Bremont Jaguar watches

The Bremont Jaguar watches came out of a partnership between Bremont and Jaguar. The two announced the Jaguar MKI and MKII in February 2015, after Bremont had made six chronometers to complement the six continuation Lightweight E-type racing cars Jaguar was building. Both companies worked with Jaguar's Director of Design, Ian Callum, on the new watches.

The MKI is the time-and-date model. Its dial takes its cues from the E-type dashboard, with offset small seconds, a date window at 6 o'clock and a red-line quadrant between 3 and 4 o'clock. Jaguar describes a 43 mm polished stainless steel case, slimmer than that of the Lightweight E-type watches, with a domed crystal and a sapphire caseback. The self-winding movement is based on Bremont's BWC/01, and its winding rotor is shaped like a miniature three-spoke E-type steering wheel with the Jaguar Growler at its centre. Jaguar said it was not a limited edition. The MKII, announced alongside it, is a chronograph on a customised BE-50AE automatic movement.

The Jaguar E-Type MK1 is the MKI in 43 mm stainless steel with a black dial under sapphire. The date at 6 o'clock and the steering-wheel rotor behind the caseback set it apart from the MKII chronograph, whose two subdials sit at 3 and 9 o'clock.