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Hey mates, in this topic I just want to share with you my love to Blancpain Fifty Fathoms.
The story of my watch is not new, but still I will be glad if you read till the end.
I bought this Blancpain Fifty Fathoms from ZF last summer in July and that was my 2nd high-end rep after Noob's Rolex Submariner. I got deeply in love when first saw this Blancpain and was thinking about Noob V2 and ZF. So I chose the latter one due to better finishing as many of you wrote about and enjoyed this piece of art. Later due to some circumstances I had to sell it in M2M here and after a week without this watch I began to regret selling it.
But recently I saw my watch here on RWI and of course I wanted it back and bought it again, but when it arrived it was totally dead. However, it was stated it is in a working condition.
But the watch was full of dust, condensate and water inside the movement and with the broken stem (I didn't know these things unless I opened the caseback and was shocked LOL).
I thought it would have been better if I bought a new one LOL and throw this one away, but it previosuly was my watch and I really appreciate it and memories. So I took it to a watchsmith.
So we opened it and I heard an awful sentence that it is dead. No rubber ring (or how is it called?) and the water came inside.
A small remark about ZF QC: do you guys see that glue on a datewheel? It is almost invisible when on the hand, but still a disappointing thing.
We decided to buy SWISS ETA2836-2 and don't touch the glue on a datewheel. However, we painted a but some very-very small dots.
Also we painted the date aperture on the dial in black, so I don't have a common white tell when looking at an angle.
Then we worked a bit on a face. You see at my QC that 12 and 6 are misaligned. I still approved the watch but in reality it drove me crazy a bit LOL.
So we aligned these markers and it looks much better.
But you know that another typical tell of ZF (gen also has this problem) is the date when you see the tail of the next or the previous one.
We just reglued the date wheel overlay and now it is perfect.
The movement was also serviced.
And put into the watch. Looks very solid I must admit haha
The watch being checked and the parameters are not bad.
And finally this beauty is polished and ready.
Conclusion: of course nothing new here but I now start to appreciate the watch much more and really enjoy it. I wanted it back and now it has a swiss heart, the dial that is painted and aligned, the datewheel with a perfect look. Waterproofed 5 ATM.
I also ordered a Blancpain rubber strap because mine was sold. The cost of the strap is 80-90 usd among TDs, but I ordered the same one from Aliexpress. I hope it will arrive soon and have logos and like ZF does, but it is 3 times cheaper LOL.
Thanks for reading guys! Any comments will be much appreciated!
The story of my watch is not new, but still I will be glad if you read till the end.
I bought this Blancpain Fifty Fathoms from ZF last summer in July and that was my 2nd high-end rep after Noob's Rolex Submariner. I got deeply in love when first saw this Blancpain and was thinking about Noob V2 and ZF. So I chose the latter one due to better finishing as many of you wrote about and enjoyed this piece of art. Later due to some circumstances I had to sell it in M2M here and after a week without this watch I began to regret selling it.
But recently I saw my watch here on RWI and of course I wanted it back and bought it again, but when it arrived it was totally dead. However, it was stated it is in a working condition.
But the watch was full of dust, condensate and water inside the movement and with the broken stem (I didn't know these things unless I opened the caseback and was shocked LOL).
I thought it would have been better if I bought a new one LOL and throw this one away, but it previosuly was my watch and I really appreciate it and memories. So I took it to a watchsmith.
So we opened it and I heard an awful sentence that it is dead. No rubber ring (or how is it called?) and the water came inside.
A small remark about ZF QC: do you guys see that glue on a datewheel? It is almost invisible when on the hand, but still a disappointing thing.
We decided to buy SWISS ETA2836-2 and don't touch the glue on a datewheel. However, we painted a but some very-very small dots.
Also we painted the date aperture on the dial in black, so I don't have a common white tell when looking at an angle.
Then we worked a bit on a face. You see at my QC that 12 and 6 are misaligned. I still approved the watch but in reality it drove me crazy a bit LOL.
So we aligned these markers and it looks much better.
But you know that another typical tell of ZF (gen also has this problem) is the date when you see the tail of the next or the previous one.
We just reglued the date wheel overlay and now it is perfect.
The movement was also serviced.
And put into the watch. Looks very solid I must admit haha
The watch being checked and the parameters are not bad.
And finally this beauty is polished and ready.
Conclusion: of course nothing new here but I now start to appreciate the watch much more and really enjoy it. I wanted it back and now it has a swiss heart, the dial that is painted and aligned, the datewheel with a perfect look. Waterproofed 5 ATM.
I also ordered a Blancpain rubber strap because mine was sold. The cost of the strap is 80-90 usd among TDs, but I ordered the same one from Aliexpress. I hope it will arrive soon and have logos and like ZF does, but it is 3 times cheaper LOL.
Thanks for reading guys! Any comments will be much appreciated!
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