Earlier this month, British-based Bremont unveiled its Project Possible Limited Edition ? an impressive new GMT diver commemorating Nirmal ?Nims? Purja’s conquest of the world?s 14 highest peaks in just 7 months,  and the first model in the brand?s line-up to use bronze components. While this watch has drawn the lion’s share of buzz, Bremont had no plans for it to be the brand?s only new release in 2020. Today we?ll be taking a look at the two new pilots’ chronographs that accompanied this significant release: the ALT1-C Griffon and ALT1-P2 Jet ? two new members of the ALT1 design family, one looking to the past of aviation, the other peering into its future.

First looking at the ALT1-C Griffon, we find a watch that takes its inspiration from Bremont?s past, or more specifically from Bremont?s founders Nick and Giles English?s father?s past, as a pilot for Britain’s RAF flying PR Mk XIX planes. This aircraft was the last of the specialized photo-reconnaissance variants of the famous Spitfire plane from WWII, and one of the few to use the Griffon engine for which this watch is named. This new ALT1-C comes as a follow-up to the brand?s original ALT1-C Cream model first released in 2007, a commonly riffed-upon design in Bremont?s toolbox; the most recent version was a commemorative model released in partnership with England Rugby.
The new ALT1-C Griffon has a 43-mm brushed steel case with rounded lugs and stepped chronograph pushers, as well as an en...