Marilyn, Betty and Blancpain's women

It is the first public unveiling of a historic Blancpain watch The watch presented in New York as part of the Timeless Elegance exhibition belonged to Marilyn Monroe The FHF 59 movement bears the legend "Rayville Watch Co.

17 Jewels", referring to the company name chosen by Blancpain's new owners, Betty Fiechter and André Léal, who bought the company after the death of the last member of the Blancpain family in 1932 The exhibition also narrates the history of ladies' watches at Blancpain through a series of exhibits Here, the main character is not Marilyn Monroe but Betty Fiechter who, in 1933, was the first woman to become head of a watch manufacture.

Marilyn Monroe's cocktail watch brings these two women together, with Blancpain as their shared reference Blancpain has never forgotten Marilyn Monroe, as all the ladies' moon phase watch in the Villeret Women collection, launched in 2006, attest. . Source