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Baselworld 2010 marks the 275th Anniversary for Blancpain and is the occasion for the debut of a new Villeret Collection. The first timepiece from this new series to be unveiled is a new complete calendar moon-phase model featuring a fully secure calendar mechanism, and under-lug correctors, fitted into a half-hunter red gold case.
This [...]

An authentic jewelery creation
Manufacture in Le Brassus is presenting an authentic jeweler creation set with over 500 diamonds and pink sapphires, and housing the world’s smallest self-winding movement, Calibre 615. This extraordinary timepiece is to be issued in a symbolically limited edition of 14 to celebrate Valentine’s Day 2010.
This exceptional creation is an anthem to [...]

Technical Specifications
Ref. #: 2926-5222-55B
SPÉCIALITÉS, Tourbillon set with baguette-cut diamonds, dial paved with 164 diamonds, diamond hands, clasp set with 16 diamonds, self-winding
Caliber 25A
Thickness
4,85 mm
Diameter
23,90 mm
Power-reserve in hours
168
Jewels
29
Components
238
Case
White gold, bezel, case middle and back set with 571 diamonds, crown set with 8 diamonds and 1 briolette-cut diamond
Thickness
12,48 mm
Diameter
40,00 mm
Water-resistance
100 m
Sapphire crystal back
Yes
Interhorn space
21,00 mm
Carat weight
Dial 5,17
Case [...]

In May 2009, Swiss luxury watch company Blancpain and Lamborghini Manhattan teamed up for a special unveiling of the Blancpain Super Trofeo Chronograph and the Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce in New York.
An exclusive cocktail reception for 70 guests was held at the Blancpain Boutique at Madison Avenue, New York. Guests had the unique opportunity [...]

Blancpain and the Le Brassus Manufacture will be featured in How It’s Made 6: Luxury Watches (Episode 8)
Preview Episode: Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 9:00pm ET on the Science Channel
Please tune in to witness Blancpain’s master watchmakers hand assemble a movement and apply the delicate hand finishing in accordance with the traditional arts and practices [...]

Entirely New Watch Retail Concept; Second Tourbillon Boutique to open in the United States
Weehawken, New Jersey (April 26, 2009) – The Swatch Group Ltd, the world’s largest watch company, announced today the expansion of an entirely new retail concept to the United States with the opening of the second Tourbillon Boutique on New York City’s [...]

The high-powered alliance between two legends
Blancpain and Lamborghini have joined forces in creating an exceptional automobile championship. Played out over six events per year, the Super Trofeo stars a field of 30 Lamborghini Gallardos. To celebrate these superlative races, the Manufacture in Le Brassus is presenting a Super Trofeo flyback chronograph, a resolutely sporting watch [...]

On the occasion of the 79th International Motor Show in Geneva, Marc A. Hayek and Stephan Winkelmann, the respective Presidents and CEOs of Blancpain and Lamborghini, set the seal on the exhilarating union of two legendary names. Just ahead of Baselworld 2009, Marc A. Hayek treated the press on the Lamborghini booth to a sneak [...]

On the eve of the Baselworld 2009 watch show, Blancpain presents the “big sister” of its now famous Fifty Fathoms watch: the brand-new 500 Fathoms. More high-performance and high-tech than ever, the brand’s latest diver’s watch displays an uncompromisingly sporting design. Waterresistant to 1000 metres, it is equipped with a helium decompression valve that is [...]

A chronograph in the name of love
Blancpain Press Release, February 2009 – At Blancpain, the annual lovers’ day is a celebration. Each year, the Manufacture in Le Brassus makes it a point of honour to conceive and create a limited series of ladies’ timepieces dedicated to love. Watchmaking tradition mingles with the boundless creativity of [...]