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LIMITED EDITION
MUSTANGP-51WATCH
TESTED BEYOND ENDUR ANCE
ISSUED FOR THE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE
OF ALL CONCERNED
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BREMONT WATCH COMPANY
The Bremont Watch Company would like to
congratulate you most sincerely on the
purchase of your P-51 chronograph. This
particular watch has been developed over a
number of years through the company’s desire
to make a truly unique timepiece that quite
simply cannot be replicated again.
The inspiration for many of the Bremont
timepieces come from the world of aviation,
no more so than the P-51 and its predecessor,
the EP120, whose roots lie in the original
wartime chronographs still found in these
historic aircraft.
This watch is made in a limited edition of 251
of which this is No ...............................
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P -51 CHRONOGRAPH
Time began for Bremont when Nicholas and Giles English, two
brothers with a shared passion for aviation, embarked on a
project to make beautifully crafted pilot’s chronometers of
exceptional quality. Inspired amongst other things by their love
of historic aircraft, the watches had to be durable and
mechanically special. They would be built in limited numbers by
hand at their own dedicated atelier in the UK and Switzerland.
Today, the workshop produces no less than twenty different
models including some very special limited editions. With the
passion that continues to fuel all of the Bremont ranges was a
desire to produce a number of truly limited edition watches – a
watch limited through necessity.
Original aluminium metal from the aircraft fuselage is integrated
into both the dial of the P-51 and the movement of the timepiece.
The dial itself is inspired by the clocks found in the wartime P-51
aircraft. The 43mm hardened steel Trip-Tick® case, using
Bremont’s B-EBE2000 technology, integrates the new rotating
‘Roto-Click®’ inner bezel that houses four ball-bearings inside
the case. As with many of Bremont’s latest watch designs, the
P-51 is assembled at the company’s atelier in England rather
than their workshop in Biel-Bienne in Switzerland, and houses a
modified Swiss BE-54A automatic chronometer movement that
also shows UTC time. The watch will be limited to only 251
pieces. Every watch has been hand-crafted using exceptional
amounts of skill, time and effort to include original parts of the
1944 P-51 Mustang, ‘Fragile-but-Agile’, saved during restoration.
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Lieutenant Bert Lee and his P-51 Mustang
P -51’s H ISTORY
The Bremont P-51 chronometer and chronograph is built with
original parts from the famous 1944 Mustang WWII aircraft
P-51K-10 (serial number 44-12016) - a Pacific war veteran also
known as ‘Fragile but Agile’.
P-51K-10 (serial number 44-12016) rolled off the North
American Aviation assembly line in Dallas, Texas, on 18
December 1944 and was then loaded onto a ship on the 15th
January 1945 for an assignment in the Far East. It was to take
part in the American campaign to retake the Philippine Islands
from the Japanese.
On arrival in the Pacific Theatre of Operations, the aircraft was
assigned to the 342nd Fighter Squadron of the 348th Fighter
Group, which then was stationed at the San Marcelino airbase,
just north of Manila Bay.
Lt. Bert Lee Jr. was assigned to fly the aircraft and was credited
with two confirmed victories during the war, which accounts for
the two Japanese flags painted below his name on the plane.
One was a Japanese A6M “Zero” fighter near Manila and the
other a twin-engine “Betty” bomber. A lot of Lt. Lee’s missions
in the P-51 were ground support in what was then Indochina.
Lee and his Mustang both survived the war. Following its time in
the US Air Force, ‘Fragile but Agile’ then spent time serving with
both the Swedish and Israeli military before eventually being
restored by pilot and collector Stephen Grey and The Fighter
Collection based at Duxford in the UK. In 2009 the Mustang
was acquired by another collector and good friend of Stephen’s
– Dan Friedkin, based in Houston, Texas.
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Lieutenant Bert Lee
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P-51 Mustang, Fragile but Agile
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P-51 Mustang, Fragile but Agile
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P-51 Mustang, Fragile but Agile
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THE BREMONT P -51AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH
Your P-51 Chronometer shows you the time in hours,
minutes, seconds and the date. It also shows the time in
another time zone using its 24-hour hand (or UTC hand).
With the chronograph you can measure up to 30
minutes (in minutes and seconds) through the ‘Time of
Trip’ chronograph dial positioned at 12 o’clock.
The mechanical movement with automatic winding has a
free-swinging rotor that keeps the mainspring wound via
the motion of your wrist. The movement in your P-51 has
25 jewels, runs at 28,800 bph and has a 42-hour power
reserve once fully wound.
The watch is water resistant to 100m (10 ATM) and the
dial is protected by a dual anti-reflective sapphire crystal
that is retained securely (in the case of low pressure
found at extreme altitudes).
The case of your watch is made from an especially-
hardened stainless steel. To ensure that this rather
special watch continues to run beautifully for years to
come, you must follow a few important operating
instructions.
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THE BREMONT P -51FEATURES
MOVEMENT
Modified calibre 13 1/4” BE-54AE automatic
chronometer, 25 jewels, Glucydur balance, Anachron
balance spring, Nivaflex 1 mainspring, 28,800bph, 42
hour power reserve. Hand-crafted aluminium rotor
from the 44-12016 skin.
FUNCTIONS
Hour/minute/second, date at 4H, chronograph with
seconds and 30 minutes, 24 hour UTC hand.
CASE
Hardened stainless steel Bremont Trip Tick®
construction with scratch resistant PVD treated case
barrel. Case diameter 43.00mm, lug width 22.00mm,
case thickness 16.00mm.
CASE BACK
Stainless steel with integrated flat crystal, 5 stainless
steel screws with polished heads.
BEZEL
Internally rotating bezel operated by crown at 8H with
Bremont Roto-Click® technology.
DIAL
Metal dial with various ground colours with integrated
aluminium sub-dial from 44-12016 skin. Coated nickel
hands with bespoke SuperLumiNova®.
CRYSTAL
Domed anti-reflective, scratch resistant sapphire
crystal.
WATER RESISTANCE
Water resistant to 10 ATM, 100 metres.
RATINGS
C.O.S.C chronometer tested.
BRACELET
Tanned embossed calf-skin leather strap with engraved
stainless steel solid pin buckle.
CERTIFICATION
Every watchcase and movement is engraved with its
Bremont serial number and is accompanied by its
C.O.S.C certification. Registration required.
LIMITED EDITION
P-51 limited to 251 pieces.
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THE BREMONT P -51AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH
Key to fig. 2
CROWN - 3 POSITIONS
1. Normal running of watch and hand-winding
2. Rapid correction of date and 24 hour hand
3. Position for setting the time with the stop second
and correction of the date at every passing of midnight
DATE CHANGE SHOULD NOT BE CARRIED OUT BETWEEN
8PM AND 2PM.
The watch is self wound by movements of the wrist.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
a.
1. Start
2. Stop Read
3. Restart
4. Stop Read
5. Restart
6. Stop Read
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1. Reset to zero
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THE BREMONT P -51INSTRUCTIONS
WINDING THE WATCH
The P-51 can be wound from position I by rotating the
crown in a clockwise motion. The movement will
automatically start with just a few revolutions of the
rotor, however it is better to wind the movement fully
with about 30 revolutions of the crown. By doing this you
will achieve maximum accuracy and have a power
reserve of about 42 hours – even when the watch is not
on your wrist.
SETTING THE DATE
You can adjust the date by gently pulling out the crown
to position II. You can now change the date by rotating
the crown clockwise. DO NOT CHANGE THE DATE
BETWEEN 8PM AND 2AM, AS THIS MAY DAMAGE THE
MOVEMENT. This is when the pinions are being
repositioned to carry out the automatic date change.
SETTING THE TIME
Pull the crown out to position III. This will stop the
movement. You can now position the minute hand
exactly. To start the second hand, push the crown back
to position I. When setting the time, it is worth noting
that the date change always takes place at mid-night
(24.00).
To change the UTC (or 24 hour hand), pull the crown out
to position II and rotate the crown in an anti-clockwise
direction. Ensure that the crown is pushed back to
position I after setting the watch.
ROTATING THE BEZEL
Your P-51 is fitted with an internally rotating bezel with
minute calibration. The bezel can be moved, both in a
clockwise and anti-clockwise direction using the crown
on your watch positioned at 8 o’clock.
CHRONOMETER TESTING
Every Bremont watch is chronometer tested and is
accompanied by a performance certificate issued by the
‘Contrôle Official Suisse des Chronomètres’ (COSC) to
show that the mechanical movement has passed all of
the rigorous precision tests - a necessity of the
chronometer designation.
The chronometer certification which takes 15 days to
complete over several different temperature ranges and
watch positions, means that the average daily variation
rate must be between -4 and +6 seconds. With 86,400
seconds in a single day, this gives Bremont’s watches an
accuracy in the region of 99.998%.
WATCH CARE
The testing that the Bremont Watch Company puts all of
its watches through may appear excessive - whether it
is for time-keeping precision for every chronometer,
temperature and shock and scratch resistance, or the
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pressure testing in all our models.
Although Bremont watches have more than proved their
resilience before they are released from our workshop,
we want to ensure that the enjoyment that comes from
wearing a Bremont watch lasts generations. We
therefore recommend that, where possible, the following
tips for watch care are observed:
CLEANING
Use soapy water and a small brush, followed by cloth to
clean metal and sapphire.
CROWN
Ensure that the crown is pushed back to position l after
setting the watch.
SEA WATER
Wash with fresh water if possible following exposure to
saline water.
SHOCKS AND JOLTS
Try to avoid any shocks to watch.
MAGNETIC FIELDS
Try to avoid placing watch on electrical equipment,
especially loudspeakers.
TEMPERATURE
Keeping the watch in contact with the wrist will help
minimise any exposure to extremes.
CHEMICALS
Wash watch with warm fresh water if it is exposed to
solvents etc. to avoid damage to seals and watch straps.
SERVICING YOUR P-51
Every part of your watch has been carefully chosen from
the best selection of materials available. In spite of this,
a number of parts will always be subject to natural wear.
It is therefore important that these points of wear are
always kept lubricated. We therefore recommend that
you have a maintenance service carried out on your
watch every 3 to 5 years.
Servicing of your Bremont watch should only be carried
out by a certified Bremont agent. To find your nearest
repair and service centre please contact your Authorised
Dealer or Bremont +44 (0) 845 0940 690 or info@
bremont.com.
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BREMONT WATCH COMPANY WARRANT Y
We would like to take the opportunity to congratulate
you on your new Bremont watch and we sincerely hope
that the bond you form with your watch is a long one.
Each Bremont watch has undergone strict control
measures by the time it reaches you.
Each Bremont watch has an individual serial number
that can be traced to Bremont’s securely held records
in order to establish its origin and authenticity.
The International Warranty certificate guarantees your
watch against defects for three years from the date of
purchase.
WATCH REPAIR POLICY
Your Bremont watch will not be guaranteed under its
warranty in the following circumstances:
• damage due to negligence or mistreatment;
• theft, loss, fire or damage through natural causes;
• repairs/servicing not provided by Bremont’s official
agents;
• normal ageing of watch (e.g. leather/rubber straps
etc.)
SENDING IN A WATCH
When sending in a watch for service/repair, please pack
in carefully and send the original warranty certificate
along with an explanation of the problem. You are advised
to insure the watch in transit. Before the watch is
dispatched, please ensure that the problem has not
arisen from incorrect use.
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Acknowledgments:
P-51 Mustang “Fragile but Agile” photography by Alexander JamesP-51 Mustang Limited Edition Watch photography by Piers Berry
With special thanks to Lt Bert Lee’s family for the historical photographs
COPYRIGHT THE BREMONT WATCH COMPANY, 2011