In the Marvel/Columbia Pictures action thriller Venom, opening October 5, British actor Tom Hardy stars as Eddie Brock, a disgraced journalist who merges with an alien symbiote to become the black-clad, super-powered antihero of the film’s title. Like his nightmarish alter ego, the watch that Hardy’s Brock wears in the film is defined by its dark exterior and gritty toughness: the Bremont U-2/51 Jet, launched this year in London and making its U.S. debut at WatchTime New York, America’s Luxury Watch Show, on October 26-27.
Tom Hardy wears a Bremont in his lead role of Eddie Brock in the upcoming movie Venom.
The Bremont U-2/51 Jet was designed as a stealth bomber for the wrist.
The watch is the latest addition to Bremont’s U-2 range, which the British watch manufacturer originally developed for select clients in elite military squadrons. The U-2/51 Jet draws design inspiration from several of these earlier models as well as from a specific branch of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) ?  the RAF 100 Squadron, the first team formed for night bombing, in 1917. The resulting watch is a veritable stealth bomber for the wrist ? and the perfect wristwear for Hardy’s shadow-crawling, night-stalking “lethal protector,” Venom. The extra crown at 4 o’clock controls the inner rotating flange.
The watch’s jet-black case is made of DLC-coated steel and features Bremont’s now familiar “Trip-Tick” case construction. Me...