Blancpain Automatic Villeret Ultra-slim Dresswatch white dial ref. B0021 1127 55Blancpain was founded in 1735 by Jehan Jacques Blancpain in Villeret, Switzerland, making it one of the oldest existing watch brands in the world. Interestingly enough, Blancpain refused to produceand still refuses to producequartz driven watches, even during the 1970s when nearly 40 percent of Swiss watchmakers went bankrupt during the Quartz Crisis. At the time, they proudly used the slogan: Since 1735, there has never been a quartz Blancpain watch.

The watch features a creative dual-disc system for displaying the hours and minutes

The star of the show is the incredible marble hardstone dial

it’s difficult not to think of the Royal Oak

- Movement serial 195xx / Case serial 617xxx dating to the end of the 1920s

2006 / Movement serial: 118xxxxx

and we’ll help you find the perfect one

a rose gold variation introduced in 2016

This Calatrava is powered by a manual-winding movement

This watch houses a lovely grey linen-effect dial

- Faded to dark blue bezel insert

and the Submariner we are offering today features such a dial in great condition

The watch has been fully checked by our watchmaker and is fitted with a fresh battery