Surprise! A New Blancpain X Swatch Scuba Fifty: The Ocean Of Storms

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When the first five Scuba Fifty watches launched, I - and much of the community - yearned for a version of that watch that was akin to the MoonSwatch Mission to the Moon. What I mean is, a watch conservative in appearance with a more overt connection to its inspiration. The Mission to the Moon, with its black dial and gray case color, is effectively a bioceramic Moonwatch.
The Ocean of Storms, similarly, makes the same case when it comes to the Fifty Fathoms. And that's because it removes any sort of flashy color effect and opts to take a more measured approach to the collaboration. It has a black bioceramic case and what appears to be a brushed, almost satin-finished, black dial with orange accents for the depth rating and the tip of the seconds hand.
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  • @JamesIdentity
    @JamesIdentity4 ай бұрын

    Actually agree, this is far better looking than all the other ones.

  • @Gunnxorz
    @Gunnxorz4 ай бұрын

    Can’t wait to see it in the metal… I mean bio-ceramic… I mean plastic.

  • @justinmorris2077

    @justinmorris2077

    4 ай бұрын

    Tell us you're an idiot for spending $400 for a cheap plastic watch. I'd rather buy a Chinese knockoff than this garbage

  • @swagathshetty

    @swagathshetty

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@AverageJoe84this watch is a McDonald's happy meal toy. The only reason it gets hyped and taken seriously is because of the brand and it's "Swissness". It's a money grab to attract scalpers and gullible people who think they are getting a high end Swiss watch for low price

  • @RedwoodAggie
    @RedwoodAggie4 ай бұрын

    This is the best looking one yet. I don't know that I'm convinced to get one, but I'm definitely contemplating it now. I'm so glad this is an addition to the core collection and not a one day hype drop.

  • @Lockeness86
    @Lockeness864 ай бұрын

    Better dimensions than the 50 Fathoms, same look, and way cheaper. I’d actually consider buying it

  • @juniorjohnson5961

    @juniorjohnson5961

    4 ай бұрын

    Me too !

  • @Kxji
    @Kxji4 ай бұрын

    That thing will look huge on my 6.5” wrist.

  • @fifaboy18
    @fifaboy184 ай бұрын

    bloody great looking plastic watch if you ask me

  • @swagathshetty

    @swagathshetty

    4 ай бұрын

    Sadly looks are deceiving The bioceramic ages poorly with usage. Even the basic casios with their resin bodies hold up better

  • @finenavaljewelry5798
    @finenavaljewelry57984 ай бұрын

    I guess others weren't selling that well

  • @ryangochuico
    @ryangochuico4 ай бұрын

    This one looks the best of the set ❤

  • @hazxman
    @hazxman4 ай бұрын

    ".. the one we've been waiting for the entire time.." couldn't agree more

  • @jadomi2076
    @jadomi20764 ай бұрын

    Its the one ive been waiting for. Looks great.

  • @SteveFWatches
    @SteveFWatches4 ай бұрын

    Best release yet

  • @hunterphan5506
    @hunterphan55064 ай бұрын

    Good looking one. 👏

  • @ijrodriguez2022
    @ijrodriguez20223 ай бұрын

    I got mine today and I love it 😍

  • @reutts
    @reutts2 ай бұрын

    When Swatch first released this version, I wasn’t too excited at all. However, walked past a Blancpain shop one day, saw the actual Fifty Fanthoms. That’s when I started to think that Swatch actually made the Ocean of Storms look really good. Looks the same as the actual, just in plastic. Just got mine recently, and am loving it. Definitely not a serious watch. Like all Swatch, be it the moonswatch or the scuba fifty fanthoms, it’s all just meant to be a fun watch. And if you’re not having a good time wearing it, don’t get it. Wear something that makes you happy and feel good. Cheers!

  • @ZMANISCOOL
    @ZMANISCOOL4 ай бұрын

    Looks cool.

  • @UnkaiSpeedyRacing
    @UnkaiSpeedyRacing4 ай бұрын

    Most practical swatch and best color

  • @tvo6453
    @tvo64534 ай бұрын

    I want to hate this watch….but i have to admit, i want one

  • @edjack1993
    @edjack19934 ай бұрын

    Best iteration, I reckon.

  • @bjoernaltmann
    @bjoernaltmann4 ай бұрын

    The next one might be Blancpain X Swatch Mission to Mars. It could be based on Mare Erythraeum. Little green men that glow in the dark will be on the rotor. Just an idea

  • @filippozorzi16
    @filippozorzi164 ай бұрын

    Will it be possibile to buy it online or just in the store?

  • @michaelservetus5340
    @michaelservetus53404 ай бұрын

    F * * * ! Not happy this wasn’t released at the same time. I feel that the black would have been the first choice of the vast majority, including me. When you live nowhere near a Swatch store, it takes a lot to get your hands on these in-store-only releases. Finally managed to collect the only five MoonSwatches I wanted. Then, also managed to get the only two Swatch Scuba/Fifty Fathoms I wanted by taking a road trip to Vegas and by arranging for a friend to get the other one for me on a trip she took to Tokyo. I’m done with this game now. Never did find a Neptune MoonSwatch in store after a year and finally ended up ordering on eBay when the markup was much less than the cost of a Vegas road trip (insert memory here of Kramer and Newman running the numbers on taking a USPS mail truck loaded with empty bottles to Michigan). Just decided based on this release that I’m going to sell my Atlantic Scuba and the two MoonSwatches I’ll rarely (if ever) wear anyway. I’ll get the new black Scuba on eBay once the price is reasonable and keep only it and the gray/white Antarctic of the Scubas. I’m just never going to seek any more out in-store if Swatch has any new bioceramic collaboration models, and I’m not going to buy more than just one version of any new model. I’ve been collecting Swatches since the first one I purchased as a teenager in 1985, but that first purchase was at a major department store, not a Swatch Store. Also purchased the first bioceramic Swatch model before MoonSwatches were designed and created. But, I’m just done with this in-store-only BS.

  • @thethomasj1795
    @thethomasj17954 ай бұрын

    I have the Antarctic and I really love it. Now this an all black one is released and I know I'm going to wind up buying it. To make these watches feel even more luxurious the best thing you can do is replace the nato with a nice sail strap. I put a navy blue sail strap on mine and it looks great. I will do a black sail strap on the Ocean of Storms. If you really want to go the extra mile find a Blancpain buckle and add that to the strap and you will have a really great-looking, and great-feeling watch.

  • @michaelservetus5340

    @michaelservetus5340

    4 ай бұрын

    Yep. Totally agree sailcloth straps are the way to go for these Scuba/Fifty Fathoms models, and I also have them for all my MoonSwatch models. The rubber-coated sailcloth straps are my first choice for the colors I can find them in. For both my Uranus and Neptune MoonSwatches, I've found that the same royal blue color is perfect. I have no association other than being a customer, but a merchant called FWatchStraps or FinWatchStraps on Etsy has hella rubberized sailcloth straps in different colors (which all come with a deployant/deployment buckle) and also regular, non-rubberized sailcloth straps. Laying aside the Uranus MoonSwatch (for which I've found Royal Blue is the best color strap to use), I think the Saturn MoonSwatch is the most difficult one to match with a truly complimentary strap. I finally tracked down a dark brown sailcloth strap from the merchant I mentioned, and it turned out to be perfect. Tropic rubber straps are the next best option. I ended up ordering two Tropic rubber straps in dark gray for the Antarctic, and while the lighter of the two didn't really work, the darker gray looks killer.

  • @Melkizedeck7
    @Melkizedeck74 ай бұрын

    You mean, can't wait seeing it in the plastic 😉

  • @p.mrockypete2475
    @p.mrockypete24754 ай бұрын

    I really like tha black 1

  • @joopkooiman
    @joopkooiman11 күн бұрын

    Seems a sort of screw on caseback to me. If you look closely on the differtent pictures, the notches on the caseback are a couple of degrees of between pictures (Check the notches in relative to the crown). On my Ocean of Storms, you can see a verry little gap between a possible caseback and the case itself. Clearly visible with a loupe.

  • @deltropico7
    @deltropico74 ай бұрын

    It's on the moooooooon. Omg, you know what else went to the moon? XD (the Speedmaster)

  • @paulbrennan552
    @paulbrennan5524 ай бұрын

    Cool

  • @bm5192
    @bm51924 ай бұрын

    A different color Cracker Jack box watch. I can’t control my excitement

  • @TheRacerRich
    @TheRacerRich4 ай бұрын

    Do you want to spend more than the price of a Seiko Prospex but get a plastic watch with a disposable movement? Do i have the watch for you!

  • @AverageJoe84

    @AverageJoe84

    4 ай бұрын

    Have both and yes i do. We are not all limited to value ya know. For some of us we ya know...like it and will buy it regardless of what internet trolls think we should spend our petty $400 on to please them😂

  • @TheRacerRich

    @TheRacerRich

    4 ай бұрын

    @@AverageJoe84 Spend your money how you want - I don't care if you want to smoke $400, but it still doesn't make it less valid that burning hundred-dollar bills is a bad way to use them.

  • @AverageJoe84

    @AverageJoe84

    4 ай бұрын

    ​​@@TheRacerRichi disagree. A wristwatch in general is not a necessity. People including you and myself have definitely spent 400 on dumber things. Youre just sharing your own opinion here and it wont change how awesome these are and how quick and deep they will sell.

  • @AverageJoe84

    @AverageJoe84

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@TheRacerRichif you think about it this is no dumber than buying a gmt master for $10,700. They literally do the same thing for me.

  • @TheRacerRich

    @TheRacerRich

    4 ай бұрын

    @@AverageJoe84 The GMT Master is also overpriced. Most of the industry is just taking advantage of the fact that the rich now got their money so quickly that they don't value it, and a discerning consumer has been left behind.

  • @masterwatch
    @masterwatch4 ай бұрын

    it is a nice looking watch but my personal preference would be for it to be on a rubber or leather and be able to change the strap. I like these watches but if they were made with a steel case that would be super cool.

  • @samckwong

    @samckwong

    4 ай бұрын

    you can change strap

  • @masterwatch

    @masterwatch

    4 ай бұрын

    @@samckwong but can you remove the spring bars so that you can add for example a leather strap, it doesn't look like you can.

  • @juniorjohnson5961

    @juniorjohnson5961

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@ I've seen it done. masterwatch

  • @masterwatch

    @masterwatch

    4 ай бұрын

    @@juniorjohnson5961 ah ok.. I will keep my 👀 out..

  • @Jkan2001
    @Jkan20014 ай бұрын

    Swatch has jumped the megalodon

  • @dominicc737
    @dominicc7374 ай бұрын

    Well, I need to find $400 fast 👍🏼

  • @juniorjohnson5961

    @juniorjohnson5961

    4 ай бұрын

    I need to find $400 & a Swatch store none anywhere near me. They would sell millions if you could get them online.

  • @batowit
    @batowit4 ай бұрын

    Hay q ir a acampar jajajaj q mal q no lo vendan en línea luego lo revendedores y en mex nunca hay

  • @VinceWatches
    @VinceWatches3 ай бұрын

    Cool and fun summer watch....400 euro is not cool especially for a non irony version. Original system 51 without collaboration are perhaps better because they do not pretend to be something else. Anyway this is a good promotional way to reboost awareness of brands like Blancpain for the youngsters. Next time Swatch X Longines legend diver ?

  • @felixh97
    @felixh974 ай бұрын

    Now we are talking

  • @GrumblingForesight
    @GrumblingForesight4 ай бұрын

    Gotta admit, looks the coolest out of all the Scubas but the real question is: really? Swatch group? This is all u got for us? Where’s the speedy Tuesday release?

  • @philipc239
    @philipc2394 ай бұрын

    300 or 600m?

  • @MrGetItDone7
    @MrGetItDone74 ай бұрын

    What kind of watch review doesn’t mention price once

  • @TheRacerRich

    @TheRacerRich

    4 ай бұрын

    The one that is more marketing than review

  • @AverageJoe84

    @AverageJoe84

    4 ай бұрын

    The kind that assumes youve been paying attention and see they are ALL priced at 400 usd on the swatch website

  • @MrGetItDone7

    @MrGetItDone7

    4 ай бұрын

    @@AverageJoe84 why would I pay attention to that

  • @AverageJoe84

    @AverageJoe84

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@MrGetItDone7the same reason youre here reading i guess.

  • @EggWafflehea
    @EggWafflehea4 ай бұрын

    I think more people are waiting for a 38mm version than a black version.

  • @kinhung
    @kinhung4 ай бұрын

    waiting replica

  • @user-ho9nu6ir7f
    @user-ho9nu6ir7f4 ай бұрын

    It’s only cool because it looks the most like the blancpain fifty fathoms 😂

  • @theangrydonut5142
    @theangrydonut51424 ай бұрын

    Does this come with the happy meal?

  • @urielcastro1178

    @urielcastro1178

    4 ай бұрын

    It comes with a trip to the moon actually

  • @centurian318
    @centurian3183 ай бұрын

    Not traveling out of state to buy a plastic watch.

  • @MichaelInnocenzi
    @MichaelInnocenzi4 ай бұрын

    Is this one serviceable? Biggest reason I won’t consider one

  • @michaelriera6277

    @michaelriera6277

    4 ай бұрын

    No, System 51 is a sealed movement.

  • @masanobuyamamoto6395
    @masanobuyamamoto63952 ай бұрын

    It sounds like the 6th member of Power Rangers joined the group lol

  • @calvinchann1996
    @calvinchann19964 ай бұрын

    Limited by availability.

  • @markgiles8527
    @markgiles85274 ай бұрын

    I’ve been saying that Swatch should have made a black model, like the fifty fathoms divers, since they first bought out the other ocean versions. Who the hell wants colored watches! Other than black anyway?

  • @Ghayejin
    @Ghayejin4 ай бұрын

    I don’t like strap. Making the watch Too thick and also too long. I love the watch itself.

  • @llamawizard
    @llamawizard4 ай бұрын

    “Swatch” on the dial kinda ruins it for me. Why not just Blancpain?

  • @AverageJoe84

    @AverageJoe84

    4 ай бұрын

    Because its a swatch 😮 mindblowing right

  • @llamawizard

    @llamawizard

    4 ай бұрын

    @@AverageJoe84 You are a dumb person, clearly.

  • @rickdeckard7470
    @rickdeckard74704 ай бұрын

    400 for a swatch

  • @charlienolan8118
    @charlienolan81184 ай бұрын

    I really like the looks but that sistem51 completely stinks it out. £350 for a plastic movement. Just get a Seiko

  • @mintasgeorge1466
    @mintasgeorge14664 ай бұрын

    Blancpain x Swatch and Omega x Swatch something that doesn't make sense...two big brands have come down to the level of a brand like Swatch...

  • @samckwong

    @samckwong

    4 ай бұрын

    swatch group own both company

  • @Andrea-jr6xr
    @Andrea-jr6xr4 ай бұрын

    ❤👍💘🍷💚

  • @Lucienglinglin
    @Lucienglinglin4 ай бұрын

    Still no way to service it !

  • @hammurabis8419
    @hammurabis84194 ай бұрын

    Woohoo first!

  • @KeepingWatchUK
    @KeepingWatchUK4 ай бұрын

    Admittedly, the best one yet in terms of colour scheme. But still junk.

  • @ragnapraxis4657
    @ragnapraxis46572 ай бұрын

    Why call it bioceramic? Its a plastic watch

  • @RegNarnoc21
    @RegNarnoc214 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @BudFox575
    @BudFox57515 күн бұрын

    Guy says "in the metal" for a plastic watch...

  • @mrchriz1000
    @mrchriz10004 ай бұрын

    First comment

  • @richiechou1605
    @richiechou16054 ай бұрын

    You cant service it or replace the movement. So after 10 years its going in the bin.

  • @TheTejanoJose

    @TheTejanoJose

    4 ай бұрын

    And so goes almost every watch with prices below $500. Nobody in their right mind would spend anything for repairing / servicing these watches.

  • @danryan4137
    @danryan41374 ай бұрын

    Buy a G-shock, and go out for a nice dinner. And keep the change.😅

  • @stevenshaw6766
    @stevenshaw67664 ай бұрын

    Yet another cash grab by Swatch.

  • @maverick4177
    @maverick41774 ай бұрын

    😂🐕💩

  • @jonellis7089
    @jonellis70894 ай бұрын

    Who cares lol

  • @girat08

    @girat08

    4 ай бұрын

    I do

  • @mdtaylor2274

    @mdtaylor2274

    4 ай бұрын

    You cared enough to comment.

  • @jackdonahue8024

    @jackdonahue8024

    4 ай бұрын

    I do

  • @xekret

    @xekret

    4 ай бұрын

    Nailed it!

  • @sinjinadams2862

    @sinjinadams2862

    4 ай бұрын

    HaHa! I agree!

  • @MrPagnu
    @MrPagnu4 ай бұрын

    After being caught lying to customers Blancpain can’t even sell the original one, but people who know nothing about watches are queueing for buying this overcharged piece of plastic s…t

  • @chris055555
    @chris0555554 ай бұрын

    Plastic watch with mediocre accuracy of sistem 51? No thanks. If was a better movement and an irony series, yes of course.

  • @Youy0u3010
    @Youy0u30104 ай бұрын

    Don’t do it guys!

  • @ChrisNewman-fu8ez
    @ChrisNewman-fu8ez4 ай бұрын

    No it plastic not bio anything just a toy with words o9hhhhh arrhhhhhh

  • @feisty8
    @feisty84 ай бұрын

    After what Swatch did with that Omega collaboration, they've lost all the integrity that they had. Swatch was a "Good" Kid's Watch Brand but then they TRIED to be something that they clearly are NOT and in doing so they dragged the good brands into the mud too. of course, its not ALL Swatch's fault, these "A-Tier Brands" (Omega, Blancpain) are at fault too for risking their "Brand Image" just for a "Quick Buck".

  • @AverageJoe84

    @AverageJoe84

    4 ай бұрын

    These will sell like hotcakes. Your comment is null and void 😂

  • @elmosoto5327

    @elmosoto5327

    4 ай бұрын

    Lol….Swatch owns Omega, Blancpain and other luxury watch brands. They tell the luxury brands what to do. I think this is a cool watch.

  • @feisty8

    @feisty8

    4 ай бұрын

    @@AverageJoe84 you mean like that "MoonSwatch", and we all know what lagacy that trash has now. Hence proving my point about quick buck :)

  • @feisty8

    @feisty8

    4 ай бұрын

    @@elmosoto5327 yeah i know that "Swatch Group" owns some of these brands and NOPE they don't tell anyone what to do, each brand is an individual entity itself and has their own R&D and Marketing teams. As for it being a "cool" watch, that's your opnion which is perfectly fine as everyone's entitled to one (but people thought "MoonSwatch" was "cool" too when that trash was released - LOL)

  • @AverageJoe84

    @AverageJoe84

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@feisty8 you proved no point. You speak of ruined legacies yet speedmasters and moonswatches are both still selling like crazy. The only thing ruined are peoples egos when they are so easily bothered by a wristwatch someone else wears.

  • @chrismuz
    @chrismuz4 ай бұрын

    Hmmm, so you make a living as a watch journalist for "the foremost destination for all things in the world of horology" (LOL), but for some reason you cannot make any discernible effort to pronounce the name one of the most important watch brands correctly, not even remotely. Rather, within two minutes you butcher two simple syllables like half a dozen times. 🤡

  • @AverageJoe84

    @AverageJoe84

    4 ай бұрын

    Lets see your review then chrissy boy 😂

  • @odinthor939
    @odinthor93914 күн бұрын

    troppo piccolo...per polsi femminili.

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