As a British brand connected with aviation closely, Bremont has introduced a few chunky diver’s watches since 2010, the 43mm Supermarine and 44mm S2000 are included. Nevertheless, some new subaquatic collection had been coming by 2018, and Bremont released an entirely new 40mm watch series in the S300, along with an updated 500m Supermarine which is simply called the S500 now. Today I’d like to share my experiences wearing the newly updated Bremont S500, both on land and beneath the mighty Great Lakes waves. Let’s go ahead of it now.
Sporting a stainless-steel case with Bremont’s signature “Trip-Tick” three-piece design, 500 meters of water resistance, and a screw-down crown in an unusual 2 o’clock position, the original Supermarine collection was rather popular by the watch-buying public and made Bremont’s largely flight-centered collection perfect. Actually, the Supermarine was even well received by Bremont enthusiasts in the British military, and it was Royal Navy Clearance Divers that had ordered the special editions (not to be confused with issued to).
Though the Supermarine, a throughout diving watch, is named after the Supermarine S6B Schneider Trophy Seaplane, a British-made amphibious aircraft for those who certainly can’t be bothered with a land-based runway, making the Bremont Supermarine a diving replica watch with a tip of the bowler to the aviation history, which made strong affect on majority of Bremont’s collection. 
We are wondering, the Supermarine is simply a timepiece for Bremont enthusiasts to take snorkeling on vacation, or is it actually a functional professional diving watch deserving of its absolutely badass amphibious heritage? Fortunately, I just so happen to be a commercial diver, and I made effort to put the Supermarine through its paces.
With an updated dial, Bremont’s SupermarineS500 make a big differences from its predecessor successfully. The case, crown, strap, bracelet, and other elements are totally the same. This is more a case of Bremont refining their divers and diving watch aesthetic to create a cohesive line of ocean-going, aviation-inspired timepieces in order to adapt the watch buyer, who has likely changed since 2010.
Featured with a sector dial, a day/date function, straightforward rectangular or circular hour markers to match the lollipop hour and sword minute hands, and a seconds hand of the original Supermarine not even featuring its own lume (but the ISO rating, gasp!). While the design of the original features functional and distinctive, personally a diver’s watch dial should be a little bit busy, the prime function of which is legibility in the subsea environment.
Time-telling elements have been dialed back as the updated Supermarine S500 has updated, that is to say, with similarly shaped hour markers as a base design, but with less going on overall compared to its predecessor. Here you can see an attractive pair of Super-LumiNova inlaid sword hands, a lumed and red-tipped seconds hand, and less obtrusive date-only window in their respective places, instead of the most decorative sector dial design, day function, and the lollipop hour hand. While there was never anything specially wrong with the old design, the new version is more of an emphasis on actual time telling, which is more closer to to true tool rolex replica watches than the original. The smaller S300 series, the other new divers from Bremont, with a similar dial of the Supermarine S500, tying the whole dive watch offering together, which is interesting as well. 