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Bremont H1 Supernova 40mm Mens Watch - Albus White
Ref. SUPERNOVA-AL-N-B
Sits in Bremont’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Bremont watches we list, which start at £2,895.
Price range £2,895 to £15,750 across 31 Bremont watches in stock.The Supernova exists because Bremont agreed to put a watch on the moon — specifically aboard Astrolab's FLIP Lunar Terrain Vehicle, bound for the lunar south pole. That is not a marketing association; the watch is physically going there and staying. The angular case geometry and the grid pattern running across the dial both reference spacecraft solar arrays, including the deployable panels on the FLIP rover itself. The 904L steel construction and the ceramic decahedral bezel are the engineering response to what that mission actually demands. On the wrist, the 40mm case reads larger than it measures because the integrated bracelet — Bremont's first — flows directly from the case without a visible join, making the whole piece read as a single sculpted object rather than a watch on a strap. At 11.1mm thick it sits considerably flatter than the architecture suggests it should, and that flatness is what allows it to wear as a daily watch rather than a piece kept for occasions. The Albus white dial works the light differently from the darker variants: the raised central section and the CD-line border around it catch angles that a plain white surface would lose, and the recessed power reserve display at six sits deep enough to read as a considered recess rather than an afterthought. The blue-emission Super-LumiNova on the dial was chosen deliberately over the more common green — in darkness it reads as a cold, contained glow that suits the watch's origins better than anything warmer would.
- Reference
- SUPERNOVA-AL-N-B
- Brand
- Bremont
- Case size
- 40mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- White
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- ENG375
- Functions
- Chronograph
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Lume
- Super-LumiNova
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Learn more about Bremont
Nick and Giles English founded Bremont in 2002, four years after their father died in a plane crash that Nick survived. All three had restored and flown vintage aircraft together, and the brand that emerged is inseparable from that. The name comes from Antoine Bremont, a French farmer who sheltered the brothers after an emergency landing.
Bremont set out to rebuild British watchmaking, which had effectively ended in the twentieth century. The early watches used Swiss movements in British-designed cases, with the Trip-Tick three-part case construction and a hardened outer barrel treated to over 2000 Vickers.
The military and aviation work is real rather than thematic. Bremont holds contracts with squadrons across the RAF, the US Air Force, and other services, producing issued watches for specific units, and has made watches for Martin-Baker ejection seat survivors — tested to the ejection forces themselves.
The company has also built watches incorporating material from historical objects: oak and copper from HMS Victory, aluminium from the Wright Flyer, and steel from Bletchley Park.
The manufacturing ambition advanced with the opening of a facility in Henley and the release of the ENG300 series in 2021, the first Bremont movement designed and largely made in England. Production is in the low tens of thousands annually.
- 2002
- Nick and Giles English found Bremont.
- 2007
- The first watches ship with the Trip-Tick case.
- 2009
- The Martin-Baker collaboration begins.
- 2021
- The ENG300 becomes the first English-made Bremont calibre.
Also in 4 collections
This watch appears in Stainless Steel Watches (3,033), Back in Stock (2,696), Automatic Watches (1,648) and Chronograph Watches (1,158).
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 40mm suits most wrists
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- One of Bremont's more premium watches
Bremont H1 Supernova alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | SUPERNOVA-AL-N-B | YA163321 | 49555-11-131-11A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £8,400 | £8,130 | £8,700 |
| Case size | 40mm | 40mm | 40mm |
| Water resistance | — | 30m | 30m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet |
| Power reserve | — | 60 hours | 46 hours |
| This watch | Closely matched | Closely matched |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Will the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedIs it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as men's, though at 40mm it sits in the range that suits anyone.
Cheapest place to buy
Mappin & Webb is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.
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