BRITISH ENGINEERING. TESTED BEYOND ENDURANCE
BRITISH ENGINEERING. TESTED BEYOND ENDURANCE
Watches are the most precise mechanical devices on the planet. Bremont aims to keep it that way. Our watches are subjected to rigorous testing procedures in the workshop and in the field by our ambassadors and partners. Our ethos is brought to life in the design, specification and quality of materials which allows us to manufacture watches that are both at home in the boardroom and in rather more physical environments.
Nine layers of anti-reflective treatment are applied to both sides of the sapphire crystals and B-EBE2000 hardening technology makes Bremont watch cases an average of seven times harder and more scratch-resistant than competitors’. The result is a distinctive range of elegant watches. This uncompromising quality is reflected in the 3-year guarantee. Watch the video below and take a look inside the Bremont MB to discover our most over-engineered timepiece.
TRIP-TICK® CASE CONSTRUCTION
All Bremont watch cases use Bremont Trip-Tick® construction consisting of three parts:
The hardened steel bezel element, containing the sapphire crystal.
The central body section, consisting of a titanium or DLC treated middle barrel.
The steel and crystal case back.
The separate middle section offers flexibility in both durability and design. It allows us to manufacture cases from different metals, such as titanium, to alter the watch’s weight. DLC, meanwhile, adds to the variety by using contrasting colours to distinguish between models.
ANTI-MAGNETIC FARADAY CAGE
A number of Bremont models are designed to withstand the detrimental effects of magnetism on a watch’s movement. With a limited amount of space available, this is achieved by encasing the movement in a soft-iron Faraday cage. Any potentially harmful magnetic fields are then routed around the movement.
BREMONT ANTI-SHOCK
Designed by Bremont initially for the MB range of watches, our unique rubberised movement mount encloses the inner workings. A flexible ring then connects the mount to the outer case, absorbing shocks and allowing the inner case and movement to float.
BREMONT ROTO-CLICK®
Many Bremont watches have been designed from a clean sheet of paper. New bezel technology designed and built in-house is now integrated into a number of models such as the U-2. The bezel rotates while gliding on a series of four ball bearings. These bearings knit into the gearing of the bezel to produce a most satisfying click for every minute rotated.
BREMONT B-EBE2000 WATCH CASE TREATMENT
All Bremont watches are treated for hardness with B-EBE2000 technology. During this special stage in the case production the metal is heat-treated and defused with carbon, then bombarded with electrons. The process dramatically increases the hardness and scratch resistance of the stainless steel. On the Vickers’ scale of hardness, for example, B-EBE2000 produces a watch case with a value of 2000Hv - approximately seven times that of the normal stainless steel used for watch cases.
SAPPHIRE WATCH CRYSTALS
Our convex sapphire crystals come with a Mohs hardness rating of 9. That’s also the equivalent to 2000Hv on the Vickers’ scale. Untreated crystals can allow light to reflect back, significantly affecting the legibility of the dial. So antireflective coatings are vapour-deposited to both sides of the glass in a vacuum environment, reducing reflections to less than 0.5% for optimum legibility.
SUPER-LUMINOVA®
Bremont carefully applies as many as 15 to 20 coats of Super-LumiNova® paint to a range of dials in our collection; it ensures optimal visibility in the poorest of lighting conditions.
HELIUM ESCAPE VALVE
The Bremont Supermarine range features a helium escape valve. This springloaded single-direction valve is activated when the differential between the inner and outer pressure reaches a critical level. This results in the release of the gases trapped in the watch case. Watches with helium escape valves are pressure tested at our workshop.
