Blancpain was founded in 1735 by Jehan-Jacques Blancpain. In 1926 it was the first company to bring to the french market an automatic watch. After a 50 year halt, Blancpain is revitalized by JC Biver and Jacques Piguet.

They produced split second chronographs, tourbillons and repeaters. The Swatch Group purchased Blancpain in 2000. The factory is right next to the famous movement maker Frederic Piguet. Therefore, it can be said that Blancpain features an in-house movement. It should also be pointed out that Blancpain does not use an assembly line production rather each watchmaker assembles a watch from start to finish.