Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 3H Bundeswehr breitling Purple rain over a golden

Purple rain over a golden sunset…

The first and most famous Tudor chrono…

two hang tags and two booklets…a lovely collectors set

Crafted from authentic Horween leather

with a grey so-called Wide Boy dial

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 3H Bundeswehr breitling Purple rain over a goldenThis is a very rare and interesting Blancpain Fifty Fathoms that was made for the German Bundeswehr frogmen in the 1970s. These watches were never commercially available, only issued ! You will notice this watch doesn't look like your stereotypical Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, due to the bezel insert. The Bund divers were using re breathers so didnt need the gradiated dive bezels we know from Rolex Subs and so the insert was plain , without numerals.. It