Blancpain Leman Flyback Chronograph 2185F-1130-63

This watch is in excellent condition. This watch is presented on a Subdial strap manufactured by Molequin. The watch is not guaranteed for water resistance.

Blancpain's Leman collection is the brand's jack-of-all-trades. Despite not being a dedicated dive watch, it still has a respectable water resistance rating due to its screw-down crown. Aesthetically, it sits in between the brand's sports collection and the dressier Villeret line, pairing distinctive markers and hands with a more subdued case.

A key design feature is the flyback chronograph movement, which lets the user reset the chronograph function without needing to stop it first. In a high-pressure and time-sensitive environment, it was deemed to be a critical function and was therefore included in the specifications for the watch.

BLANCPAIN

Blancpain traces its history back to the 1735, which makes it amongst the oldest watch brands currently in operation. It has a rich history, but by the early 1990s had fallen on tough times as a result of SSIH (the Swatch Group's predecessor) focusing more on quartz, rather than mechanical watches. The company was sold to F. Piguet, whose leadership at the time included Jean-Claude Biver.

Biver then did something completely unexpected - he dug his heels into Blancpain's experience as a mechanical watchmaker, boldly proclaiming that the brand had never made a quartz watch and would never do so. This contrarian approach, rather than condemning the brand to the history books, actually worked in favour of Blancpain and led to a resurgence in the company's popularity. Since then, Blancpain has been producing high-quality mechanical wristwatches, and true to Biver's word, has yet to release a quartz timepiece.