Blancpain

[flamenco]

Look for Sam, Blancpain Boutique Mgr, Raffles Hotel.

[papaya]

I want to buy a Blancpain 1 day. Advice please.

Am finding difficulties searching for Blancpain forums, so i though maybe you Rolex guys can help out.

I'm really not into the watch thing as it's such an expensive hobby. I don't know much about luxury/highend watch brands other than Rolex.

One day I was reading a watch book and I saw the Blancpain Erotic Moon series, it has a shinny blue background, a moon and a pen is moving mechanism, the people are painted in gold color, it's not about the erotic part but the whole color scheme makes me drool. It's an antique watch so i probably won't be able to afford it even if i manage to find 1.

Information on Blancpain is so scarce even on the internet, most people never heard of it, even my fellow watch friends pay no interest on it. I was wondering if there is a complete blancpain book catalogue of all their watches, I know Blancpain official site has em but would like more info, like price & strength etc.

So assuming I can only afford 1 Blancpain, how do i find out which 1 to get? Where are the best place to buy them, if not in Singapore then which country offers the best price? Hong Kong? Malaysia? Switzerland?

Do shops offer discounts on them or like Rolex they have tight price control?


I'm not very good at choosing expensive luxury things. The more you willing to pay the more unlimited choices you get, and higher the chance of making a wrong decision. I just bough a Porche Spectacle Frame, it was very expensive to me I never bough such expensive frames and it was really a bad choice compared to other options I could have chosen, good thing the company's paying but still I hope this kind of thing will never happen again.

Advice needed.

[Hary]

Thanks Hary.

Was at T3 this morning, poped into Tourbillon Watches ......... low and behold, they have a pc of SS 50 Fathoms (leather strap) and another pc of rose gold Chrono 50 Fathoms (leather strap).

Sleepless in Tokyo now......... and I have to go back the way I came ....

Thanks bro, will have a look next week at T3 incase it's still available. I've never seen one in person. Do you want me to reserve for you hehe . Enjoy Tokyo.

[Hary]

i had been eyeing on the vintage Blancpain AquaLung for ages,
but everytime when i am about to buy, it always gets sold

guess i got no "yuan" with that one

the 50 fathoms looks fabulous. pricewise i think also very "fabulous"

Bro, be careful about vintage BP, a lot of fakes out there. Buy from reliable source. Good luck

[normancook]

i had been eyeing on the vintage Blancpain AquaLung for ages,
but everytime when i am about to buy, it always gets sold

guess i got no "yuan" with that one

the 50 fathoms looks fabulous. pricewise i think also very "fabulous"

[flamenco]

Thanks Hary.

Was at T3 this morning, poped into Tourbillon Watches ......... low and behold, they have a pc of SS 50 Fathoms (leather strap) and another pc of rose gold Chrono 50 Fathoms (leather strap).

Sleepless in Tokyo now......... and I have to go back the way I came ....

[Hary]

Hary, apologies for the spanner in the works ... and OTing of the thread.



This is a very nice alternative.



Even comes in pert claendar.

Agree, nice alternative, but to me somehow the BP FF gives more kick

[Hary]

Does the hands and markers lume ?

According to my knowledge yes

[flamenco]

Anway, was at Raffles Hotel on Saturday. They have a single pc, full gold in stock, listed at 30K. There have not been a single SS pc into SGP the past 3-4mths now.

Demand is absoultely mind boggling !!!

Not seen the PVD one shown here. Does the hands and markers lume ?

[flamenco]

Hary, apologies for the spanner in the works ... and OTing of the thread.



This is a very nice alternative.



Even comes in pert claendar.

[ohlins]

should contact the blancpain boutique..... they have priority ma...

[kermit e froggy]

That's my GRAIL watch !!! An Iconic Diver

[Hary]

Thanks. I checked at T3 Tourbillon Boutique, the non DLC list is 17K. No stock for DLC and non DLC. Looks like stock is quite low, couldn't find it in HK either, found only the pink gold one.

[ohlins]

it's not bad a choice....... the non-dlc version i think list is 17 plus...... dunno got price increase or not i cant rem....

like the fact it's a inhouse movement with 5 days power reserve.........

however, i less keen on the shape of the hour markers and hands.....

usually i buy watches mainly for looks....

and so i pass..... hehe

but dont let this deter u..... it's still a very nice watch ...

[Hary]

Do you how much is it trading?