HODINKEE have just officially released what tonight is all about - the new Bremont manufactured movement, the Bremont ENG300!
Read an in-depth article about the movement and conception here: HODINKEE- Bremont ENG300
(Picture from Bremont/Hodinkee)
The Brothers have bought the manufacturing rights of a movement called 'K1' from a Swiss ‘consortium’ called THE+. Bremont will manufacture 5 of the components in-house, along with some assembly and regulation, whilst other processes take place with external partner companies in Switzerland
The interesting take aways from this for me is that it has been subject to - and indeed passed - the Martin-Baker test criteria AND also that they are already extending The Wing to push up ability to assembled the movements from 5000 next year, right up to their full potential to replace the ETA movements found in the watches currently.
Also, it's worth nothing that the rotor rather obviously has the word 'LONGITUDE' engraved - more on that this evening, no doubt..
Thoughts?