaustraliaand what's the retail price in Melbourne?
It took 6 hours to sell 20 people a “cheap” watch? How? Did they let every customer decide which color they wanted for an hour?
I mean, yes it’s overpriced. But it’s only a 400$ “want not need” item. If you want it, you’ll get it and it’s not a life affecting decisionnlike buying a car or perhaps a several thousand watch. And if 400$ is mad money for you, you really aught to be looking at a Seiko or something like that in the same price range instead, that will last you forever too🤯
Congrats on the watch! 🎉I kinda like the orange one and i do like the seaslug rotors. I like the moonswatches too, but i really didn’t see a sensible use case in getting one. I still might though😅
I’m in Orlando where did you find it in Melbourne?
An 11th thing you didn't notice: BxS is mathematically identical to BS.
Excelent content. This is THE video to watch if you want to know more about the history behind this collab. Well done 👍
Thank god they didn't go quartz! I actually really like this collaboration. Will definitely be trying to pick one up myself
Blancpain Ocean Commitment - Save the world's oceans from non-bio-degrading plastic disposable products that cannot be repaired or recycled.
Blancpain x Swatch Scuba Fifty Fathoms - A non-bio-degrading plastic disposable product that cannot be repaired or recycled.
Swatch Group - The Alanis Morissette of the watch world.
I didn’t know scuba was an acronym. Wild.
Great piece and rather than gloss over the Nudibranchs, you actually even took the time to pronounce their names…… one tiny thing…. The word Nudibranch is pronounced Nudi Brank…. ( I say this as I studied marine zoology and one of my professors was a world expert,even having species named after him) and he pronounced it Nudi brank…… small thing….. love your content!
I love mine, Ocean of Storms. Great video!
Great video, i learned every more about the 50 Fathoms; now I want the original.
I have *what* breath? Go immerse yourself!
Swatch for the second time is making money by selling an overpriced plastic copy of an overpriced stainless steel watch. I wonder what's next, maybe Hour Angle x Swatch. Any way, what are we really paing 15 or 20 thousands when buying a watch like Fifty Fathoms ?
PS. As always, great video.
👌Brilliant video: intelligent, concise and useful info/ explanations, instead of 'personal' opinions. Keep them coming sir! 👍Cheers
Love how Swatch is degrading the brands thought of as luxury. Making plastic throwaway versions and cheapening thing the experience.
Remember Gerald Ratner saying he sold cheap tat. Ratners went overnight.
Well Done Swatch.
Great that the Blancpain is getting some notoriety by more people. They make a great watch that is often in the shadows...
I'm sure that a plastic watch with the word Blancpain on the dial will have people queuing up to buy their £15K steel dive watch next.
@@ivanharlokin😆😂🤣 Yeah, “notoriety” as in a crime-against-taste pastiche hijacking of a high-end brand, slapping it on the watch equivalent of a Seat Mii so that you might buy that Lambo in 30 years time!
I’m just off to listen to Public Enemy’s hit from 35 years ago…😉
The shadow of a fabric leather strap on a.dive watch.
@@ivanharlokin Nobody thinks that but we do know that Omega’s speedmaster sales are trough the roof. Bringing attention to it has clearly worked.
@@borassictime918I still listen to public enemy and their wave was before my time. Also one of the best live shows I’ve seen 🤘
You explained everything so well, and I have learned a lot. Great video.
Still worthy and legit, after all, it is genuine not a replica. Watch brand name is arguably the most expensive parts of watches. Need to check with Swatch is the case back snapped on, if so, movt is replacible and collectible.
I love your videos. Always so informative.
Every watch guy talking about the FF: Nudibranches
Scuba divers and marine biologists talking about the FF: Nudibranks
Also: Divers do not breath OXYGEN (for the most part).
I wish people would pronounce nudibranch correctly though ('noodeebraank'). It's a Nudibrancpain.
I don't know about 10, but I noticed 1. It looks like it came out my kid's happy meal kit. Plastic crap.
I'd rather have a solid quartz movement than that System 51 abomination. YMMV.
Still haven’t seen solid confirmation what the crystal is (some say mineral, some sapphire, some sapphire-coated mineral), and if you can open the caseback (likewise: some say you can some say you can’t)
Some people seem to hate everything about the collaboration and what it stands for. Don’t feel that way. Normies dont really know Blancpain and it would be a good way for the brand to get a little bit of recognition. In terms of the actual watch: Would be happy to receive one as a gift, but realistically I’m not willing to fork out the MSRP.
Nice review, thanks!
If the quality is anything similar to the Moonswatch's, these should be nicknamed Tree Fiddy Fathoms.
😂😂
Something everyone including Swatch and Blancpain have missed, is it's the 70th Anniversary of the Fifty Fathoms.
They know. They already realised two commemorative models of the ff this year and the third one is coming after this world wide commercial operation 😂❤
Andrew, Thanks again for a great video. I am not buying this one. Non-serviceable with plastic key parts means that it will fail. It will depreciate to zero. I will buy the real thing one day.
Nice pieces. I think that to celebrate this new collaboration, this week I'm going to put on my Fifty Fathoms too. The one in steel ;)
Now it's time for Blancpain/Swatch to offer "An interest free loan"... let's say for $400 a month ( for the rest of your life ) for a Real 50 fathoms
12 watches in my collection . One in one out. I’m not ready to trade one of my watches for a plastic watch. Even though they are pretty cool. Thanks Andrew
one in and one out is the sensible way to go. I try but...
The crossed out no radiations is straight out of the American Office
Much as I like the looks and spirit of them, they are essentially a piece of single use plastic. I was seriously tempted but give a few weeks and the clones versions will be about and they’ll probably have better specs (Seiko MechaQuartz, Sapphire Crystals and possibly a 316L case) for a lower price. What is service life of the System 51 movement? Probably considerably less than a MechaQuartz. The idea is a good one however with a bit more thought it could have been a brilliant one. Given the price, I’d have trouble convincing the Finance Director (Wife) that I need another watch.
I'd get a new wife if you need to get permission to buy a $400 watch 😂
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Terrific video-I learned a lot of fascinating details. Many thanks! Sorry to say I do not live near a Swatch store so can't buy one.
Thanks, this is an excellent video on the history of the Blancpain watches.
BxS next: incabloc aluminium Bathyscaphe: baltic sea,red sea,black sea,north sea. €750,-
Deal me in big time!!
im a huge fan of the original Fifty Fathoms…such a handsome watch n it’s my grail watch too…. Swatch just semi-killed my goal…
I came up with a joke.
Gullible Buyer: Check out my new watch. See what it says on the side.
Non-Gullible Guy: Hmm....they spelled Invicta wrong.
Thanks for the interesting history. I won't be nailing my wrist to anything but I also won't be getting a watch I'd have no occasion to wear. I must admit that having dived under 8 feet of ice in the Arctic Ocean (wearing a 5513), I momentarily thought about getting one as a sort of memento.
Looking forward to the Breguet version.😊
Frankenstein category. With this price... Full metal SeikoOak mod
I would like what they're doing here if the price matched the materials and movement.
I'll have the Happy Meal with the green plastic 'Indian Ocean' kids watch, thank you.
Best video on the new release, and I have vieved many.
I love your informational and educational videos Andrew!
You should be ashamed of this thumbnail. Really?
I'll wait until Pagani does one for 30 bucks....
First time viewer here.
Great video, no unnecessary blabbering and actual facts and love the sectioning with the logo of this channel. Def subscribing
Thank you very much
Excellent video
It is what it is, a non serviceable dive watch made of a non metallic substance. But they look very cool
Like I previously said in one of your short about the queues, I think it's a $400 Happy Meal toy.
Well done and informative
Excellent content. Lots of people’s have covered this release but have ignored the details of the watches. This release obviously makes commercial sense for the Swatch Group, but they have geeked out on some of the details which I love!!
I need to notice only one:
It looks like a piece of crap kids watch.
This junk just came out and I am already fedup.
Is all over youtube as if a piece of plastic is the only think that matters, when in fact is just another trendy keyword.
Sorry Andrew, this is the first time that I spare watching your video even if I am sure it is very informative without fluff, but this whole plastic remakes are getting on my nerves....which is going to be the next Swatch "collaboration"....AP, IWC, PP?
Thats good material for Cartoon Network.
Other watches were selected for testing for use by the US military but only the Blancpain FF passed the tests. A famous competitor was found to be insufficiently waterproof, that’s a hilarious matter of fact!
Got the Indian Ocean at the San Francisco shop by calling ahead. Took a while for the Atlantic model, but I got that also. In both cases hardly anyone in the store. What surprises me is how well they keep time given that automatics in that class drift -1s/+10s a day. Thanks for pointing out the little known facts about this collaboration, Andrew.
In one of the only cases of normal people appreciating watch knowledge ever, I told the story of how they had to add the "no radiation" marking to watch dials in a women's studies class when I was in college and it got me an A. I totally want the "no radiation" Fifty Fathoms, but I'm not in any rush to get one. I'll be waiting until I don't have to drive 5 hours to my nearest Swatch store to get one thank you very much.
Women’s studies? Are you working as a barista at Starbucks?
Haha, no - good guess though. I'm an accountant, that class I took as an elective my last semester because the college allowed it to count for 3 different course requirements and I was able to finish a semester earlier than I'd planned.@@Entertainment-
Hey dude, you got one thing wrong. These watches do have a removable case back. They don't screw off but they do pop off and the movement is meant to be replaced and or serviced. Most system 51s are not built this way but I suppose they knew that enthusiasts would want something that they could maintain.
I will be happy to get one but I am not close to a Swatch shop.
And even I was lucky to get a shop in my area, I did not queue to get one.
Lastly, which one should I get ? I am living at the coast and the Atlantic Ocean is the one reaching but I was born on an island in the Pacific Ocean but aesthetically I do like the Antarctic Ocean version...
Cash grab, same as the Moonswatch. Early monitory benefits with just damage to Omega and Blancpain names further down the road. I've heard from many people that the quality is suspect and it's just a disposable plastic watch with just style over substance. You can buy respectable automatic watches for that money which look good and will last you years, without boarding the hype train.
I noticed only one thing ..all of them are a tad hideous! No doubt there will be another mad rush for people to queue up and buy. A reissue of the originals might have been better. Let's see! Cheers.
I'd prefer a Bathyscaphe design instead... In general it looks like a great watch.
Actually quite like it and, as others mention, it’s nice to see the OG diver get the publicity.
At nearly a centimetre and half thick though… it’s a no from me sadly. The view through the case back is cool though!
All plastic movements come from the Tissot Autolub back in the 70s, from memory 52 parts. I'm sure its where the System 51 was born out of.
I personally can't stand these plastic fantastic Swatch watches, just utter waste of planetary resources.
Nice video all the same Andrew.
My take on why ‘scuba’ is part of the name is perhaps due to the early 1990’s Scuba Swatch rated at 200 meters. Recall, it is a collab. I had thought of picking up a Happy Fish (a model I had in the early ‘90’s). Then I saw this model on the swatch page! Very happy with my ‘Sea of Storms’.
Nice education young man. Blancpain (5:30), it had SWISS on the dial and not swiss made. The only watch education I ever received (1970's) denoted the difference.😊
It's the movement that's the only dubious thing for me. I've heard some very bad reviews of the Sistem51. Is this Sistem more like the Swissmatic that's featured in the Tissot T-Race? In that I believe that it's the same design but more of the components are swapped for metal. Supposedly the normal Sistem51 will gradually decline over time until there's virtually no power reserve at all! ☹️
The presence of the "Drill" lug hole serves a specific purpose. Instead of employing spring bars, it has been substituted with a screw bar to mitigate the risk of saltwater corrosion, thus minimizing the potential for water ingress.
When it comes to Blancpain, it's clear that every meticulous detail on their watches serves a purpose, revealing its significance when you delve into the intricacies. Appreciate the informative video, and here's to more enlightening content ahead! Cheers~
Personally I think it's degrading for Blancpain to associate themselves with disposable watches such as Swatch (The actual Swatch Brand, NOT the Swatch Group who owns Blancpain anyway). Can't be good for their reputation for outstanding quality products. Having said that, I DO actually quite like these! I like the little nudibranches on the rotor, I like the colour schemes. I don't like the fact that they are cheap plastic shite, with a movement that can't be serviced, and that they are probably as easily broken as the 'Moonswatch'. No idea if these are claiming to be 'bioceramic', but either way, they are just plastic. Blancpain COULD have done these as a range of decent quality limited edition watches in their usual sort of price range. They wouldn't have had the same volume of sales, but at least they'd have still kept their reputation for excellence. How about next we have Rolls Royce cars in association with Lada....
I'll mod yet another vintage Vostok Amphibia into what I call a "Fathomski" next week, and I hope that will suppress the urge to buy one of the BSSFFs at least for a while. If the pacific one had Glaucus atlanticus on the rotor, the choice would be easy and too enticing.
😂😂😂😂
And you most likely will save 200 bucks and have something that will survive your grandchildren ;D
Fathomski 🤣 please trademark that.
Thank You, @@talhamughal1739. I'll think about it.
I wait for Rolex x Swatch... ;)
Lord, what's up with you guys? You are the perfect cunsumers for our capitalist system, buying crap for ridiculous prices.
A Swatch stays a cheap watch, no matter what additional brand you print on the dial. Got it?
No way, this is a joke of a watch. Blancpain made a fool of themselves. Those guys in the marketing department deserve the boot!
I've nailed my wrist to the Steeldive homage of the Fifty Fathoms.A far better watch in stainless steel with the Seiko NH35 movement,sapphire crystal,ceramic bezel and very servicable.The bonus feature being the price at least one third the price of the plastic ripoff from Swatch............................
Im glad i don't live near a boutique. Because i would surely buy one. And then regret it as soon as that movement fails
It is a Swatch watch. There is not a single Blancpain part in that watch. Andrew nailed the pronunciation of those sea slugs.
He butchered it: they're not pronounced as "ch" they're pronounced with a "k" =/
So it’s a plastomatic movement.
I Love my Orange swatch, bought in Barcelona AT the oficial store, I go to the sea every Day, and resiste all the situations, includings 3 inmersiones, que at 25,30 mts deep, the normal diving confortable Padi inmersions, I think that its real a BEST buy, no compare whith a SUBMARINER, Orís, or Panerai of course
I heard (on another Channel... 🙊 ) that this implementation of the System 51 movement is technically serviceable, as the watch isn't hermetically sealed (like previous Swatch auto's) but has a snap-fit case back.
If that's true, you could get it serviced and there are companies that will. Question is, could you be bothered? Those internal plastic parts look rather cheap & nasty. Levering the back off would probably mess up the water resistancy too.
£340 for a Blancpain x Swatch? No Thanks. Nor will I be nailing my wrist to a board. I'll stick with my Steeldive SD1953 for 20% of the price and pocket the change. Result!
Can the movement be replaced ?
Reheating an already half-baked idea doesn't strike me as clever marketing.
$500 CAD for a $135 plastic watch? Hahahahahahah, No.
Swatch sells stainless Sistem51 watches on their site for $245-335. Better watches for less money. Just like the Moonswatch. You can buy a stainless 3 dial chronograph Speed Up (Irony case) from Swatch. Better watch for almost half the price.
Answers all the questions I had about this biocerplastic carnival-claw-game-machine prize watch. Lessee...$400 usd and delivered with the same disposable movement found in $150 usd swatches. Check. No nailing my hands to boards, since Jesus already did that for me; I do think I'd rather be stuck in the Falklands, camped out on on a canceled Ryanair jet for three weeks, before I'd buy this pretentious trinket.
these watches look like they come free out of your cereal packet.
$400 for a plastic watch with a non-serviceable automatic movement? That's a hard pass from me, dog. And I know the bezel has 120 clicks, but being plastic, how does it feel? My guess is gross.
The Moonswatch looks quite cool but these look like a child’s toy. Also it’s a £140 watch at best so you’re paying £200 blancpain tax 🤦🏻♂️ also good luck with that system 51 too 😬 it’s not got the best reputation for reliability 😬
Yeah, but it's really not. The oldest brand in the world, it's the oldest name in the world. Because didn't someone buy it? That name for 25 grand and then start making watches. So it's really not the oldest brand in the world. I mean, the name is but people who make it. The history it's not any more. And if I was gonna buy one, i'd buy the real thing. Not this garbage after buying the swatch omega. I'd never waste my money on this. Who wants to pay $400 for a watch and online? They're already sewn between $1950 for something that if everything is perfect within 5 years, I'm gonna run no more and it can't be fixed, that's silly. You better off by yourself, a S E I k o
thanks for awesome content ...
How much is this plastic cost now? ohhhh ... lol, lets put automatic movement in it and seal the watch... no need be serviced... PLASTIC TOY!