By Elizabeth Doerr, Contributor

In the watch industry, we often hear tell of war stories as related through the history of pilot’s watches. But what about a watch that tells yet another kind of war story? Equally impressive and important, but perhaps a little more uplifting and a doubtless a monument to the ingenuity of the human mind at the same time. The brand-new Bremont Codebreaker is just that: rooted in the machine created to break the Enigma, aptly called the Bombe. War World II buffs will know that the huts located within the attractive Bletchley Park estate played an important role in British (and Allied) history as it pertains to the War. The site of the United Kingdom’s main decryption unit, ciphers and codes generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines were cracked here. Watch this trailer from 2001’s Enigma for a quick recap of the incredible story.  In fact, after the war General Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “The intelligence…from [Bletchley Park] has been of priceless value. It has saved thousands of British and American lives and, in no small way, contributed to the speed with which the enemy was routed and eventually forced to surrender…a very decisive contribution to the Allied war effort.” …read more

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