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Grail Watch Achieved - Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Aqua Lung - a Vintage 1950s Diver - First Dive Watch 

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Grail Watch Achieved - Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Aqua Lung - a Vintage 1950s Diver - First Dive Watch
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@swilkobarfingtoniii1642
@swilkobarfingtoniii1642 Год назад
My late father bought an 'Aqua Lung' in Miami, brand new in 1956. He paid $65.00 for it! Then, 20 years later I broke that watch when I wore it to school one day. 10 years after that, my dad sold the broken watch at a yard sale with some other watches. I have to wonder, could this be that 'FF"? Congratulations! I look at my own wrist and see the STEELDIVE Fifty Fathoms clone I bought because of nostalgia and I feel the same enjoyment you are getting from the real thing.
@timmanion7459
@timmanion7459 Год назад
That's awesome. I was actually issued a Blancpain in 1968 as a diver in the navy. Awesome watches. I have a couple fifty fathoms in my collection that I absolutely covet. I'm super happy for you . I definitely know the feeling when you've wanted a particular peice for a long time and finally get it . Congratulations bro !!!
@davesouthwood1545
@davesouthwood1545 6 месяцев назад
true fact
@bootleggedkilla
@bootleggedkilla 5 месяцев назад
That's awesome. I hope whoever inherits them appreciates their beauty, inside and out.
@typebflieger
@typebflieger Год назад
Congratulations! As a fan of the channel, I know how much you love this piece, and couldn’t be happier for you. I think it’s great that you still have some of the watches you bought in anticipation of acquiring this grail! It’s kind of a nice lineage in your collecting journey.
@wrenside
@wrenside Год назад
Dang! what i love about the Aqua Lung is the size ratio between the bezel and dial. there is something so classic about it. congratulations!
@roamy3605
@roamy3605 Год назад
Great watch! So glad you had the chance to pick this one up. I don't think there is a better watch that says this is how you do a diving watch. The history is fantastic and it's why we have so many great diving watches from so many companies today.
@michaeldefillipo6833
@michaeldefillipo6833 Год назад
Great watch enjoy your grail watch for many years to come. Its a happy feeling when you finally are able to have it on the wrist. My grail is the Century Rubi Star When I finally found it on my master watchmakers wrist asked him if I could see it, when I had it I asked would you sell it. He said he had it for a client but he did not show and he sold it to me , I went crazy. Love the watch I saw it when I was 12 years old on tv, purchased it at 54 but the joy was worth the wait. Take care and keep up the good work love the videos and content.
@jaybarthelotte9520
@jaybarthelotte9520 Год назад
Congratulations! It’s absolutely beautiful…what a wonderful vintage watch.
@frankphilpot3492
@frankphilpot3492 Год назад
Congratulations for finding one of your grail watches. You couldn't have found a better person to get it from, Roman is one hell of a great guy!! 👍 😃
@thetruebatman4632
@thetruebatman4632 Год назад
It is such an incredible design. I love that style of bezel, the donut profile.
@NICAsworld
@NICAsworld Год назад
Congrats, Chris! This is quite a special timepiece. Happy for you.
@johnbuckmaster569
@johnbuckmaster569 Год назад
Awesome! Congrats! It’s a great feeling to be looking for a watch for a long time and finally finding it!
@mikegrant9108
@mikegrant9108 4 месяца назад
Absolutely beautiful. I just located one and purchased it right away before it slipped away. Thanks so much for generating even more excitement for me! Great presentation!
@tomhudson1
@tomhudson1 Год назад
Congrats! Thank you for sharing!
@TheGrenadier97
@TheGrenadier97 Год назад
Beautiful, iconic watch & congratulations!
@johnepic2422
@johnepic2422 Год назад
Congratz. Lovely lovely watch.
@edw333n
@edw333n Год назад
Extremely happy for u! I would have thought your grail is a Mil-Spec... looking at your orange white banner. Hints from the Mil-Ships, one of my favorites being a Fifty Fathoms fan. I had that moment myself the year before. Truly love the sharing of a wonderful addition to your collection. 👍
@stoneriverwatches
@stoneriverwatches Год назад
A huge congrats!
@fayssalk
@fayssalk Год назад
huge congrats!!!! amazing catch
@BCallum
@BCallum Год назад
Very nice! Congratulations on the purchase!! Cheers from Atlantic Canada!!!
@sinjinadams2862
@sinjinadams2862 Год назад
Saw you on Roman's channel buying the watch so I had to come over here to watch your video. Congratulations on the new watch!
@OVR_LRD
@OVR_LRD Год назад
Congratulations Chris! Awesome addition to your collection and Roman is pure class 🫡 been really thinking about getting a mil-ships being a New Yorker and a fan of Bulova since child hood I think it’s the right move gotta rep ya know lol enjoy the Aqua Lung!
@rouju
@rouju Год назад
Beautiful. Simply beautiful. I bought Suggess 1952 because it's a homage of this watch ha ha
@jacklinks9631
@jacklinks9631 Год назад
Awesome pickup! Congrats
@marcusm3600
@marcusm3600 Год назад
Wow that's an awesome watch. Congratulations!
@777soul56
@777soul56 Год назад
Congratulations!! Really beautiful watch!! I love the history the fifty fathoms! Enjoy it in good health!!
@razordefined
@razordefined 6 месяцев назад
Such a beautiful watch. It screams history. Enjoy
@ae-ca602
@ae-ca602 Год назад
What a great watch! Congrats!!!
@carrolle3231
@carrolle3231 Год назад
Congratulations on the grail!!!
@johnprosser5035
@johnprosser5035 Год назад
Congratulations....beautiful watch wear it in good health.
@jameshoward9700
@jameshoward9700 Год назад
Awesome watch! To be able to pair it with a Bathy is just phenomenal!
@aaronswatches
@aaronswatches Год назад
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous. Killer bezel 🥂
@Deusmecumest
@Deusmecumest Год назад
Congratulations, well played.
@jouwenlee7829
@jouwenlee7829 Год назад
Congratulations in getting your dream watch. My friend was working at Blancpain boutique before, it is a famous luxury brand in China that she sells a lots to the Chinese and not the local before the Covid lockdown preventing them from traveling out.
@DisplayKeesBack
@DisplayKeesBack Год назад
It is my favourite high end watch aswell. Really like the watch!
@gregwilliams5637
@gregwilliams5637 Год назад
Pure class.
@Sebastian-ui8rt
@Sebastian-ui8rt Год назад
It's AWSOME!!! congrat's
@udojager2673
@udojager2673 Год назад
Thanks for the review. Interesting Watches.
@cronicasrelojeras3005
@cronicasrelojeras3005 Год назад
Great time peace congratulation Chris.
@darkstar7742
@darkstar7742 Год назад
Congrats.
@PocketWatchTime
@PocketWatchTime Год назад
Congratulations 🎉
@georgecupac1202
@georgecupac1202 10 месяцев назад
Good for you, I like the look of your watch 👍.
@morgan97475
@morgan97475 Год назад
Very cool.
@lukewalker1051
@lukewalker1051 Год назад
Very cool. Watch taste is very personal. For example, this watch wouldn't be on many collector's radar ergo, I am unfamiliar with it. But love the aesthetic and appreciate your taste in watches Chris.
@fakenewsisthenews3542
@fakenewsisthenews3542 Год назад
Yes! I'd love to have this, especially over a Rolex. What a cool watch and stealth wealth. :)
@Supercruze
@Supercruze Год назад
FF really set the tone for all future dive watches from a design perspective. I think Cousteau also used Aquastar dive watches at some point in his career.
@onifrakimarq7663
@onifrakimarq7663 Год назад
Congrats, mate It is such a cool watch!
@stuartheyburn8741
@stuartheyburn8741 Год назад
Well done on a achieving your grail. Great watch, love Blancplain but out of my reach unfortunately.👍
@mondrayuk
@mondrayuk Год назад
@WatchChris That watch set the benchmark of divers. Squale made these cases in the 60s. Great acquisition for many reasons. Well done and congratulations. I have the MilShips Swiss movement and Tornek-Rayville and they are both excellent. The Squale TGV Limited-Edition 1521 30 Atmos 100 pieces with Swiss 2824 100 pieces were made for 60th Anniversary - I have one of those and the case being the one in the 1960s Blancpain 50 Fathoms.
@rsinger2597
@rsinger2597 Год назад
Sweet, dude -- legendary piece with timeless style :) I have the Helson homage of that watch and it looks very close, even down to the caseback text. It's one of the most solid watches I've owned and it makes a great beater I can smash around.
@swilkobarfingtoniii1642
@swilkobarfingtoniii1642 Год назад
Helson seems like a nice option. The Steeldive I bought is also a very close copy, the one noticeable difference was the thickness and 'sturdiness' of the lugs compared to the original. I see that Helson has recognized this and made the lugs 'thinner' with less 'meat on the bone' more like the original. I'm not a fan of Miyota movements though, and neither is my watchmaker- who is a Seiko AD. I know from experience that those thin lugs can be bent with a hard knock, so be careful how much smashing around you do with it!
@rsinger2597
@rsinger2597 Год назад
@@swilkobarfingtoniii1642 The one-way rotor of the 9015 is a big downside because of the loud free spin it can go into. I tend to avoid Miyota now, too.
@jj1234346
@jj1234346 6 месяцев назад
Bulova for the win! Well known name and great vintage feel
@jamesblonde2271
@jamesblonde2271 Год назад
Interesting to note Vostock use the same caseback design, I noticed that early Fifties had them and thought it gave a lie to the doughty Soviet engineering innovation story that surrounds that watch. They rely on a similar pressure fit w/r on the acrylic crystal, as both sides of the case bet more waterproof the deeper they get.
@HarryJoiner
@HarryJoiner Год назад
It’s perfect
@nizarmurar
@nizarmurar Год назад
Congratulations dear friend Nizar
@anonymouswatchguy4223
@anonymouswatchguy4223 Год назад
Congratulations
@914Rocky
@914Rocky Год назад
Beautiful watch. I love the watch. Not being able to buy one, I bought a Baltic Aquascaphe. It looks similar but it’s not the Blancpain. Congratulations.
@jerrykottom7284
@jerrykottom7284 Год назад
Congrats. My grail as well. Hope it gets some wrist time for you. I think I own most of the micro brand variations or homages. One day....
@dop5
@dop5 Год назад
Very nice watch! I want to be honest, I will probably never achieve my dream watch (no wheel with the old Aqua Lung case). I now buy the individual parts piece by piece and then take them with another 3rd party clockwork. Thats my honest way to the watch of my dreams...
@drat1969
@drat1969 Год назад
Such a sweet piece. I'm not so lucky to have the resources to obtain a real No Rad edition so I build my own with a dial sourced from Aliexpress using an NH38 (no date) movement, and everything else from Namokimods. If you have the urge for something more modern with the no Rad logo, I'd entertain a swap. 😂 Seriously, huge congrats on achieving your grail!
@robynsjp
@robynsjp 11 месяцев назад
Congrats. The 1960s FF "norad" no date is on my radar but very difficult and expensive. Not sure I will be able to get it one day - this is big bucks. Closest grail is a 1963 Omega 165.024... with rare "Swiss Made" dial and ultrarare mark 1 bezel (Q1 1964) with original bracelet and top grade tritium patina. Came across it by chance after a couple of years hunting and got it. Felt like bagging the elephant. The FF "Norad" would be the ultimate. It would complete the 1963 Omega and 1967 5513.
@rob5631
@rob5631 Год назад
Congrats! Awesome watch! My Squale Sub-3920 Corso Italiano (Whatawatch colab) is as close as I will ever get to a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, but I fine with that.
@Great-Scott
@Great-Scott Год назад
Dude, congratulations on the grail. It really is special and thank you for sharing it and sharing its history. The Bulova is hot. The Waltham ,less so in my opinion, but what do I know. :)
@minusED
@minusED 9 дней назад
Congrats! For me, vintage is not as exciting, I’d rather take a new titanium 42mm FF on a bracelet. But I understand your points and feelings and it’s only great when people get and enjoy their grail watches:)
@jimt7292
@jimt7292 Год назад
Chris, congrats!! Any thoughts on getting it serviced and polished? Beauty.
@szur76
@szur76 Год назад
Mate, it is an awesome watch!!!!. It is my grail too!!!
@juniorjohnson5961
@juniorjohnson5961 Год назад
Congratulations 🥳 Buddy I'm almost excited as you & good on Roman for selling it to you 👍 what movement is in the watch ? When Jean - Jacques Fiechter was told when he was trying to get the Fifty Fathoms made that there was no future in Diving Watches 😱
@juniorjohnson5961
@juniorjohnson5961 Год назад
The Fifty Fathoms & me are both 70 years old this year my birth year watch
@davidprice9968
@davidprice9968 Год назад
Congratulations :) That is really special. I bet you will never take it in the water though! ;)
@davesouthwood1545
@davesouthwood1545 6 месяцев назад
hoping to achieve this soon
@splootan
@splootan Год назад
You kidding me!! When you said Previous owner! I expected Jacque Coustous son or some dude who had been diving for the past 50 years and now you have it! Not some random watch dealer!! Jeez
@wizard903
@wizard903 Год назад
Chris, what green 16mm NATO did you put on the Bulova MIL-SHIPS? The limited edition W-2181 comes only with the black NATO, correct?
@Mikey2tt
@Mikey2tt Год назад
Editing glitch at around 5:25. Congrats on a grail, this watch is amazing!
@fakenewsisthenews3542
@fakenewsisthenews3542 Год назад
Chris, where can I get a strap exactly like that one?
@runningawayvagabond5876
@runningawayvagabond5876 Год назад
Congratulations. The Fifty Fathoms is absolutely fantastically gorgeous. If any watch is a grail watch, that's the one to get.
@snapfitness1
@snapfitness1 Год назад
Two of the three i love ... never been a fan of this bulova model
@alessandrocerioli2151
@alessandrocerioli2151 Год назад
Interesting video...may I ask the dimensions of the watch? Does it have a uni or bidirectional bezel?
@ichris2011
@ichris2011 Год назад
The mil ships is one of the best fifty fathoms alternatives imo. So many homages from random brands that may do some things better than it, but such a big part of the coolness of the fifty fathoms is the history. the mil ships having a similar history makes it really the only fifty fathoms “homage” that looks perfectly at home right next to the “real thing”
@HudsonGTV
@HudsonGTV Год назад
I wouldn't call the Bulova a homage since it was made according to the US Navy spec at the same time as the Tornek-Rayville.
@ichris2011
@ichris2011 Год назад
@@HudsonGTV true, but I think they certainly looked to the FF for inspiration. The specs weren’t as design centered as they were for the dirty dozen or type 20s for example. They could’ve done the bezel proportions or lug shapes however they wanted within those specs, but they definitely went FF-esque with them. No bad thing by the way, both watches look amazing
@johnjuarez8005
@johnjuarez8005 Год назад
Hey Chris does it glow anymore?
@nilesar6093
@nilesar6093 11 месяцев назад
@watchchris, you'll have to forgive the ignorance of my question, as I'm no expert in the many iterations of the 50 Fathoms, but is not the Aqua Lung variation a watch that had a longer seconds hand? The seconds hand on your watch does not appear to be original based on what I have seen of these Aqua Lung 50 Fathom watches. I do believe the seconds hand normally has a longer tip that extends to the seconds markings around the edge of the dial. Do have a look. Please correct me if I am mistaken. Beautiful watch otherwise!
@Edward1312
@Edward1312 10 месяцев назад
Prefer the look of the Bulova because the bigger crystal size is better IMHO, however, the Bulova 16mm lug to lug width is going to limit the strap options even though its historically accurate to the first iteration of the 50. Thorn do a homage that costs peanuts but which looks stunning IMHO.
@frankquarters
@frankquarters Год назад
My Baltic BronzeAquaschape scratches my Blancpain itch and although it turns greenish on my wrist, it won't turn my wrist Hulk green and alert the gamma ray swat team.
@jamieglikin9894
@jamieglikin9894 Год назад
Very nice, one of my favorites, doubt if ill ever afford one, but I do like them a lot, along with many others smh lmfao
@canadianwatchmonkey3992
@canadianwatchmonkey3992 Год назад
I’ll stick with my Bulova Mil ships while I save up my pennies. Lol
@courtesyflush4333
@courtesyflush4333 Год назад
Please tell me you're going to keep your FF Aqualung serviced 😰
@michaelriera6277
@michaelriera6277 Год назад
Amazing watch with a tremendous history. Swatch Group has done terrible in developing and promoting this historic brand.
@FUNZO1975
@FUNZO1975 Год назад
F'n sweet piece! ...Still trying to get that "Tornek Rayville" that Mkll seems to only release a few of every 3 or 4 months.
@thewatchloungechris
@thewatchloungechris Год назад
Glad we could help you get your grail ! Urwerk next ?
@MrVitamincpp
@MrVitamincpp Год назад
All russian divers have the same case back construction :)
@Tom_H327
@Tom_H327 Год назад
This makes me hate Rolex even more. Copy cats 🤨
@patrickblume7066
@patrickblume7066 Год назад
A grail Watch, Guy!
@the-watcher1596
@the-watcher1596 Год назад
Congrats it's nice but I'm personally not a fan of that style of dive watch but that don't matter you love it it's one of your grails so enjoy my friend that's what it's all about collecting what you love and wearing them an not just leaving them in your watchbox. keep up the great content 👍
@patrickblume7066
@patrickblume7066 Год назад
Attention: The great Leader Putin likes Blanc Pain! I think he is the best Brand Ambassador…..
@borisstepanyan9611
@borisstepanyan9611 Год назад
Congratulations
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