Introducing The Bremont Broadsword Bronze Collection
If you check the wrists of most serving personnel today, you?ll usually find one of two watches. Both are almost ubiquitous, whether you?re navy, army or airforce. They?re the Casio F-91W or some sort of G-Shock. They?re designed to survive pretty much anything chucked at them on active service. But even their biggest fans would have to admit, although they?re nailed-on classics, they do lack a certain elegance. So if you fancy something with distinct milwatch influences but don?t want the wrist-puck experience of a G, how about a Bremont Broadsword Bronze"
There?s an undoubted appeal that comes from the implied ruggedness, single-minded purpose and clear design of something intended to tell the time in the field. It?s easy to see why – if a watch is good enough for the military and to survive being shot at, dunked, bashed and beasted, it must easily be good enough to manage nipping in for a latte on the way to the office. And there are plenty of classic military watch designs from the past to draw on – the IWC Mk series, anything that sprang from the The RLM (Reichs-Luftfahrtministerium) criteria for aviation watches or the UK Ministry of Defence?s specification for military timepieces.
This last one is what Bremont have called on for their new Broadsword Bronze?s design. Back in early 2019, Bremont launched the original Broadsword. A military-style watch for us civvies, it had a clear, easy to read face, a solid 40mm stainless steel cas...
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