Blancpain watches for sale – new, certified pre-owned and vintage

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Finance Blancpain watches online

If you want to buy a certified pre-owned Blancpain watch and wear it on your wrist as fast as possible, we then offer you numerous possibilities to send you your new favourite timepieces piece right away. You can easily pay with your credit card or PayPal. If you prefer to plan on the longer term, a purchase in instalments is also possible. Just call our client advisors to finance your Blancpain watch, customized to your needs.

Popular collections from the brand

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• As Blancpain's best-known and perhaps most popular collection, the Fifty Fathoms gained legendary status. In 1953, as the first modern diving watch, it marked a milestone in watch history and became an instant favourite in the eyes of the public. Today, it remains an integral part of the range as a modern classic and a sporty yet elegant everyday hero.
  
  
• Blancpain offers a real eye-catcher with the models in the Leman series. Named after Lac Léman in Switzerland, this collection not only manages to inspire with its technical brilliance, but also impresses with its visual appeal, which is as beautiful as the Alpine panorama around the eponymous lake.
  
  
• As a classic dress watch, the Villeret knows how to stand out at elegant events and in the world of Haute Horlogerie. Elegant lines paired with complex complications are the models' recipe for success. Whether it's a tourbillon or a full calendar, the Blancpain Villeret offers the right model for every taste.
  
  
• With a confident vintage exterior and the latest technology on the inside, the Blancpain Air Command watches derive their DNA from one of the most popular and important pilot chronographs of the time. Their design is reminiscent of the glorious days of aviation in the 1950s.
  


• Express your artistic side with a watch from the Métiers d'Art collection! The models are all unique creations crafted with great attention to detail. Looking at the exquisitely finished dials with ornate engravings, enamel paintings and other filigree decoration work, you will forget everything around you.

5 reasons to buy a Blancpain watch

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• Blancpain watch models that stand for elegance and beauty
• A long history in the company tradition
• Conviction through innovation
• Second-hand Blancpain watches are a cheap investment
• Highest precision through above-average watchmaking craftsmanship

The most popular collections – Blancpain models and prices

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Villeret 6595
Price: approx. €2,500
Material: Steel, yellow gold
Special features: Unisex watch, automatic movement, white dial

Leman 2041-1130-53B
Price: approx. €7,000
Material: Steel
Special features: Unisex watch, automatic movement, crocodile leather bracelet, black dial

Quantieme Complet 2360-3691A-55
Price: approx. €7,000
Material: Rose gold
Special features: Unisex watch, automatic movement, crocodile strap, white mother of pearl dial

Ladies Villeret 4796-1418-58
Price: approx. €2,800
Material: Yellow gold
Special features: Men's watch, automatic movement, leather strap, white dial

Aqua Lung Limited Edition 2100-1130A-71
Price: approx. €5,300
Material: Steel
Special features: Men's watch, steel bracelet, automatic movement, black dial

A pre-owned Blancpain watch as an investment?

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First things first – an increase in value is impossible! Nevertheless, one can make recommendations based on certain characteristics and experience. Blancpain has an impressive, long-standing history with excellent innovation. The watches speak for themselves in design and craftsmanship. Investing in a used Blancpain watch could be a great opportunity to make a cheap investment.

The history of the oldest watch brand of the world

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As early as 1735, the watchmaker Jehan-Jacques Blancpain founded the company of the same name and so created the oldest watch brand in the world. In his house in Villeret in the Bernese Jura in Switzerland, he built himself a small workshop. This brought great success in the first years. Blancpain saw watchmaking as an art, which the customers of his company appreciated. It was not until 1815, when the great-grandson Frédéric-Louis Blancpain took over the management. The workshop was converted to a production on an industrial scale. In the mid-19th century, Blancpain was Villeret's strongest company. Watchmaking was highly regarded and highly appreciated by wealthy families. In the second half of the 19th century, however, this changed abruptly in the course of industrialization. Cheaper American products flooded the watch market, forcing many small businesses to file for bankruptcy. Blancpain, however, did not give up and moved with a two-story factory to the Suze river, where they could use the hydropower as an energy supply on low-costs. With this thoughtful move, the company survived as one of the few in Villeret.

However, Blancpain was not satisfied with the title of the "first watch brand in the world". In 1926, it produced together with the inventor and watchmaker John Harwood, the first automatic wristwatch in the world. Four years later, the rectangular "Rolls" was launched: The first automatic ladies' watch worldwide.
For more than two hundred years, the watch manufacturer was a family-owned company. In 1932, the last descendant, Berthe-Nellie Blancpain, decided against watchmaking and her father's two closest associates took over the company. According to the then laws, the name Blancpain was no longer allowed to make out the name of the company and so the new name "Rayville S.A., succ. de Blancpain". Despite new brand names, the new directors, Betty Fiechter and André Léal, retained the company's characteristics and philosophies. Thus, the customers were preserved, moreover, through the new influences, the brand gained more and more reputation. Noteworthy models included the 1953 launched "Fifty Fathoms". The watch was designed for French Army fighters who needed a reliable, extremely durable timepiece. This success was repeated three years later when the currently smallest, round ladies' watch "Ladybird" was presented. In response to the growing demand, Rayville-Blancpain joined the Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère (SSIH) in the late 1950s. This group also included major brands such as Omega, Tissot and Lemania. Like every success story, Blancpain's has setbacks. In the 1970s, there were several issues such as the oil crisis in 1973 and the launch of the quartz watches, which halved prices in production. The SSIH was forced to surrender all the trademark rights and in 1983 handed over the company to the young watchmaker Jacques Piguet. Under his leadership, the company was continued as Blancpain SA.

So far, Blancpain's excellent movements have mostly been hidden inside other well-known watches. Piguet prompted that the produced calibres should now be used only for watches branded with the own name. The new models were designed with innovation in mind, but also reflect the considerable tradition. Complicated complications recurred, reviving mechanical watchmaking. The watch "1735" was a tribute to the legendary founding year and was the most complicated watch in the world to the date of its publication. Numerous complications adorn the Blancpain 1735and perfectly reflect the entrepreneurial spirit of the founder Jehan-Jacques Blancpain.