Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Oceanographer and film-maker, 1910–1997
One watch, on one documented occasion. More about Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Blancpain
Fifty Fathoms Automatique
45 mm · €16,800
1955
On expeditionAboard the Calypso, filming Le Monde du silence
1955–1956
Cousteau's divers wore the Fifty Fathoms while shooting the film that took the Palme d'Or and an Oscar. It put a dive watch in front of an audience that had never seen the bottom of the sea, let alone a rotating bezel.
On the wrist: An early Fifty Fathoms
Which of the team wore what is not itemised in any contemporary record; the association is Blancpain's and is repeated by the specialist press.
Partly documented· checked September 2026timeandwatches.comteddybaldassarre.comen.wikipedia.org
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