WatchdivesWD50Ti
Homage to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique
about$179
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The Watchdives WD50Ti 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 $179 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 | WD50Ti | 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 | 13.25 mm | 15.5 mm | −2.25 mm |
| Lug width | 20 mm | 23 mm | −3 mm |
| Water resistance | 300 m | 300 m | |
| Movement | Automatic, Japan NH35 | Automatic, 1315 | |
| Power reserve | 41 h | 120 h | |
| Crystal | Sapphire, clear AR coating | Not published | |
| Bezel | 120-click unidirectional rotating, Glossy sapphire or matte sandblasted ceramic, by variant | Unidirectional rotating, sapphire-topped, Sapphire | |
| Case material | Grade 2 titanium | Steel | |
| Lume | Swiss Super-LumiNova C3 green or BGW9 blue, bezel and dial | 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
- Thickness1.5 / 62.3 mm apart
- Lug width0 / 43 mm apart
Design signatures— / 40
- Unidirectional bezel topped with sapphire, with luminous markings6 / 12Lume-filled bezel with a 60-minute scale and a diamond pip in the official images. The main versions have a matte ceramic insert; a glossy sapphire-insert version is also listed.
- 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'clock0 / 6No date window on this model.
- 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 bubble (top hat or boxed) sapphire crystal, clearly raised in the official images.
Functions and materials— / 20
- Complications4 / 8Time only with sweep seconds, no date. The original has a date.
- Bezel action4 / 4Unidirectional 120-click bezel, as on the original record.
- Case and bezel materials2 / 4Grade 2 titanium case; the original is steel. The insert is ceramic or sapphire by variant; 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 type10 / 10Same movement type.
What reviewers and owners say
We haven't read enough independent reviews of this model to summarise them yet.
Good
- Grade 2 titanium case at 40 mm with a 48 mm lug-to-lug
- Boxed sapphire crystal
- 120-click bezel with a ceramic or sapphire insert and full lume
- 300 m water resistance
- Seiko NH35 automatic with a ghost date position noted by the reviewer
Less good
- No date window, unlike the original
- Much smaller than the 45 mm original
- Bezel has some back play and a tinny click, according to the one reviewer
- Busy minute track on the dial, according to the one reviewer
- Sold on a nylon strap; no bracelet listed
Versions and colours
- C3 vintage black, matte ceramic bezelIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $199
- BGW9 black, matte ceramic bezelIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $199
- C3 vintage black, sapphire bezel insertIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $179
- MIL-SPEC dialIts own colourway, not on the originalabout $199
Earlier versions
- V1: The V1 case has a 19 mm lug width; the V2 case on this page is 20 mm, according to the brand.
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Sources
Checked 31 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from one of these pages.