The Bremont Supersonic incorporates a ring of aluminium from Alpha Bravo, Heathrow’s last remaining Concorde. The company faced a setback when in 1996, the North American Watch Company rebranded as Movado, a mid range watch company that had been purchased in 1984 by the North American Watch Company. Concorde made its final commercial flight on 24 October 2003, flying 100 passengers at twice the speed of sound, from New York's JFK International Airport to London Heathrow. Before you wind it up, make sure that the crown is in the normal position, which means fully pressed against the case.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of an aircraft both brilliant and beautiful, Bremont has launched its eighth historical limited edition timepiece, the Bremont Supersonic, incorporating parts of one of the most famous and iconic planes in history – Concorde. Further turmoil happened in 2004, when Movado purchased financially troubled luxury Swiss watchmaker Ebel, causing Concord to be shunned in favor of their new acquisition. Concord premieres the new Saratoga®, a striking re-interpretation of one of its most enduringly popular watch designs. spirit of concorde limited edition print A unique and officially licensed Spirit of Concorde wall print design with Philip West art and two 24-carat gold-plated commemoratives – one with genuine Concorde metal – and Captain Mike Bannister’s signature. Seven months later, on 1 October 1969, the British-French Concorde achieved its first ever supersonic flight.This technology makes use of gravity and transforms the motion of your arm into energy to wind up your timepiece. Our timepieces with Steel-Frame Bezel Protection impress with their interplay of natural materials and robust 316L stainless steel. The launch of the "Delirium® I" makes headlines worldwide as the flattest analog watch ever made, the first ever to have a total thickness of less than 2 mm (1. This geodesic dome that covered the control tower, manufactured in 1982 by the Irish company Essco Collins Ltd, was dismantled by the Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC), the French civil aviation authority, on 19 September 2019 and was entrusted to us in 2020. The cork that comes with our watches and Bandlets is reversible and inscribed on both sides respectively with the sentence in German - “So einzigartig wie du”, as well as English - “As unique as you”.

Men's Mariner SL Quartz Watch, 42mm stainless steel with black PVD treatment case, brushed and polished finishing, sapphire crystal with antireflective underneath.

Highlighting the collection, named for the thoroughbred horseracing venue, comes the one-of-a-kind Saratoga® Grand Master Tourbillion. This week the Virtu’Ailes team found themselves with more than six people to work on the Concorde simulator. Silver galvanic dial with gunmetal-plated indexes and dots with white super-LumiNova®, diamond-polished gunmetal-platted hour, minute hands with super-LumiNova®, sweep seconds hand, 24 hours hand with red painting; brushed and polished stainless steel bracelet with deployment buckle with pushers. With Jean, our specialist from Lyon, we assembled the first electrical actuator with its mechanical part as well as the position, speed and force sensors, then the assembly was mounted on the pitch axis. Men's Mariner X Quartz Watch; 40mm stainless steel case with alternated brushed/polished finishing; sapphire crystal antireflective underneath.

We know that it’s what is on the inside that counts - and that those values can also be really impressive! celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Anglo-French supersonic airliner Concorde’s maiden flight in 1969. 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.

On 21 January 1976, two Concordes took off simultaneously, one from British Airways and one from Air France, on the world's first scheduled supersonic passenger flights. Black powder dial with rhodium plated indexes and white super-LumiNova®, date window; diamond-polished rhodium plated hour, minute hands with super-LumiNova®, seconds hand; brushed and polished stainless steel bracelet with push-button deployment clasp.

In 1800 half of the world's watches, around 200,000 pieces a year, were produced on British shores by British watchmakers, which is an incredible statistic.Extreme precision was required to meet the needs of this extraordinarily fast plane during its test flight programme. This report is based on the latest news from Virtu’Ailes, the association that has been maintaining and restoring the Air France Concorde simulator. Debut of the Concord Carlton, a stainless steel watch, revealing an Art Deco influence in its faceted case design. An independent organization conducts a survey to assess consumer awareness of watch brands in the luxury segment.