To be expected. Blancpain has never been a “cool” brand. The Fifty Fathoms is ugly and dated. Sparse to a fault, like those Unimatic watches. Just my opinion, to each their own. It’s also $400 plastic watch that can’t be serviced. The ETA quartz movement in the Moonswatch runs on batteries and objectively has a longer theoretical service life vs a sistem51 movement.

The color selection is hideous. There’s no “Mission to the Moon” option available. Imagine a black on black bezel option with the iconic yellow/red no rads indicator…but of course people would never bother buying the real thing if that were the case. The Fifty Fathoms doesn’t have the same mythological pull that the Moonwatch has.

Maybe try putting the Tank on a nice leather strap instead of bracelet and seeing how you feel? I personally love a smaller Tank with a more muted dial. Easier to dress down. A tank on bracelet always seems wrong to me haha, more of a santos thing in my mind.

That new Timex Marlin Chrono looks incredible. Especially the panda version. Dare I say it looks about as good as the Heuer 60th anniversary Carrera…