Fun addition

[ap1]

Yes sir / you have impeccable taste

So how long will we own it

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by waterman1

I had owned the black 5010 for about 3 weeks when I saw a blue being offered for sale here by a trusted seller for what I considered an excellent price. I bought it within minutes of it being posted for sale! I have sold 2 Rolexes and 3 others since buying these 5010’s. They are that good. For all the reasons you mention.
I’ll add I have the canvass, the rubber, and the nato. Blancpain makes an excellent nato strap!

Jealous of you my friend. I very nearly bought black and could understand you wanting both. Rolex is... Some days its the only watch that will do and others its the only watch I don't want on.

Originally Posted by ap1

Yes sir / you have impeccable taste

So how long will we own it

I think it has 2-3 years written all over it for me. That is an eternity in my book. I have been almost exclusively wearing a ti ym these last 4 months and could see myself rotating between the two for a bit. We have a newborn in the house and I'm often up in the middle of the night. I need to be able to check the time without blinding myself on the iPhone and it must be spit up proof lol

Bonus...I just ordered my (not the newborn) son the swatch version in his fav color for xmas so he's going to lose it. What I once perceived to be a negative is now a positive.

[TikTok]

Ooooo nice! Love the FF. the open back is great.

[HL65]

Nice congrats and enjoy!

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by HL65

Nice congrats and enjoy!

Thanks Ken

Originally Posted by TikTok

Ooooo nice! Love the FF. the open back is great.

Thank you. It’s a surprisingly good looking movement.

[rlj676]

Any more pics from the group with the 42��.

Considering one of these, but almost concerned it’s too small. I have a 42 superocean that actually wears almost too small somehow, much smaller feeling than my Batman. I assume the 45 wears too big though.

Hope to try all on in Vegas in January (and bathyscaphe).

[boa2]

That looks so good. Congratulations!

[arolexguy]

Nice pickup love the FF


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[WatchEater666]

Originally Posted by GB-man

The movement is really quite good as well for the price. Lest we forget 120 hours power reserve in the cal 1315.

The finishing on this line is incredibly good for the money. If you look at the anglage VS something like Patek, it's actually cleaner/less chatter marks.

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by rlj676

Any more pics from the group with the 42��.

Considering one of these, but almost concerned it’s too small. I have a 42 superocean that actually wears almost too small somehow, much smaller feeling than my Batman. I assume the 45 wears too big though.

Hope to try all on in Vegas in January (and bathyscaphe).

I’d say this wears compact like a Rolex GMT on a strap but it’s 2mm thicker. Being titanium that penalty isn’t felt as much as it would be with steel. 47mm lug to lug on this and I think 48 on a 126710.

If this size doesn’t work for you the 45 will which is closer to seadweller will. Both are about 50 lug to lug.

Subtract 2mm from any fifty fathoms to get an equal footing with a Rolex counterpart in terms of lug to lug size.

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by WatchEater666

The finishing on this line is incredibly good for the money. If you look at the anglage VS something like Patek, it's actually cleaner/less chatter marks.

You said it not me!

It’s true though. It’s favorable to patek and AP entry level watches finishing wise. When you consider I paid submariner money that says a lot.

[GB-man]

I think the best part is that my son loves anything bright green and I was able to buy him this for Xmas.

[rlj676]

Originally Posted by GB-man

I’d say this wears compact like a Rolex GMT on a strap but it’s 2mm thicker. Being titanium that penalty isn’t felt as much as it would be with steel. 47mm lug to lug on this and I think 48 on a 126710.

If this size doesn’t work for you the 45 will which is closer to seadweller will. Both are about 50 lug to lug.

Subtract 2mm from any fifty fathoms to get an equal footing with a Rolex counterpart in terms of lug to lug size.

Thanks, if the 45 fits like a SD then I could be tempted for a rose gold version lol. Pricing is really reasonable used there since they’ve been around a while unlike the 42.

45 just sounds huge… but as someone else said I think the thick bezel will help make it looks ok. I have the 44.5 top gun chrono which has huge lug to lug, depth and large looking dial so assume it would appear quite a bit smaller than this.

[GB-man]

If you’re comfortable with the 44.5 top gun chrono I’m pretty confident you’ll be happy with the 45. Try it on and like you said, if it fits the deals are every reasonable second hand.

[waterman1]

I grabbed a swatch/Blancpain ocean of storms version for the gym and my son in college asked to wear it. Of course this is one you don’t worry about when your 20 year old wants to wear. But he absolutely loves it. So I also grabbed one for him for Christmas.
How long will I have the 5010’s? Ive learned in this crazy hobby that I shouldn’t answer that question��. Right now it’s a darn near perfect watch and I love it.
As for size, yes it wears smaller than 42.3. However it’s not too small and the longer I have it the larger it seems. I think the height of the wrist combined with larger bezel creates the ideal size. I’ve worn the DSSD as well as the Pam 979 which is a monster. I sold the 116600 because it felt too small. Also sold the 126600 sea dweller because it felt heavy and unbalanced teetering on that focused caseback point. But this one feels perfect. Right in the middle of all of those.

[1st amg]

I have a confession to make Tom....Blancpain was the diver that started my love for divers!! This one is gorgeous and a great splash of color to your collection. Nice one my man,.Congrats on this and the green machine for your son.

[GB-man]

Thank you Nicholas!

[rlj676]

Originally Posted by GB-man

If you’re comfortable with the 44.5 top gun chrono I’m pretty confident you’ll be happy with the 45. Try it on and like you said, if it fits the deals are every reasonable second hand.

Will try on as soon as I can, thanks. I am good as pilot watch being huge, diver maybe a little less so.

Any experience with ROO to compare the 2? Allegedly the 2 “haute horology” divers (term makes me feel super pretensous). I’ve long wanted the ROO but Blancpain a cool option. Or could just go basic and get an LV sub lol.

[PhilLynott]

Love this watch it was a fantastic release by them I really hope it ends up a long term hit for the brand because it deserves it. Haven't been able to try one on yet but imagine once I do there's a good chance it will come home with me.

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by rlj676

Will try on as soon as I can, thanks. I am good as pilot watch being huge, diver maybe a little less so.

Any experience with ROO to compare the 2? Allegedly the 2 “haute horology” divers (term makes me feel super pretensous). I’ve long wanted the ROO but Blancpain a cool option. Or could just go basic and get an LV sub lol.

Sure I have had numerous ROO. To me the 42 diver wears more like 44 in other watches. I would say the BP 45 wears smaller than the AP diver closer to a 42 in other brands.

Originally Posted by PhilLynott

Love this watch it was a fantastic release by them I really hope it ends up a long term hit for the brand because it deserves it. Haven't been able to try one on yet but imagine once I do there's a good chance it will come home with me.

Hope you get one.

[WatchEater666]

Originally Posted by GB-man

If you’re comfortable with the 44.5 top gun chrono I’m pretty confident you’ll be happy with the 45. Try it on and like you said, if it fits the deals are every reasonable second hand.

Agreed. These are perfectly wearable IMO. If you can pull off your avg 42mm watch, then these are not a problem.

Originally Posted by GB-man

You said it not me!

It’s true though. It’s favorable to patek and AP entry level watches finishing wise. When you consider I paid submariner money that says a lot.

Exactly. Shocked they aren't more popular.

[rlj676]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Sure I have had numerous ROO. To me the 42 diver wears more like 44 in other watches. I would say the BP 45 wears smaller than the AP diver closer to a 42 in other brands.



Hope you get one.

Great input, thanks! Need to try these on (and Bathyscaphe) :)