Bremont Launches New 35MM Terra Nova Jumping Hour Designs

Bremont launched its first collection of Jumping Hour watches back in 2025, and they were certainly something of a surprise if the idea you have of Bremont was that it made analog dial tool watches with a strong aviation orientation. The Terra Nova Jumping Hour watches were originally positioned as part of the Terra Nova Collection, which are overall a group of field watches with a variety of different designs, including tough, highly legible three handers, as well as chronograph and three hand watches with compass bezels (an expression of their “land exploration” assignment).

The Terra Nova Jumping Hour watches were a surprise as the jumping hours complication is generally associated with dressy Art Deco-style watches, and the Jumping Hour pieces did look back to the early 20th century but were, according to the brand, intended to reference World War I trench watches, in which a metal grill was often used to cover and protect the crystal while still allowing the time to be read. This year at Geneva Watch Days, Bremont has launched three watches in 35mm cases which bring the Jumping Hours complication a bit closer to its 1920s antecedents.

The new Terra Nova 35 watches have, in addition to a smaller case, a redesigned dial with the minutes and hour windows opposite each other at six and 12:00, a central seconds hand, and the Bremont logo and wordmark above the center of the dial just under the hour window.

At launch, the new models include an all steel model, as well as:

• The Jumping Hour Frosted, limited to 150 pieces, with a “shimmering frosted case”
• The Jumping Hour Burgundy, with new star-and-dot markers (non-limited)
• The Jumping Hour Frosted Pink, which has diamond and star hour markers

… and, finally, there is also a new 40.5mm Jumping Hour Burgundy, which brings the new colorway to the original case size.

The Jumping Hour 40.5mm, in burgundy

The steel model is available on either a grey nubuck strap or steel bracelet, as are the 35mm and 40.5mm Burgundy models.

It’s not written in stone (at least, I don’t think it is) that a jumping hour watch with a dragging minutes display is necessarily a dress watch but if history has taught us anything, at least about jumping hours, it’s that they work very well in that context. The whole idea of a dress watch has become rather elastic these days, since people aren’t really dressing the way they used to, but the smaller format and cleaner designs, as well as the new colors and finishes, go a long way towards making the Terra Nova 35 Jumping Hour watches work very well in a world where smaller watches with some pleasing personality quirks, are some of the most in demand right now.

Downsizing and slightly formalizing the Terra Nova Jumping Hours watches was a smart move on both a commercial and a design level, and the prices make them an attractive option. I’m looking forward to spending some hands-on time with these, especially the Frosted model.

The Breitling Terra Nova 35 Collection: cases, all 904L stainless steel, with center seconds, jumping hour display, and dragging minutes. Movement, Breitling caliber BC634, developed in partnership with Sellita, running at 28,800 vph with 56 hour power reserve. Prices:

• Terra Nova 35 Burgundy, $4,000 on a strap, or $4,300 on a bracelet
• Terra Nova 35 in steel, $4,550 on a strap, or $4,800 on a bracelet
• Terra Nova 35 Frosted, $5,150 
• Terra Nova 35 Jumping Hour Frosted Pink, $4,900
• Terra Nova 40.5mm Burgundy, $4,300 on a strap, and the same price for a bracelet

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