WatchdivesWD50Q
Homage to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique
about$139
Regular price at watchdives.com, checked 31 Oct 2026. Marketplace prices change often.
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The Watchdives WD50Q is a homage to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique, with a 38 mm case, 7 mm smaller. It uses a quartz movement and is water resistant to 200 m. It costs about $139 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 | WD50Q | Fifty Fathoms (5015 1130 71S) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case diameter | 38 mm | 45 mm | −7 mm |
| Lug-to-lug | 46 mm | Not published | Can't compare |
| Thickness | 11 mm | 15.5 mm | −4.5 mm |
| Lug width | 20 mm | 23 mm | −3 mm |
| Water resistance | 200 m | 300 m | |
| Movement | Quartz, VH31 | Automatic, 1315 | |
| Power reserve | Not published | 120 h | |
| Crystal | Sapphire, clear AR coating | Not published | |
| Bezel | 120-click unidirectional rotating, Curved sapphire with BGW9 lume, or flat ceramic, depending on variant | Unidirectional rotating, sapphire-topped, Sapphire | |
| Case material | Polished 316L stainless steel | Steel | |
| Lume | BGW9 blue on hands and markers | Not published | |
| Bracelet | FKM rubber strap or stainless-steel bracelet (by variant) | 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 / 127 mm apart
- Lug-to-lug0 / 8Not published, left out
- Thickness0 / 64.5 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 43 mm apart
Design signatures— / 40
- Unidirectional bezel topped with sapphire, with luminous markings12 / 12Black or coloured bezel with a lumed 60-minute scale and numerals at 15, 30 and 45 in the official images; the raised, clear-topped bezel looks like a curved sapphire insert, and a reviewer says the convex bezel surface is sapphire. The brand lists a curved sapphire insert on the sapphire-bezel versions and ceramic on others.
- Luminous hands and hour markers, including the seconds hand4 / 8Lumed hands and triangle markers with Arabic numerals in the official images. The seconds hand has a red tip and shows no lume in the official lume views, although one reviewer says the seconds pointer glows.
- Date window between 4 and 5 o'clock0 / 6No date window on this model.
- Short lugs5 / 5Short drilled-style lugs that curve down, with a 46 mm lug-to-lug, in the official images.
- Large screw-down crown2.5 / 5The brand lists a screw-down crown. Its size relative to the original is not published; a reviewer gives 5.9 mm.
- Domed crystal4 / 4Tall boxed (bubble) sapphire crystal, clearly raised in the official images.
Functions and materials— / 20
- Complications4 / 8Time only with sweep seconds. The original adds a date.
- Bezel action4 / 4120-click unidirectional bezel, as on the original record.
- Case and bezel materials2 / 4Polished 316L steel case, and a sapphire insert on some versions and ceramic on others. The original has a sapphire insert.
- Crystal shape and date window2 / 4Boxed sapphire crystal. The original record has no crystal entry and has a date window, which this model lacks.
Movement type— / 10
- Movement type0 / 10Different movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
We haven't read enough independent reviews of this model to summarise them yet.
Good
- Tall boxed sapphire crystal with an AR coating
- Sapphire or ceramic bezel insert with a lumed scale, by variant
- Compact 38 mm case and 46 mm lug-to-lug
- 200 m water resistance
Less good
- No date window, unlike the original
- At 38 mm it is much smaller than the original
- Quartz movement, so no mechanical movement
- Polished case finish; the one reviewer found it flamboyant
Versions and colours
- Sunray Blue / Sapphire Crystal / FKM BandIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $139
- Sunray Blue / Sapphire Crystal / BraceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $169
- Sunray Gray / Sapphire Crystal / FKM BandIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $139
- Sunray Gray / Sapphire Crystal / BraceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $169
- Enamel Black / Sapphire Crystal / FKM BandIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $139
- Enamel Black / Sapphire Crystal / BraceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $169
- Purple / Sapphire Crystal / FKM BandIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $139
- Purple / Sapphire Crystal / BraceletIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $169
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Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.