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I think it's possible they "mistakenly advertised" it as in-house
Bremont eventually said they AND La Joux-Perret co-developed an exclusive movement (during a long-term consulting relationship) and that some parts are bought from La Joux-Perret and others are manufactured by Bremont in the UK. So unique and exclusive but not entirely "in-house" by Bremont.
BREMONT’S FORMAL STATEMENT:
We can confirm that we have worked with LJP (our long term partner) in close collaboration between our technical teams in order to achieve Bremont’s first exclusive movement (so it is not a ‘modification’). This has been a massive development for Bremont and working on a project such as this we wanted to make a reliable movement where we could machine some key components in the UK. We are investing a lot of money in the UK to be able to do this and are proud of our achievements. More specifics below:
– the bridges etc. are all specific to the BWC/01 with an amazingly high quality of finish.
– the overall look from the back-side is somewhat similar to another exclusive movement produced by LJP because of the use of the same gear train and automatic system which we could not produce in the UK.
So, quite naturally there is a relatively strong resemblance. However the design of the movements differ in many details.
– the dial side of the movement is totally different from the LJP movement. This clearly shows that Bremont’s movement is exclusive and only used by Bremont.
– the Bremont movement has a different diameter and number of jewels.
– the click spring is different.
– the base version of the Bremont movement has a date system.
– the Bremont movement has a different diameter and number of jewels.
– the click spring is different.
– the base version of the Bremont movement has a date system.
It's splitting hairs to define exactly what is "in-house" isn't it?
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