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Bremont
We’re all Bremont fans here at Lusso, and we were very excited to see them featured on USA Prime Time television thanks to Jimmy Fallon’s chance encounter with the brand on his last visit to London. After hearing the story behind the Bremont MBI, Jimmy confirmed his Father-in-Law, aviator and Marine Corps veteran had ejected…
After the success of the Boeing Bremont Model 1 and Model 247 timepieces, the English watchmaker have announced further additions to the range at Baselworld 2015. Nick English explains, “Boeing is arguably the most famous aircraft company of all time and one of the world’s most innovative engineering leaders. With its one hundred years of aerospace achievement, Boeing’s…
This year’s Chivas ‘Made for Gentlemen’ collaboration is with the (usually) aviation-themed watch company Bremont. It’s a good fit in more ways than one: Bremont, like Chivas, was founded by two brothers, both passionate about craftsmanship and investing in the details that matter. After a visit to the Strathisla distillery where they met Chivas Master Blender…
Alex Henshaw, who died nearly two years ago, at the age of 94, was someone quite special. He was a truly magnificent test pilot whose name will forever be associated with the Second World Wars most famous aircraft, the Spitfire. For the five or six year period between 1940 and 1945, he test flew an…
I find myself writing about this because no matter how much I think about it, it still just seems so extraordinary. ‘It’ being Mighty Mouse, aka Sara Campbell, the world free-diving record holder and the tester of our Supermarine watch. My brother, Giles, and I have been developing mechanical watches now for several years. Our…
When our father died in a vintage aircraft accident in 1995 instinctively my brother, Giles, and I clung onto whatever we could that reminded us of him. We were both in our early twenties when he died in the practice air display. I remember the day as if it was yesterday when I had to travel to…
For Giles and I, our interest in all things mechanical began as young children. Our weekends and evenings were spent with our father in his workshop, tinkering with balsa wood, cogs and wheels and any other spare materials we could find lying around. Our father was an incredible engineer. To this day we still fly…