Bremont Special & Limited watches

Bremont Special & Limited brings together the British brand's commemorative and partnership watches in 43 mm cases. Bremont was founded in 2002 by the brothers Nick and Giles English, and its themed limited editions carrying material from historic aircraft began with the EP120.

The EP120 is named after Spitfire EP120, a 1942 Mk V based at Duxford that shot down six German aircraft in one day in 1942. Parts saved during its restoration went into the watch, including the dial, the movement and the rotor, and the run was limited to 120. The P-51 (251 pieces) followed with aluminium from P-51K Mustang 44-12016, a Pacific war veteran known as "Fragile but Agile": metal from its fuselage is built into the dial, the movement and the rotor. Both are steel chronographs with a 30-minute counter, a date and a 24-hour hand, on Bremont's automatic chronometer calibres.

The DH-88 honours the de Havilland DH.88 Comet Grosvenor House, which won the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia and belongs to the Shuttleworth Collection, for which the watch raised funds. Spruce plywood from the Comet's undercarriage is built into the rotor. The steel DH-88/SS is limited to 282 pieces and the rose gold DH-88/RG to 82, both with a black dial; the rose gold version is a three-register chronograph with a GMT hand on the BE-54AE.

The rest are partnership pieces rather than relic watches. The Oracle 1 and Oracle 2 were made in 2015 for Oracle Team USA, when Bremont was official timekeeper of the America's Cup; based on the Supermarine diver, they are 500 m steel watches, the silver-dial Oracle 1 a three-hander and the black-dial Oracle 2 adding a GMT hand. The ALT1-WT Kingsman is the rose gold world-timer chronograph worn by the agents in the 2015 film Kingsman: The Secret Service. The U-2/LE is limited to 150 pieces.