Jean-Claude Biver learns that one cannot retire from their passion, as he returns with a new watch brand under his own name and he’s joined by his son Pierre.
7 reasons to buy a Blancpain watch Share
Loyal to its core values of traditional watchmaking while constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation through a host of complications invented over the years, the illustrious Blancpain is much more than its famed dive watches, as Allyson Klass finds out.
Jehan-Jacques Blancpain started his watchmaking workshop producing pocket watch parts in the upper floor of his farmhouse in 1735. Little did the man who wore many hats – he bred livestock and was a schoolteacher – know that his humble manufacture in the Swiss Jura would later go on to become a brand that pioneered modern industrial watchmaking methods in the 19th century and create pioneering timepieces in the 20th century. Here, we list seven reasons why you need a Blancpain timepiece in your watch wardrobe.