Bremont Endurance Limited Edition Watch Hands-On

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70NEWSJAPAN - There’s an absolutely riveting piece of journalism recently published in the New Yorker about British Army Officer Henry Worsley's solo trek across Antarctica in 2015. As the story recounts with exhaustive detail, Worsley is a bit of a fanatic, as one would expect from someone who voluntarily undertakes a 1,000-mile journey across the planet’s most brutal environment – by himself. But his obsessions are grounded in the singular goal of quite literally following the footsteps of childhood hero Ernest Shackleton, who attempted the same route 100 years previously, ultimately falling just short of the goal. Spoiler alert: Worsley tragically perished just before the home stretch, leaving the route still unconquered. This is basically where the Bremont Endurance story begins – as this new watch was designed specifically for a third expedition that would again challenge the same route, but this time by Worsley's close friend; fellow Englishman and polar explorer Ben Saunders.

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Now, the last time we saw this watch, it was called the Terra Nova, unveiled in a tent upon completion of Saunders’ previous polar expedition in 2014 – a two-man trek along the 1,800-mile Terra Nova route from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back. Like the Endurance, the Terra Nova was somewhat purpose-built for Saunders’ record-breaking trek, and included details like a bidirectional rotating navigational bezel, a 24-hour GMT hand (which not only tells a second time zone, but is used in conjunction with the bezel to indicate bearing – more on that below), ample shock resistance, and most importantly, a lightweight titanium case – weight savings which are particularly important for the types of guys who snip the tags out of their clothes and cut off toothbrush handles to save pack weight.

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Whether or not you buy into the fact that there are far more practical or attainable adventures around which a watch could be designed, or the fact that a redundant timekeeping device adds unnecessary weight to an expedition where the razor-thin line between success and failure could be measured in the number of grams being hauled in a sled across hundreds of miles of glaciers. There’s no denying it’s the sort of thing that still enraptures one’s imagination, and the very types of stories that Bremont as a brand has endeared itself to.