Great read Jason and great seeing you there. I must say, six years without an invite – considering you basically invented the genre of on the wrist, underwater dive watch reviews you'd think you'd be grandfathered in at this point 😂 . I will miss the original Supermarine, as well. I never owned one but I still have a ALT-1Z from the first year they showed at Basel and after all these years, the Trip-Tick case still looks essentially new.
Jason, thank you for your candid, insightful comments, especially about our old friend, Bremont. Your perspective is why we subscribe. For our British mate, it's the passing of an era. Time, gentlemen, please.
Great article Jason, thank you and some really great insight into Bremont. My dad’s office chair was made by Martin Baker. He was an RAF pilot. When he died I bought an MB 3 with part of the inheritance. It seemed a perfect way of remembering him and the job that defined him. I have worn that watch in some pretty challenging situations and it holds some incredible memories but the Bremont, that was, is gone. You won’t be the only one watching them move away Jason but nothing will change the importance of what the English brothers did. Regardless of the future they gave it a run for British watchmaking and, of that, they can proud.
A great read, though underlining the fact that I had to stay remote for my writing commissions this year. And I don’t know how to say it, but I’ll put it like this, I am seriously considering the latest-before-changeover S302 blue/green Bremont. The latest ones, to understate a fact, not so much. And as you, I am feeling a bit down about the whole affair…
I think that IWC Eternal Calendar is my watch of the show. The engineering involved in that is what I love about horology.
I agree with you with regard to Bremont. Though I've never owned one of their watches (outside of my meager budget), I've always been a fan of them ever since I first saw the Boeing collaboration watches.
Great read Jason and great seeing you there. I must say, six years without an invite – considering you basically invented the genre of on the wrist, underwater dive watch reviews you'd think you'd be grandfathered in at this point 😂 . I will miss the original Supermarine, as well. I never owned one but I still have a ALT-1Z from the first year they showed at Basel and after all these years, the Trip-Tick case still looks essentially new.
Jason, thank you for your candid, insightful comments, especially about our old friend, Bremont. Your perspective is why we subscribe. For our British mate, it's the passing of an era. Time, gentlemen, please.
Great article Jason, thank you and some really great insight into Bremont. My dad’s office chair was made by Martin Baker. He was an RAF pilot. When he died I bought an MB 3 with part of the inheritance. It seemed a perfect way of remembering him and the job that defined him. I have worn that watch in some pretty challenging situations and it holds some incredible memories but the Bremont, that was, is gone. You won’t be the only one watching them move away Jason but nothing will change the importance of what the English brothers did. Regardless of the future they gave it a run for British watchmaking and, of that, they can proud.
A great read, though underlining the fact that I had to stay remote for my writing commissions this year. And I don’t know how to say it, but I’ll put it like this, I am seriously considering the latest-before-changeover S302 blue/green Bremont. The latest ones, to understate a fact, not so much. And as you, I am feeling a bit down about the whole affair…
I think that IWC Eternal Calendar is my watch of the show. The engineering involved in that is what I love about horology.
I agree with you with regard to Bremont. Though I've never owned one of their watches (outside of my meager budget), I've always been a fan of them ever since I first saw the Boeing collaboration watches.
Nice! Hippocrates famously taught under a plane tree. Thanks for the update from Geneve. Sounds like that show can be overwhelming!
Very nice read and summary. I much enjoyed it.