ThornT007
Homage to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique
about$189
Regular price at the brand's own website, checked 1 Nov 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Thorn T007 Humidity-Indicator Diver is a homage to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique, with a 38 mm case, 7 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 5015 1130 71S. Values marked ≈ are estimates, such as a reviewer's measurement.
| Spec | T007 | Fifty Fathoms (5015 1130 71S) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 38 mm | 45 mm | −7 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 45.8 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Thickness | 13 mm | 15.5 mm | −2.5 mm |
| Lug width | Not published | 23 mm | Can't compare |
| Water resistance | 200 m | 300 m | |
| Movement | Automatic, PT5000 | Automatic, 1315 | |
| Power reserve | Not published | 120 h | |
| Crystal | Sapphire | Not published | |
| Bezel | Rotating bezel (the brand gives no action or click count), Blue sapphire ring filled with vintage lume | Unidirectional rotating, sapphire-topped, Sapphire | |
| Case material | Grade 2 titanium with an internal soft-iron anti-magnetic shield | Steel | |
| Lume | Vintage super-luminous coating on hands, markers and bezel | Not published | |
| Bracelet | Custom-moulded FKM fluororubber strap, 20 mm band width | Steel | |
| Weight | 69 g | Not published |
The original
Blancpain
Fifty Fathoms
Reference 5015 1130 71S, black dial, black sapphire-topped bezel, steel bracelet
- Case
- 45 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- Not published
- Thickness
- 15.5 mm
- Water resistance
- 300 m
- Movement
- Automatic, 1315
- List price
- $22,700
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 diameter0 / 127 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug0 / 8Not published, left out
- Thickness1 / 62.5 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 4Not published, left out
Design signatures— / 40
- Unidirectional bezel topped with sapphire, with luminous markings6 / 12Black bezel with applied lume numerals at 15, 30 and 45 and a triangle at 12; the brand says it is a sapphire ring filled with lume, which the official images cannot confirm.
- Luminous hands and hour markers, including the seconds hand8 / 8Aged-colour lume on sword hands, round and bar markers and a triangle at 12, as on the original's luminous set.
- Date window between 4 and 5 o'clock0 / 6No date window; a round humidity indicator sits at 6 o'clock.
- Short lugs2.5 / 5Short, slim lugs in the official images, but the strap is a different style.
- Large screw-down crown2.5 / 5The brand lists a screw-down crown; in the official images it is small compared with the original's.
- Domed crystal4 / 4The brand lists a domed sapphire crystal; the dome is visible in the official images.
Functions and materials— / 20
- Complications4 / 8No date window; the original has a date. A humidity indicator sits at 6 instead.
- Bezel action2 / 4The brand does not say how the bezel turns; the original's is unidirectional.
- Case and bezel materials2 / 4Titanium case, not steel, with a ring bezel.
- Crystal shape and date window2 / 4Domed sapphire crystal; the original's crystal type is not recorded in the catalogue, and it has a date window with no cyclops.
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 titanium case (69 g listed)
- Domed sapphire crystal
- Humidity indicator at 6, a detail of the vintage military look
- Short 45.8 mm lug to lug
- Soft-iron anti-magnetic shield (brand)
Less good
- No date window
- No independent review of this model was found
- Brand gives no bezel action or click count
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Sources
Checked 1 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.
- thornwatches.com › products › %E8%A5%BF%E6%BA%9C%E6%89%8B%E8%A1%A8thorn%E9%92%9B%E9%87%91%E5%B1%9E%E4%BA%94%E5%8D%81%E5%AF%BB%E6%B9%BF%E5%BA%A6%E8%AE%A1%E6%89%8B%E8%A1%A838mm%E8%A1%A8%E5%BE%84%E5%A4%8D%E5%8F%A4%E6%BD%AE%E6%B5%81%E8%85%95%E8%A1%A8t007
- youtube.com › channel › UCfjXSpwckMA3EvF7aLX7aMg › about