There is a sentence in Bremont's latest press release that deserves to be read twice: the brand is celebrating its passion for "joyful watchmaking—an approach long embedded within the brand's DNA." I struggle to recall precisely when joyful watchmaking became embedded in the DNA of a company founded on the uncompromising rigours of Martin-Baker ejection seat testing and the credibility of British military aviation.
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There is a sentence in Bremont's latest press release that deserves to be read twice: the brand is celebrating its passion for "joyful watchmaking—an approach long embedded within the brand's DNA." I struggle to recall precisely when joyful watchmaking became embedded in the DNA of a company founded on the uncompromising rigours of Martin-Baker ejection seat testing and the credibility of British military aviation.
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Vacheron Constantin has just opened a new boutique at The Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey, expanding their retail footprint in the American Northeast. For collectors in the greater New Jersey area, the boutique represents a meaningful development: full access to the complete Vacheron Constantin collection, from the Fiftysix references through grand complications.
