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Published on Feb 1, 2019
The Bremont Supersonic Limited Edition Stainless Steel is encased in 43mm of stainless steel surrounding a silver dial on a blue leather strap. This Supersonic is inspired by the Concorde supersonic transport that flew from the 1970s to 2003. The caseback spacer ring includes a piece of recovered aluminum from Heathrow's final display Concorde G-BOAB.
The Bremont Supersonic is a limited edition of 300 pieces in stainless steel. Bremont's first manual wind caliber, the BE11M movement, includes a bridge cut in the shape of the Concorde. The movement has an 8 day power reserve, quick set date, and a beat rate of 21,600 vibrations per hour. The watch is water resistant to 100 meters.
Functions include hours, minutes, small-seconds, 8-day power reserve, power-reserve indicator, and date. The watch also measures 13.2mm in thickness and 51.2mm from lug-to-lug.
DESCRIPTIONLimited to 300 pieces, the Supersonic Stainless Steel has been hand assembled by our skilled watchmakers at Bremont’s workshop in Henley-on-Thames. The Supersonic contains Bremont’s first ever manual wind movement which features an 8 day power reserve and has a power reserve indicator at the 12 o’clock position. The style of the timepiece is reminiscent of a 70’s look and feel with its sunburst white dial representing Concorde’s specially developed highly reflective paint. The blue hands of the Supersonic reflect British Airways blue on Concorde’s famous livery. The Bremont Supersonic incorporates a ring of aluminium from Alpha Bravo, Heathrow’s last remaining Concorde. The silhouette of this remarkable aircraft is subtly machined into the movement’s customised base plate and G-BOAB’s attributes feature in gold around the aluminium decoration ring. The beautiful bespoke packaging, which has been engineered and made in England, is a subtle nod to the iconic shape of Concorde. This timepiece comes on a Concorde Blue Connolly leather strap with pin buckle to complement case material.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
MOVEMENT
Modified calibre BE-11M 8 day manual wind movement. Glucydur balance and Anachron balance spring with Nivaflex mainspring. Rated frequency 21,600 bph. Sub seconds hand at 6 o’clock. Date window at 6 o’clock. 33 jewels, 32.4mm diameter, 4.8mm height. Decoration ring visible from the case back, constructed from aluminium used in G-BOAB.
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes, permanent small seconds at 6 o’clock, date at 6 o’clock. 8 day power reserve indicator at 12 o’clock.
CASE
Stainless steel in Bremont Trip-Tick® construction. Case diameter 43mm, lug width 22mm, case height 14.56mm.
CASE BACK
Stainless steel case back with integrated flat crystal. 5 stainless steel screws with polished heads.
DIAL
Sunray Silver White metal dial, applied indexes, blue steel hands with Super-LumiNova®.
CRYSTAL
Anti-reflective scratch resistant sapphire crystal.
WATER RESISTANCE
Water resistant to 10 ATM/100 metres.