Blancpain fifty fathoms “no radiation”

[romito_21]

Hi all!
really looking into buying a no radiation stamp fifty fathoms…
they look amazing!
i’m trying to figure out which factory makes the best one currently?
i know zf did a version a few years back but i’m unsure if they still do?
or would the gsf be the better option in todays market?

thank you all for your help

 

[ward1991]

GSF for the 40mm 5008D
ZF or Noob for the 445mm. Noob V1 is a treasure if you can find one m2m.

 

[APjumbo]

Pretty sure mine is a ZF
It’s a chunky beast, sometimes I wish it was the titanium version.
Overall though I’m pretty happy with it.
I do love the more milsub style bezel.




On another separate note, my barakuta gets more wrist time, if I wanted another no rad I would go with the newer smaller limited edition one like ward had recently.

 

[JayBee0815]

i’m trying to figure out which factory makes the best one currently?
i know zf did a version a few years back but i’m unsure if they still do?
or would the gsf be the better option in todays market?

ZF recently offered a special discount on all there FFs but the NoRad is not in this offer so I guess it´s not available anymore. The GSF should be available from the TDs. Otherwise you can of course wait and try to find one here in the M2M-section.

 

[APjumbo]

Someone told me that the ZF on bracelet was on sale and a great price.
With the new blancpain /swatch out I would be grabbing a good rep now if I didn’t have one already.

 

[JayBee0815]

Someone told me that the ZF on bracelet was on sale and a great price.
With the new blancpain /swatch out I would be grabbing a good rep now if I didn’t have one already.

These are the ZF-FFs on sale ...


As I already have the classic FF from Noob, I ordered the Barakuda ;-)

 

[APjumbo]

I know some of you were winging about the movement in the barakuda but it is just such a great watch on wrist. Good to see they are available again, it took a bit to find mine.
Apologies for going off topic on the no rad question.

 

[shyreplover]

No rad is Noob, the other one is ZF. These have solid caseback, I can't stand deco plate.
It's on sale in M2M from time to time and sometimes people just didn't see the sale post. Keep vigilant.

 

[romito_21]

so is the consensus that the zf no rad not available from the TD anymore?

 

[romito_21]

thanks for all the great responses

 

[JayBee0815]

so is the consensus that the zf no rad not available from the TD anymore?

It´s more an educated guess ;-)
Just ask your TD, he knows better than us.

 

[romito_21]

correct, the watch is not in stock
i will have to find one on m2m?

 

[Reaps]

correct, the watch is not in stock
i will have to find one on m2m?

Ask for GSF No Rad, which is pretty much the same, maybe the color of the radiation symbol is not quite like gen. But neither is ZF's printing.

But when you QC look at the printing of the Fifty Fathoms text carefully, since GSF batch is known to have poor printing.

 

[ward1991]

correct, the watch is not in stock
i will have to find one on m2m?

GSF FTW

 

[romito_21]

Ask for GSF No Rad, which is pretty much the same, maybe the color of the radiation symbol is not quite like gen. But neither is ZF's printing.

But when you QC look at the printing of the Fifty Fathoms text carefully, since GSF batch is known to have poor printing.

i’ll check it out

 

[romito_21]

it’s a shame that there aren’t any 45mm no rads currently in the TD stock