WatchdivesWD50FS
Homage to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique
about$159
Regular price at watchdives.com, checked 31 Oct 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Watchdives WD50FS is a homage to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique, with a 40 mm case, 5 mm smaller. It uses an automatic movement and is water resistant to 300 m. It costs about $159 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 | WD50FS | Fifty Fathoms (5015 1130 71S) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 40 mm | 45 mm | −5 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 48 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Thickness | 12.2 mm | 15.5 mm | −3.3 mm |
| Lug width | 20 mm | 23 mm | −3 mm |
| Water resistance | 300 m | 300 m | |
| Movement | Automatic, Peacock SL3001 | Automatic, 1315 | |
| Power reserve | Not published | 120 h | |
| Crystal | Sapphire, clear AR coating | Not published | |
| Bezel | Rotating bezel, Matte ceramic | Unidirectional rotating, sapphire-topped, Sapphire | |
| Case material | Not published | Steel | |
| Lume | Swiss C3 green or BGW9 blue (bezel, hands and dial on C3 versions) | Not published | |
| Bracelet | Nylon strap | Steel | |
| Weight | Not published | 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 / 125 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug0 / 8Not published, left out
- Thickness0 / 63.3 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 43 mm apart
Design signatures— / 40
- Unidirectional bezel topped with sapphire, with luminous markings6 / 12Black bezel with lume-filled markings and a diamond pip in the official images. The brand lists a matte ceramic insert, not sapphire.
- Luminous hands and hour markers, including the seconds hand4 / 8Lume-filled hands and baton markers with Arabic numerals at 12, 3, 6 and 9 in the official images. The seconds hand shows no lume in the official lume view.
- Date window between 4 and 5 o'clock3 / 6The official images show a date window at 6 o'clock, not between 4 and 5; the brand text does not mention a date.
- Short lugs5 / 5Short downturned lugs with a 48 mm lug-to-lug in the official images.
- Large screw-down crown5 / 5The brand lists a screw-down crown; it is visible on the right of the case in the official images.
- Domed crystal4 / 4The brand lists a top-hat sapphire crystal, clearly raised in the official images.
Functions and materials— / 20
- Complications8 / 8Date window, as on the original (visible in the official images; the brand text does not mention it).
- Bezel action2 / 4The brand gives no direction or click count for this model. The original record lists a unidirectional bezel.
- Case and bezel materials2 / 4Matte ceramic bezel insert; the original has a sapphire insert. The brand does not state the case material.
- Crystal shape and date window2 / 4Top-hat sapphire. The original record has no crystal entry.
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
- Top-hat sapphire crystal in a 12.2 mm thick case
- High-beat SL3001 automatic at 28,800 vph
- Matte ceramic bezel insert with lume
- 300 m water resistance
- Compact 40 mm case with a 48 mm lug-to-lug
Less good
- The brand gives no case material, bezel direction or click count on the page
- Much smaller than the 45 mm original
- Sold only on a nylon strap
- The seconds hand shows no lume in the official lume views
Versions and colours
- Sapphire crystal, C3 lume, nylon strapIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $159
- Sapphire crystal, BGW9 lume, nylon strapIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $159
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Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.