Blancpain 500 Fathoms Only Watch reaches �22,000 at auction.
With a starting guide price of �15,000 a unique Blancpain 500 Fathoms No.1/1 fetched �22,000 at the 2009 Only Watch auction held on September 24.The Only Watch auction which is held each year at the Monaco Boat Show featured 34 timepieces this year, most of the Swiss, all of them unique prototype editions or number 1 of limited edition series. Funds raised at the event go directly to the Monaco As...
Feb. 27, 2024
INDUSTRY NEWS �C Blancpain and Freediving
Champion Freediver Gianluca Genoni Descends to a Depth of 152 Meters Gianluca Genoni, who holds over 15 freediving records, has once again pushed back the borders of what is deemed humanly possible. At Zoagli, near Portofino, Italy, he plunged to a depth of 152 meters in freediving mode, thus setting a new world record in this discipline. Blancpain, which has been associated with the Italian fre...
Feb. 26, 2024
