In 1735 Jehan-Jacques Blancpain set up workshop for watchmaking in his home in Switzerland making Blancpain the oldest watch making brand in the world. 1815 saw the innovation by replacing with the crown-wheel mechanism with a cylinder escapement. The brand has been at the forfront of watch making ever sense. Today each watch is unique from the case to a strap and mechanical hands developed by a specialists to guarantee an extraordinary quality.