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Established in 1735 of the first Blancpain manufacture as a cottage industry by Jehan-Jacques Blancpain. In early 1930's Launch by Blancpain of L�on Hatot�s rectangular "Rolls", an automatic wristwatch using "roller winding", whereby the movement could move back and forth in the case - a revolutionary idea at that time. Worn by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his team during the shoot of �The World of Silence� (Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1956), Blancpain�s Fifty Fathoms was also selected for its technical superiority by several armies (among others: US, French, German and Italian). A world first: the smallest movement indicating moon phase, day, month and date. Another world premi re: the first and only self-winding Tourbillon watch with date and one-week power reserve. Blancpain presents simultaneously all six masterpieces of the watchmakers art housed in identical cases. And finally, marking watchmaking history, the 1735 including all six masterpieces in a single watchcase the most complicated wristwatch ever made. To celebrate the 300th birthday of its founder, Jehan-Jacques Blancpain, the company in Le Brassus created the 7001 watch.