Blancpain

Blancpain watches, founded by Jehan-Jaques Blancpain, are regarded as the most exclusive watches in the world. Blancpain began making watches in 1735 and many competitor watchmakers claim Blancpain watches are the best in the world. This is quite an endorsement for any company. If there is truth in their commercials, Blancpain has never made watches with quartz movement or digital displays and they claim they never will.

One example, the Blancpain 1735, is considered one of the most complicated mechanical watches ever made. The features such as minute repeater, Tourbillion mechanism, perpetual calendar, and split chronograph made this a complex yet exciting watch. Blancpain watches made a name for themselves yet again with the creation of their Fifty-Fathoms watch. The combined features of 18-karat gold, Barennia leather strap, Blancpain 5A50 automatic movement (which make it the smallest and slimmest in the world) have contributed to it being selected by the US Navy. Jacques Cousteau, in one of his movies, also wore this watch.

Blancpain watches consist of an entire collection:

• Le Brassus (a men's collection)
  
• Leman
  
• Villeret
  
• Spécialtés
  
• Women's Collection
  

The Blancpain Villeret makes a variety of styles for this collection. The Chronographe Monopoussoir Villeret has date and a small second hand, Havana brown dial and the world's smallest self-winding chronographs. It sports a red gold band and sapphire back. The Villeret collection has an ultra slim self-winding design for women with date and second hand, white dial and steel bracelet. This watch, like most of the Blancpain watches, is water resistant.

One of the more elegant Blancpain watch is the Blancpain Aqualung with its brushed stainless steel case with the Blancpain name engraved on the side. Other features include a screwed in stainless steel caseback with sapphire insert, natural rubber strap with stainless steel buckle, automatic winding, luminescent 18K gold markers and hands plated with rhodium and the date on this black watch is 3 o'clock.

As part of the Leman collection, you have Blancpain titanium watches. The Blancpain Flyback Leman Chronograph Titanium is made with a water resistant titanium case, automatic movement, black gloss dial with contrasting numbers and subdials, and a rubberized leather strap with Blancpain titanium deployment buckle.

Because of the high cost of some of the Blancpain watches, many dealers attempt to sell Blancpain replicas for those want the Blancpain "look" without the cost. An equal number of consumers will attempt to purchase a Blancpain replica for the very same reason. The Swiss Blancpain replica watch is one watch in particular that is sold a lot. There are many sites or dealers that sell used Blancpain watches, which many consider a better option than a Blancpain replica. If you are looking for a Blancpain wristwatch, the number of places that sell watches is phenomenal. Some places will sell Patek, Rolex & Blancpain watches for sale among many others.