Blancpain Specialites GMT watch

The Blancpain Specialites GMT watch is an extremely versatile and stylish timepiece that combines the best qualities of the dive watch and the dual-time GMT watch in a very high quality and luxurious package.  Like its stablemate, the Blancpain Fifty-Fathoms watch, the Specialites GMT watch demonstrates the rare ability of the Manufacture Blancpain to perfectly bridge the divide between a sportiness and elegance.  Every aspect of the Blancpain Specialites GMT watch, from its fine finishing, to its slender, hand-built selfwinding movement, reflect a passion for excellence that is increasingly difficult to find in the world. 

The Blancpain Specialites GMT is animated by the selfwinding 5A50 Calibre, which offers the impressive power-reserve of 100 hours, when fully wound.  It features a mechanism that allows the 12-hour hand to be adjusted in hourly leaps, without any disturbance to the second hand or minute hand; the date display is also linked to this hand, and it can be adjusted backward as well as forwards.  In conjunction with the supplementary red 24-hour hand and the 24 hour rotating bezel, this enables the world traveler to make adjustments to his watch at an arrival in each new timezone without disturbing the accuracy of the watch; at the same time, the red hand and bezel can keep track of the time in two additional timezones of choice. 

The 5A50 Calibre is made up of 238 hand-finished pieces, and each individual movement is built and fine-tuned by a single Blancpain watchmaker; the bridges and winding rotor are decorated with Cotes de Geneve, while the plates are adorned with perlage.  Screws are individually polished to a mirror finish, and all edges are rounded with anglage. Traditionally, such finishes do serve functional purposes, but they also reflect the great pride in the craft of traditional watchmaking that is cultivated in the Blancpain atelier. 

The Blancpain Specialites GMT watch is also a sports timepiece of distinction---its 40.5mm stainless steel case, complete with an insulated screw-in crown and caseback, ensures water resistance to a depth of 300 meters, a level suitable for dedicated dive usage; the fine polish on the case and engraved rotating bezel also make the GMT watch a stylish companion for any occasion that requires a higher degree of formality.  The black dial is a fine example of detailed craftsmanship, and its rich glossy surface captivates the eye.  The polished white gold hour markers and hands feature ample amounts of Superluminova, ensuring easy legibility, whether in the darkness of a plane cabin, the gloom of the sea, or a night out on the town.   The Blancpain Specialites GMT watch is far more than the sum of its parts, and on either the rubber Aqualung strap, or the legendary X-71 stainless steel bracelet, it is a timepiece which defines the very essence of sports elegance.