BREMONT PARTNER
MARTIN-BAKER
BRITISH EJECTION SEAT MANUFACTURER
THE BREMONT MB
A PILOT'S WATCH SHOULD ENDURE EVERYTHING THE PILOT DOES.
Martin-Baker is a British aviation company responsible for supplying fighter ejection seat technology to many of the world's air forces. In 2007, they approached Bremont to create a watch worthy of carrying the Martin-Baker name. Rather than adapting an existing design, the watch was developed to embody the same principles of performance, durability, and reliability that define Martin-Baker's ejection seats. The result was the Bremont MB collection, inspired by aviation and engineered to withstand demanding conditions. Today, the collection continues to honour this unique partnership. The limited-edition MBI remains reserved exclusively for pilots who have ejected using a Martin-Baker seat, while the MB Meteor, inspired by the original MB design, is available to all. The MB Range is a must-have for any serious collector. It has been put through the same intensive, extensive testing schedule that the ejection seats go through.
extensively TESTED
LIVE EJECTION TESTING
Live ejection launch puts the watch under extreme G forces.
MFOS CRASHWORTHY TEST
The Multi-functional Operators seat (MFOS) is used in helicopters such as the Blackhawk. This particular test pictured was simulating a dynamic forward crash at over 18G, moving at 42ft per second.
EXTREME TEMPERATURE ENDURANCE
The Bremont MB watches have been subjected to Temperature Testing to ensure they continue to operate in extreme conditions. The watch is held for one day in temperatures as low as -40° C, and then up to +40° C for a further 24 hours.
VIBRATION TESTING
The test shakes and vibrates the watch on the wrist of a test dummy to simulate a 30 year life of an aircraft.
ALTITUDE TESTING
The watches are held in an Altitude Test Chamber to simulate taking them up to 100,000 feet for 60 minutes before being rapidly brought down again.
AIRCRAFT CARRIER DECK TEST
The ACDT test simulates the level of salt fog and humidity that an aircraft carrier deck would endure during a 6 month tour. Exposure to salt and then drying for 96 hours tests the watches against corrosion and the binding of moving parts.
Tested Beyond Endurance
The robust nature of the MB is not only down to the testing, but the over engineered design of the watch. Both the movement and mechanism of the Martin-Baker have been designed to ‘float’ in a controlled manner within the Bremont patented Trip-Tick® case by attaching the inner case to it via a flexible ring. In doing so, shocks to the movement are minimised and shock energy absorbed. As well as this, the inner case that encloses the movement of the Bremont Martin-Baker has the function of an anti-magnetic shield. This inner case is made from soft iron and has been created to work as a ‘Faraday-Cage’ making the Bremont Martin-Baker watch immune to extreme magnetic fields, and a timepiece that has truly been ‘Tested Beyond Endurance'.
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