Bremont Launches The Supermarine Full Ceramic Deep Blue Limited Edition, In Ceramic

Bremont launched its first Supermarine watch in 2009 and although the company’s roots are in aviation, the Supermarine – named after the Supermarine Spitfire and the Supermarine S6B Schneider Trophy Seaplane – has been one of its most popular collections ever since. The collection underwent a major redesign in 2024 under CEO Davide Cerrato, and that was also the year that the first ceramic models debuted, in Tactical Black and Jungle Green. The new Supermarine Full Ceramic Deep Blue is a limited edition, of 250 pieces world wide, priced at $7400, and has a deep blue – a very deep blue – ceramic case.

In terms of specs and construction, the Deep Blue is identical to its predecessors from 2024. The 43mm x 13mm case is 50mm lug-to-lug, water resistant to 500 meters, and made of zirconium dioxide, as is the bezel insert. Bremont’s bought itself some additional structural insurance with the use of titanium for the bezel ring, and the caseback, and the movement is enclosed in a titanium inner case. Thanks to the lightweight materials, the watch head weighs just 74 grams, while the size – necessitated partly by the inner case – makes for a highly legible dial.

The watch is also equipped with a helium escape valve. This is a feature designed for a highly specific use case: decompressing, in a decompression chamber, from saturation diving. Saturation divers, in order to avoid nitrogen narcosis (a state of intoxication which can be caused by breathing a nitrogen-oxygen mixture, which is the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere, under high pressure) breathe a “heliox” mixture, in which helium substitutes for nitrogen. This makes you sound like Mickey Mouse on the comms (at least until nitrogen is swapped back in, which is done very slowly by external technicians) but it prevents nitrogen narcosis.

Helium atoms are tiny, and over time, helium gas in the heliox mixture saturation divers breathe while in a pressurized habitat (where they can live for sometimes many days between dives; the use of such a habitat obviates the need for prolonged decompressions after every working dive) can work its way under high pressure, through the watch case gaskets and during decompression, the built up gas can blow the crystal off the watch. A helium escape valve allows the pressure inside and outside the watch to equalize.

On any given day, saturation divers make up a small fraction of the much larger number of commercial divers (in the US, right now, of slightly over 3,000 commercial divers, only a few hundred are saturation divers) however, the depth rating of the Supermarine makes it a candidate for use in saturation diving.

The watch was tested and worn in Iceland by Bremont ambassador, Aldo Kane. Kane, a former Royal Marine trained as a sniper and expert in reconnaissance, went on to become an explorer, and also to a career advising film and television crews filming in remote and dangerous locations. (Kane’s website  goes into much more detail; it’s worth checking out; his resumé is impressive to say the least).

Kane wore the watch while ice-climbing and glacier-diving in Iceland, and says:

“Having already tested the Jungle Green and Tactical Black editions in the jungle, I knew how capable the Supermarine platform was. Iceland presented a completely different challenge, taking us from extreme cold-water dives to exposed glacier climbs and high into the mountains in some fairly extreme weather. Throughout the trip, the new Full Ceramic Deep Blue proved exceptionally durable, comfortable to wear and completely dependable in its timekeeping.”

At launch, the watch will be available on either a quick-release black rubber strap, a black-and-blue NATO strap, or a quick release blue embossed rubber and leather strap. It’s a tough and also handsome addition to the Supermarine collection.

The Bremont Supermarine Full Ceramic Deep Blue: case, 43mm x 13mm x 50mm, 22mm lug width, blue ceramic case and bezel insert, with titanium bezel ring, caseback, and inner case; water resistance, 500 meters. Movement, Bremont caliber BB64AH, base Sellita caliber, upgraded with Anachron balance spring for better temperature compensation; Glucydur balance and Nivaflex mainspring, running at 28,800 vph in 25 jewels, with 56 hour power reserve. Dial, black 3D wave pattern; applied indexes; Super-LumiNova (white/blue emission) on the black gold hour, minute, and seconds hands, and on the indexes. Limited to 250 pieces world wide; price, $7400. 

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