Bremont’s H1 Release Today

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So I know there is a lot of hate on TRF for Bremont, and I am not a huge fan of their costs relative to similar-tier brands, however it is hard to deny that their watches are now of significant quality.

They made their new line release today which consists of a series of watches containing their ENG300 pseudo in-house movement. They made mention of some COSC testing which I didn’t fully understand properly, but it seems they build their watches and test them to COSC spec (and I seem to have picked up that their testing exceeded COSC, but it might be more confusion on my part). While they produced a few limited editions in the past with the ENG300 movement, this release represents a core range containing the new calibre.

I saw the movement for the first time last Tuesday and was rather impressed with both the fit and finish, the design, and overall quality. Today’s release features three models, one of which (the Supernova) included a new case design and a brand new bracelet — the latter is a massive leap forward for Bremont. Given that the watch features their movement protection system, however, the bracelet could have done with a clasp with some adjustment potential; it seems odd to then give the watch a showy dress clasp on a chunky bracelet.

The other two watches are, perhaps not surprisingly, pilot’s style watches and of very little interest to me. I was also hoping for the release of something like an ENG400 — their own take on a traveller’s gmt which would bring the company in line with Mido, Tudor, Longines, and so on. Nevertheless, the Supernova is a big leap forward for Bremont and it is nice to see a line now contain their new movement.

In my opinion, if they threw a rotating bezel on the Supernova, threw in their own traveller’s gmt (perhaps a modification of the ETA like the ENG300), and put on a proper clasp and they would have damn near the perfect watch.

Here are some photos of the supernova pulled from A Blog To Watch’s coverage of the release.











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