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Bremont’s New CEO Brings Extensive Industry Experience To The Table

May 2, 2023 by Editorial Team

Bremont, Britain’s largest manufacturer of luxury watches, today announced that it has appointed industry veteran Davide Cerrato as CEO and a member of the Board. Bremont’s bold move to strengthen in-house capabilities with new CEO appointment. Bremont, Britain’s largest manufacturer of luxury watches, has recently announced the appointment of Davide Cerrato as CEO and a … Read more

Britain’s Largest Manufacturer of Luxury Watches Announces £48.4M Investment

January 27, 2023 by Editorial Team

Luxury Watchmaker Bremont Announces £48.4M ($59M) Investment By Bill Ackman and Hellcat LP. Bremont, Britain’s largest manufacturer of luxury watches, announced that renowned investor, Bill Ackman and his affiliate, has purchased a substantial minority interest in the company alongside Hellcat LP, Bremont’s long-standing lead investor, which increased its investment in the Company as part of … Read more

New MBII and Online Configurator for a unique watch for pilots ejected using Martin-Baker ejection seats

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 by Editorial Team

Ever wanted to add your own flair to an aviation watch? It’s over 10 years since the first Bremont Martin-Baker (MB) watch was released; a design born of the challenge to create a unique piece for pilots that had ejected using Martin-Baker ejection seats. It has become something of an icon in … Read more

The ultimate mountaineering achievement celebrated by Bremont Project Possible

March 19, 2020 by Editorial Team

The Bremont Project Possible Limited Edition marks the ultimate mountaineering achievements by Bremont Ambassador Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja MBE, on which he tested Bremont’s watches in some of the harshest environments on Earth.

Bremont Project Possible is a magnificent and historical feat of endurance.

Whilst Mount Everest may be closed and many of us are cooped up indoors, Bremont and Nims bring you a breath of fresh air and adventurous spirit.

This year’s watchmaking releases from Bremont feature several notable additions to the Bremont line up. The latest creation celebrates the ultimate mountaineering achievement by Bremont Ambassador Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja MBE, on which he tested Bremont’s watches in some of the harshest environments on Earth. Limited to only 300 pieces, the new Bremont Project Possible timepiece features GMT functionality and is based on Bremont’s celebrated Supermarine S500 watch.

2019 saw one man achieve the impossible.

It is unlikely in this lifetime that anyone will complete something of the magnitude that Bremont Ambassador Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja MBE accomplished in just 6 months and 6 days. Nims firmly took his place in mountaineering history when he completed Bremont Project Possible, a challenge to summit Earth’s 14 tallest mountains, all higher than 8,000m, in less than 7 months. Smashing the previous record of nearly 8 years and breaking a further 6 world records in the process, it’s arguably a record unlikely to be broken. The 14 mountains all enter the ‘death zone’ at that altitude, so-called because human life cannot exist there. Unphased by the enormity of the challenge, Nims never contemplated failure.

“This was never just about me, which is the reason I’ve been able to overcome some huge obstacles on this journey,” said – Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja MBE.

Nirmal Purja, known as Nims, is a Gurkha who proudly served in one of the British military’s most distinguished regiments in defence of the United Kingdom. Nims is the first Gurkha to climb Mount Everest while serving the British Military and he is the current holder of multiple World Records for the fastest ascent of double and triple header mountains in the ‘higher than 8000m’ category.

Turning the watch over reveals an open case back through which the rotor can be seen which details the heights of each of the 14 mountains, and in the order that Nims summitted them.

For the first time in Bremont’s history, the Project Possible introduces the use of a Bronze uni-directional rotating bezel, made using the finest Bronze alloys, Cusn8, which is superior based on strength and corrosion properties.

Bremont U-2/51-JET x Artist Adi Granov unleashes Venom

September 6, 2018 by Editorial Team

British luxury watch company Bremont set to feature in Tom Hardy’s Dark and Gritty Venom

bremont venom 2018 — Bremont U-2/51-JET x Artist Adi Granov unleashes Venom; photos: bremont.com

Not only does the new U-2/51-JET appear in Columbia Pictures’ Venom, but in collaboration with the studio, Bremont has teamed up with a renowned comic artist to paint the Bremont Broussard, the brand’s former 1950’s French military aircraft.

October 2018 will see the release of Columbia Pictures’ highly anticipated action-packed film Venom, one of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex antiheroes. With the trailer having reached 64 million views in its first 24 hours of release, Venom may be one of the biggest films to hit screens this Autumn.

An utter masterstroke in casting delivers Academy Award nominated actor Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock and the lethal protector. Hardy, who has a unique talent and range in creating brooding, dark and twisted characters for the big screen will no doubt have audiences captivated. Fitting with the dark and sombre tone of the film, the new stealthy Bremont timepiece can be seen throughout, adorning his wrist.

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The U-2/51-JET takes design cues from some of Bremont’s military work commissioned by the RAF’s 100 squadron members to complement their Hawk T1 Jet aircraft. The 100 Squadron was the first squadron formed for night bombing back in 1917 and its stealthy appearance led to the introduction of this ‘Jet’ lete with black smoked glass open case back through which one can view the automatic movement.black timepiece comp

Nick English, Bremont Co-Founder; “Our military projects continue to be an amazing test bed for new design features and the work we did for the Hawk T1 Fighter Squadron is a prime example of this. The jet black that is synonymous with them was a key focus to translate into the watch design; to that end we developed a new typeof anodization which helped us achieve a much deeper black on the aluminium barrel. If you compare this to theU-2 DLC for instance you can really see the difference. The colour contrast between the jet black, vintage lume and blue hands makes for arguably our stealthiest watch to date.”

By changing the radiuses on the traditional U-2 case, the U-2/51-JET is tougher and more hard wearing than ever. The extensive testing history behind this range and its proven military credibility, having been put through its paces on missions flying at 80,000 ft for over 12 hour stints and tested to temperatures as low as -50 degrees, makes this an incredibly durable pilot’s watch. Equally this timepiece incorporates some advanced technology including Bremont’s renowned antishock rubberised movement mount, designed to withstand the MB ejection seat programme, and Roto-Click technology on the bidirectional rotating inner bezel which measures 60 minutes.

The U-2-51-JET takes design cues from a military project commissioned by the RAF’s 100 Squadron and their Hawk T1 Jet aircraft — photo: bremont.com

Adventurer, broadcaster and ‘Speedbird’ sailor Hannah White announced as Bremont’s latest ambassador

February 2, 2016 by Editorial Team

Bremont announces ‘Speedbird’ sailor Hannah White as its latest ambassador.

Luxury, aviation themed British watchmaker Bremont Watch Company announced adventurer, broadcaster and sailor Hannah White as the latest Bremont Ambassador. White joins the likes of three times America’s Cup winner Jimmy Spithill, polar explorer Ben Saunders and mountaineer Kenton Cool.

“Hannah has been at the forefront of the world of adventure and sailing since the age of 15 and Bremont is proud to welcome her as their latest ambassador,” announced Bremont

Hannah White is well known for taking on extreme challenges like the gruelling Haute Route Cycle Race and sailing the Atlantic solo three times. Currently, Hannah has her sights set on being the world’s fastest woman on water with Project Speedbird. A very British endeavour, Project Speedbird is run by Hannah herself alongside Engineer and Project Speedbird’s technical director Dave Chisholm.

The project started with Hannah becoming the fastest person to cross the English Channel in June 2015 and will reach a climax this year as Hannah attempts the women’s two-speed records over both 500 metres and one mile at Grafham Water Centre in Cambridgeshire.

Alongside her adventures Hannah has forged a career in front of the camera as a broadcaster; presenting adventure shows, commentating on the Extreme Sailing Series and most recently anchoring BT Sports’ coverage of the America’s Cup, of which Bremont is the Official Timing Partner.

“It is amazing to see the progress of Project Speedbird which fits perfectly with the Bremont adventurous spirit. We are all following her progress eagerly and can’t wait to see her break the women’s world speed records. Hannah reaches incredible speeds of over 30 knots on Speedbird; she is a true adventurer both on and off the water,” commented Bremont Co-Founder, Giles English.

“I’m thrilled to be a Bremont Ambassador. Bremont is an iconic British brand and what Dave and myself are doing together in a little shed in the countryside is testament to British design and engineering; every part of the boat has been designed and built in the UK. Bremont’s philosophy of ‘Tested Beyond Endurance’ describes perfectly what we are trying to do on Grafham Water and I’m really excited to have the Bremont logo on my boat as we attempt to break both records in March and April this year on British waters,” explained Hannah White.