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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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Learner Plates Off!
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I happen to be wearing my Omega Seamaster today. I'm also SCUBA certified.
65 Plus 4 / 4 Seater, car addict
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Just Getting Started
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I love my Speedmasters and IWCs, but the ideal match for a Morgan should be British - Bremont. Yes i do like Bremonts. Their new military collection is my favourite! Have you also seen Vertex? A descendant of the old owners has revived the brand with a couple of interesting models. These too would be my British military picks. I also like Fears (again resurrected by a descendant) but it is a bit more on the dressy side. So for me the perfect watch for the modern Morgan owner would have to: - be British - be Waterproof/rugged - have a vintage design - have a modern mechanism
2009 Morgan 4/4 Sport
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Has a lot to Say!
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Has a lot to Say!
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I love my Speedmasters and IWCs, but the ideal match for a Morgan should be British - Bremont. British company, with a French name 
Bonesie Current stead -'The Captain' Black +4 'Life is like a garden, dig it' *Joe Dirt 
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I bought my Vertex watch from Exchange and Mart in the early 70’s, if I remember correctly for abut £5 10shillings and sixpence.
It is one of the dirty dozen watches. I also have a Cyma issue as well. These were the first wristwatches specially commissioned for the British Army during the Second World War. I do like Military or Aeronautical watches. My favourites being Heuer Pilot Automatic and a Marvin Flying Dutchman watch which were issued to KLM Pilots in the 1950’s. I love the dirty dozen watches. My only reservation is usability (waterproofness etc.) that is why I suggest the modern re-issues like Vertex, Bremont and Smiths. I had never seen that Marvin although I know of the brand! It looks a bit like the Universal Geneve Pole-Router, a watch designed for the S.A.S (airlines) to celebrate them flying over the North Pole I believe.
2009 Morgan 4/4 Sport
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I love my Speedmasters and IWCs, but the ideal match for a Morgan should be British - Bremont. British company, with a French name 
Honesty means doing it right, even when no one is looking!
2004 Roadster S1 3.0 V6 gone!
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British company, with a French name Fortunately.......Nick and Giles English, Bremont Co-Founders Bremont websiteThe Name Bremont In the late 1990s, Nick & Giles were flying across France in their 1930's biplane. The weather was closing in. A rough-running engine forced them to make an emergency landing. Keen to avoid the French authorities, the brothers were more than happy to accept the gracious help of the farmer whose field they had landed in. They stayed in his home, the aircraft took cover in the barn. It transpired their host had flown aircraft during the war, as well as being a gifted engineer. Half-restored wall clocks lay everywhere, together with numerous engine parts. The farmer still even wore his own father's wristwatch. The brothers promised that his warm hospitality would never be forgotten. His name? Antoine Bremont.
Last edited by Jacques; 23/04/20 08:03 PM.
Happy Morgan +8 (2001) owner
BMW 435i - X Drive
Royal Enfield 500 EFI
Royal Enfield 650 Interceptor
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And I am a French guy wearing Bremont (2006, one of their very first) and like many it seems, a speedmaster (1974 one), a railmaster (2003), a Baume et Mercier Clifton Shelby Daytona Coupe and a Reservoir GT tour. I think the lastest one is the most worthy one of cooperation with morgan. If you like things that are different ( and I think most morgan owners are) then reservoir is worth a look.
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Hi, Ludo Thank you for mentioning the Reservoir GT. I did not konw the brand before. So much different to standard wrist watches. 👍 I think I will try to find one in reality, not only pictures. ![[Linked Image]](https://up.picr.de/38388651sy.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://up.picr.de/38388652we.jpeg)
Hannes
once: Green M3W; 2013
now: Red 4/4 Sport; 2011
and some practical cars for use in real life
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Obviously a Morgan watch - it even has 4/4 on it 
"Y mae dafad ddu ym mhob praidd"
1972 4/4, 1981 MGBGT, 1984 FLHT1340, 1980 XLH1000, 1990 ZX10
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It could be just me but "Longbridge" does not sound a very apt name for a time piece? See the Reservoir web site. Cheers John
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