Bremont, as it has done for the past few years, skipped the big Swiss watch fairs in 2019, choosing instead a handful of more intimate “Townhouse” events in London and New York City for the launch of its 2019 collection. If you live on the West Coast, however, you may well have missed both of those. Good news: Your chance to check out Bremont’s newest timepieces comes in just over a week, at the inaugural WatchTime Los Angeles event on May 3-4. Here’s a rundown of some of the pieces you’ll discover.
Bremont Supermarine S300 White
The new Armed Forces Collection, a trilogy of new models developed in partnership with the British Ministry of Defence, is the centerpiece of the 2019 offerings. The watches take their inspiration from the famous ?Dirty Dozen,? a series of watches commissioned by the British Army during World War II and are the first Bremont Military timepieces available for purchase by civilians. They are also the only watches authorized by the MoD to bear the heraldic badges of all three of Britain?s military services, the Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force (RAF). These badges are stamped on the solid casebacks of all three models, whose two-part cases are made of hardened steel, though not in the familiar ?Trip-Tick? configuration of more expensive Bremont watches. Like the original ?Dirty Dozen,? the Bremont Armed Forces pieces meet a specific set of criteria for usage in the field, including water resistance, luminous markings ...