Bremont?s latest watch definitely lives up to the brand?s Tested Beyond Endurance strapline, having accompanied polar explorer Ben Saunders on an expedition that tested him to his limits.

by James Buttery

The watch that Saunders wore on his wrist late last year was the new Bremont S500 Endurance launched today at Bremont?s London townhouse annual event. The 43mm titanium GMT with open caseback and 42-hour power reserve in a satin-finished case and comes mounted on a burnt orange fabric strap, coped admirably with what Saunders himself described as the worst conditions he had ever witnessed.

Saunders was forced to abandon his unassisted and unsupported solo attempt to traverse Antarctica from Berkner Island to Ross Ice Shelf last year despite making it to the South Pole after 52 days on foot. He calculated that he would run out of food four days short of his destination and, under the terms of the attempt, wasn?t permitted to resupply.
Saunders? gut-wrenching decision to abandon the expedition followed a promise to his friend and fellow explorer Lt Col Henry Worsley, who died attempting the same feat the previous year, that he wouldn?t risk his life own in the attempt. However, Saunders remains the only British person to have completed solo expeditions to both the North and South Poles without support or assistance.

 
The S500 Endurance is limited to 300 pieces, priced at £4,795, and is the spiritual successor to Bremont?s Terra Nova, the titanium GMT launched in ...