Blancpain

Luxury watchmaker Blancpain has been a pioneer since 1930 in the creation of ladies’ watches equipped with self-winding movements.

Just in time for the upcoming Baselworld show in Geneva, Switzerland – Blancpain is proud to introduce the Chronograph Large Date watch. It’s a stunning new luxury watch for contemporary women.

Over the years, Blancpain has pursued a creative watch design path and regularly introduces models developed for women sensitive to watchmaking complications.

The exciting new Chronograph Large Date luxury watch by Blancpain, associates a dainty mother-of-pearl face and a self-winding heart with several complications within a model featuring generous gem-set lines.

The watch’s shimmering mother-of-pearl dial is encompassed by a minute track that reveals a two-part composition delineated by two waves of 17 variously sized diamonds rippling out from the centre with its chronograph seconds hand.

There’s a double-disc large date display that appears through twin apertures 6 o’clock. At 12 o’clock, the off-centered time display features both Roman hour and minute numerals on a mother-of-pearl subdial. This stunning look creates a unique counterpoint to the Arabic numerals on the chronograph counters.

The Chronograph Large Date watch’s 38.6 mm-diameter case is made of 18-carat red gold and set with 40 diamonds. The case is water-resistant to 3 bar.

This new Blancpain watch model comes available in both white gold and steel versions. It’s fitted with a white ostrich leather strap and also comes complete with a second strap in a different color and material.

Blancpain Saint-Valentin 2013

Valentine’s Day is celebrated between loved ones with a showering of candy, flowers and gifts given to your one “true-love” on this romantic day in February.

In keeping with this tradition, Swiss luxury watch brand Blancpain presents a watch especially created for the day of love and lovers – the luxurious Blancpain Saint-Valentin 2013. As a symbol of your affection, declare your true feelings with the Saint-Valentin 2013 model with its shapes, colors and gemstones.

The white mother-of-pearl base is topped with two rows of full-cut diamonds. With a delicate play on textures and shapes, the middle of the case is decorated with five red-lacquered ceramic hearts giving a touch of intense color.

This functional, self-winding, three-hand timepiece features a delicate second hand, displays the date, and is equipped with a 100-hour power reserve – all the way through to the rotor which is also decorated with hearts.

Adding to the finishing touch, the Blancpain Saint-Valentin 2013 watch will wrap delicately around your wrist in a white ostrich leather strap featuring an alzavel lining concealing more dainty hearts. You will by the envy wearing this watch in colors filled with love.

This 99-piece limited edition is delivered in a white wooden presentation box covered with white hearts evoking the dial design.

Please use the Contact Form below to learn more or purchase the Saint-Valentin 2013 luxury womens watch from Blancpain.

Blancpain Villeret Collection Calibre 7663Q

Blancpain has just introduced it’s first Villeret collection watch with a Flinqu Lacquered Dial. The Blancpain Calibre 7663Q watch includes 244 parts and 34 jewels.

The stunning effect is achieved by adding several layers of translucent blue lacquer to the watch dial to create an incomparable depth effect. Blancpain has carefully adopted a subtly balanced approach by introducing this original touch while preserving the pure lines of its most classic collection.

The Calibre 7663Q watch from Blancpain is housed within a 40mm diameter white gold case. The luxury watch has a three-day power reserve.

This new self-winding movement powers hour and minute hands as well as an equally central serpentine date pointer, while the retrograde seconds appear at 6 o’clock.

The under-lug corrector at 5 o’clock enables fast date adjustment, while the sapphire crystal caseback reveals the collection’s distinctive guilloche oscillating weight.

In addition, Blancpain’s new Villeret collection watch (Ref# 6653q-1529-55b) is water-resistant to 3 bars and is accompanied by an alligator leather strap with an alzavel lining, matching the dial color and fitted with a folding clasp to ensure enhanced wearer comfort.

Blancpain – Saint-Valentin Chronograph 2012

Frequently featured on AskMen.com, Blancpain is undoubtedly one of the legendary watchmakers in the world.  In the spotlight this time is a glitzy new addition to their Blancpain Women collection.

Following its tradition of Valentine’s Day romance, Blancpain is unveiling its annual exclusive creation for Valentine’s Day with a new limited design watches, the Saint-Valentin Chronograph 2012.

With its diamond-set bezel and lugs, caseband set with four diamonds and a heart-shaped ruby, crown adorned with a diamond and pushpieces covered with cabochon-cut rubies, the Saint-Valentin Chronograph is the statement piece of this season.  Its engraved mother-of-pearl dial, featuring a marquetry-work motif composed of three white mother-of-pearl hearts and set with eight diamonds, and delicately hand painted heart shape, all highlight the intense attention to detail infused into this exquisite line of watches.

The sapphire crystal back of the 36 mm case features 308 parts and 37 jewels, along with the oscillating weight clothed in pink mother-of-pearl.  With a nod to tradition, the Saint-Valentin Chronograph 2012 uses the same self-winding Calibre F185 featured in the very first ladies’ flyback chronograph model.  This model is exclusively available through Blancpain’s boutiques.

Acclaimed as the world’s oldest watch brand, Blancpain has been heralded for its aesthetic and technology since its inception in 1735.  Founded by Jehan-Jaques Blancpain, this luxury Swiss watch manufacturer is famous for being the creator of some of the most complicated mechanical watches ever created in history.

Blancpain X FATHOMS watch

Luxury watchmaker found an incredible way to launch their new watch release. In Dubai, Blancpain presented the luxury watch brand’s newest luxury watch – the X FATHOMS.

The X FATHOMS watch was introduce by CEO Marc A. Hayek along with champion freediver, GIANLUCA GENONI, who holds more than 15 free-diving records.

Blancpain, the world’s oldest watch brand, has been heralded for its aesthetic and technological know-how for since its creation in 1735. Founded by Jehan-Jaques Blancpain, ultra luxury Swiss watch manufacturer Blancpain is known and respected for being the creator of some of the most complicated mechanical watches ever created in history.

The X Fathoms is a world premiere concept watch, the “most extreme” watch Blancpain has ever produced.

The new brand watch features a unique mechanical system and was cleverly immersed in the biggest aquarium of the world at the biggest mall in the world, the Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Mall at the Dubai Zoo.

Mr. Hayek and Mr. Genoni were also submerged underwater in an amazing display that combined engineering and human resistance …. plus pure, genius marketing!

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Baselworld 2010 will mark the 275th Anniversary for Blancpain. The company is using this occasion to debut a new Villeret Collection.

Blancpain will unveil the first timepiece from this new series – a new complete calendar moon-phase model.

The new watch will feature a fully secure calendar mechanism with its patented under-lug correctors. This design allows the timepiece sides with a remarkably pure finish, thus unmarred by the presence of adjusters.

Villeret Collection bears the name of Blancpain’s birthplace, and the company has a long history of quality luxury watches.

The advantage of the under-lug correctors.is that required changes can now be accomplished with your finger tips rather than needing a dedicated tool.

For the first model of the new Villeret Collection, Blancpain has opted for a luxurious, 40 mm half-hunter red gold case. It will also be decorated with an opaline dial.

The new Blancpain Villeret Collection features stylish aesthetics and complications that have been the foundation of Blancpain’s core since the early 1980’s.

The complete calendar moon-phase, offering both understatement and elegance, has always been the signature complication for the Villeret Collection.

Blancpain’s exclusive in-house automatic calibre is fitted with a balance that oscillates at 28,800 vibrations per hour. The watch also comes with an antimagnetic index assembly, plus two barrels guaranteeing it a 72-hour power reserve.

The new Villeret model is almost as complex as a full perpetual calendar, and features a revolutionary method for adjusting the indications without fear of movement damage, regardless of the time of day.

To facilitate setting of the indications, Blancpain has equipped the new Villeret timepiece with its patented under-lug correctors.

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