ThornT006
Homage to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Barakuda
about$189
Regular price at the brand's own website, checked 31 Oct 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Thorn T006 is a homage to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Barakuda, with a 38 mm case, 2.3 mm smaller. It uses an automatic movement and is water resistant to 200 m. It costs about $189 at the official store.
Side by side with the original
Compared with reference 5008B 1130 B52A. Values marked ≈ are estimates, such as a reviewer's measurement.
| Spec | T006 | Fifty Fathoms Barakuda (5008B 1130 B52A) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 38 mm | 40.3 mm | −2.3 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 45.8 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Thickness | 10 mm | 13.2 mm | −3.2 mm |
| Lug width | 20 mm | 20 mm | same |
| Water resistance | 200 m | 300 m | |
| Movement | Automatic, PT5000 | Automatic, 1151 | |
| Power reserve | Not published | 100 h | |
| Crystal | Sapphire | Not published | |
| Bezel | Rotating, Sapphire, filled with vintage lume | Unidirectional rotating, Sapphire | |
| Case material | Grade 2 titanium alloy with a soft iron inner case | Steel | |
| Lume | Vintage Super-LumiNova | Red and white hour markers and white-lacquered hands with 'old radium' type Super-LumiNova | |
| Bracelet | Custom-moulded FKM fluororubber strap | Rubber 'tropic' strap | |
| Weight | 69 g | Not published |
The original
Blancpain
Fifty Fathoms Barakuda
Reference 5008B 1130 B52A, 2019 limited edition, 40.3 mm steel, black dial, red and white markers, tropic rubber strap
- Case
- 40.3 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- Not published
- Thickness
- 13.2 mm
- Water resistance
- 300 m
- Movement
- Automatic, 1151
- List price
- $18,600
Why it scores as it does
Proportions and movement are computed from specs. Design details and functions are judged from the brand's official images. How we score
Lug-to-lug is neither published nor measured for one of the two watches, so there is not enough data to score.
Proportions— / 30
- Case diameter2.8 / 122.3 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug0 / 8Not published, left out
- Thickness0 / 63.2 mm apart
- Lug width4 / 4Same size
Design signatures— / 40
- Large two-tone red and white rectangular hour markers7 / 14Large rectangular cream-lume markers with a red edge on some markers in the official images; the original's two-tone red and white blocks are only hinted at.
- White-lacquered pencil-shaped hands4.5 / 9Polished pencil-style hands with a lume fill in the official images, not white-lacquered hands.
- Date window at 3 o'clock6 / 6Date window at 3 in the official images.
- Perforated tropic-style rubber strap6 / 6Perforated tropic-style FKM rubber strap in the official images.
- Unidirectional rotating bezel with domed sapphire insert2.5 / 5Rotating bezel with a sapphire insert and 120 clicks per a reviewer; the brand does not state the direction and a reviewer found the insert flat, not domed.
Functions and materials— / 20
- Complications8 / 8Date at 3, as on the original.
- Bezel action2 / 4Rotating bezel; direction not published by the brand, and the one reviewer found the action gritty with undefined clicks.
- Case and bezel materials2 / 4Titanium case rather than steel; sapphire bezel insert as on the original.
- Crystal shape and date window2 / 4Domed sapphire crystal per the brand (one reviewer found the centre flat); the original's crystal is not recorded.
Movement type— / 10
- Movement type10 / 10Same movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
We haven't read enough independent reviews of this model to summarise them yet.
Good
- Light 38 mm titanium case with a short lug to lug
- Sapphire bezel insert and a domed sapphire crystal
- Tropic-style rubber strap
- Date window at 3
- PT5000 automatic movement
Less good
- Bezel feel is gritty with undefined clicks (one reviewer)
- Lume is okay rather than bright
- Thicker with the crystal than the brand lists
- Small, sharp crown (one reviewer)
Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.