Blancpain Tornek-Rayville TR-900 Steel, matte black dial
Blancpain, 1964–1966
Why It Matters
The US-Navy-issued Fifty Fathoms, supplied through distributor Allen Tornek so a Swiss dive watch could meet the American Buy America Act. Its dial is signed 'Tornek-Rayville U.S.' ('Rayville' being Blancpain's own reference to its home town of Villeret), with a moisture indicator at 6 o'clock; the radioactivity warning tied to its promethium lume sits on the caseback.
Object Details
- Brand
- Blancpain
- Family
- Fifty Fathoms
- Model
- Tornek-Rayville TR-900 (military Fifty Fathoms)
- Reference
- TR-900
- Production
- 1964–1966
- Case
- ~40 to 41mm
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Movement
- Automatic A. Schild Cal. AS 1361, 17 jewels
- Dial
- Matte black, signed 'Tornek-Rayville U.S.', moisture indicator at 6
- Complication
- Rotating 60-minute dive bezel; caseback radiation marking (promethium lume)
- Provenance
- Model supplied to the US Navy in 1964 and 1966
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