Photo courtesy of Bremont, from bremont.com product page · stand-in: Bremont Altitude MB Meteor (titanium, silver dial, bracelet), current MB-series successor to discontinued catalog ref MBII-BK
MB
Bremont’s pilot line, developed with Martin-Baker, the British ejection-seat manufacturer. The MBII is sold to the public; the original MBI is sold only to pilots who have ejected from a Martin-Baker-equipped aircraft and is the most tightly-restricted commercial wristwatch in production.
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The MB is Bremont's collaboration with Martin-Baker, the ejector seat manufacturer. The MBII uses components from actual Martin-Baker ejector seats in the watch construction. A genuine aviation collaboration, not a marketing exercise.
- 1OpenBremont MBII · MBII-BKConsider
MBII -- Martin-Baker collaboration, actual ejector seat components, the most grounded Bremont story.
- The case for it:
- Martin-Baker ejector seats have saved over 7,500 lives. The MBII uses titanium and steel from actual seat components. This is a genuine industrial collaboration with verifiable aviation history, not a branding exercise.
- Consider instead if:
- The story is the appeal. As a watch, the MBII competes on the same metrics as the rest of the Bremont lineup -- and faces the same secondary market challenges.
Rankings last reviewed 2026-06-07. Editorial perspective only. Not financial advice.