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B.R.M Chronographes

A French manufacture where the thrill of the racetrack becomes horology, each chronograph engineered with the precision of a racing machine.

2003
Since 2003

Measured in time.

Founded by Bernard Richards.

B.R.M Chronographes was founded in 2003 by Bernard Richards, a lifelong motorsport enthusiast, and its name stands for Bernard Richards Manufacture.
The Story

Chapters of B.R.M Chronographes

I

The house designs, machines and hand assembles its watches at its own manufacture in Magny en Vexin, near Paris, using fourteen digital machines.

II

B.R.M holds the French state label Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant, recognising the exceptional artisanal savoir faire of its manufacture.

III

Since 2014 every B.R.M automatic calibre has been mounted on the house's signature shock absorbers, with the movement suspended on springs.

IV

Among its feats, the Birotor revealed its movement through seven crystals, and the Makrolon cased MK44 weighs under fifty grams.

The Signature

Shock absorber mounted movements

The rev needle surges to the red line and the chequered flag falls.

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Magny en Vexin, France
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