Just seen this on Sky News and appears in the FT and Watchpro websites.
It will be interesting to see what these means for the brand and where it goes especially after they've just invested a big lump in their new Henley production facility and therefore already made the big leap forward.
One to watch.
https://www.watchpro.com/bremonts-48-8m-investment/
https://www.ft.com/content/02a7ba9c-...5-808e47b3aef8
Where do you get the '£100m investment' from?
That's not what is written in either the Watchpro or FT articles.
Here's the FT link for anyone that wants to read the article -
https://archive.is/gBdgi
I must change my subscription - the FT Weekend doesn't normally have this kind of content.
http://carlton-browne.org/albums/Pub...isc/Ackman.JPG
Why be so aggressive and not explain the error?Quote:
Originally Posted by jwg663
So, the OP read the article wrongly and the £100m is what the company is now valued at with a circa £48m investment.
It's certainly interesting. From a brand started and run by two brothers to now a major player owned and run by private equity investment. As long as the remember their roots and don't become just another brand.
Yes sorry I blended Value and Investment in my excitement to break the story!Quote:
Originally Posted by theancientmariner
Doesn't really change the story though.
Have to say, that was precisely my thought too.Quote:
Originally Posted by theancientmariner
There's nothing aggressive in what I wrote.Quote:
Originally Posted by theancientmariner
I asked a simple question about the OP's '£100m investment' statement & pointed out that his two quoted sources did not confirm this. I didn't know when I made my post whether the OP had other information or had made an error. It was for him to expand/explain, which he has done.
See above.Quote:
Originally Posted by JGJG
The BS level from one of their big new investors is so high it might even make Bremont blush. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4d448be2df.jpg
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With that investment from that quarter, they now have the marketing clout for that to become true.
Neither a fan nor a naysayer, but it will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
Well he’s certainly got the value appreciation point very wrong but I guess he’s really hoping this for his £48M investment.Quote:
Originally Posted by FrontierGibberish
Only time will telll……excuse the pun
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£48m isn't far off the depreciation of a Bremont from newQuote:
Originally Posted by smokey99
V good ;)
What roots? Carrots in that famous French field?Quote:
Originally Posted by theancientmariner
Becoming just another brand has, I'm sure been their plan all along.
Can you give us an example of a brand that isn’t now just another brand?Quote:
Originally Posted by dkpw
Some clarification required here:
Bill Ackman has not, on his own, invested £48.8m into Bremont.
There are two investors behind the £48.8m sum: one is Ackman & the other is the majority shareholder in Bremont, Hellcat Acquisitions LC, a Delaware-based Special Purpose Vehicle.
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Originally Posted by FrontierGibberish
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Interesting - I didn't know Bill was into watches!
I actually think it is a good step forward for bremont.
Love them or hate them, they have done good things for the watch industry in Britain.
I hope the investment will enable them to continue to invest in the UK and continue producing such nice watches!
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Which part of his statement is factually bs?Quote:
Originally Posted by FrontierGibberish
Being a small engineering company in the south of England, set up by two enthusiastic brothers and which over the years has produced some outstanding and visually unique time pieces. What have you done in the last 20 years, looked for more reasons to insult people?Quote:
Originally Posted by dkpw
Their plan has been and still is to bring watch making back to the UK on a large scale. Seems like they've been doing a damn good job of it so far. The only downside is that when any company needs large scale investment, outsiders come in to play that may not have the same ethos. That was my point about not becoming just another brand. I suspect the brothers still want Bremont watches to be different to other mainstream watches. The investors tend to care about money and so may not.
They are a success story some people here utterly loath. This place stinks sometime
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what are the resale values like on a Bremont? thats usually my barometer of a watch brand.....
Always found that a very odd way of looking at any brand, watch or otherwise.
If I had a pound for every person who has said that they really wanted a product as they thought it was the best available but they'll wait until they find one pre-owned or on sale because they lose a lot of their initial cost straight away, I'd be a very rich man.
case in point being comments about Grand Seiko on this forum. Brilliant watches by all accounts but they devalue quite quickly. The same can be said about most car brands, Aston Martin in particular and who would say that Aston Martin don't make very good cars.
as for Bremont, in my experience the mainstream watches devalue quite quickly but a number of the historic limited edition watches have held their value quite well or even increased in value. Make of that what you will.
They have come a long way since the stand at goodwood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Afhgus
They make good well built watches. I find the rate of their expansion quite impressive.
Depends entirely on the watch in question. For example, special editions sell for well above the original RRP (see below). The non-special editions depreciate like most other brands.Quote:
Originally Posted by hicksmat
By way of example, I searched for over 2-years for a Rose Gold Codebreaker that originally retailed for £13k. In that time I found two and bought the second I found for £21k around 3 years ago. I have occasionally looked subsequently to see if any others are for sale and not found a single one. Even the stainless steel models are hard to find and also sell for far in excess of the original retail value.
I also own an ALT1-C Polished Black, two military special editions and one other special edition.
I would love a code breaker, best LE for me. I really liked the longitude on the wrist too.
Are you sure about the original rrp of the RG Codebreaker. I thought it was around £25k/$34k?Quote:
Originally Posted by Skier
ttps://www.hodinkee.com/articles/first-look-at-the-bremont-codebreaker-a-flyback-gmt-from-bletchley-park.
This article states the price for the gold version is $33995 so £25K would sound about right
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My sentiments exactly and I also recall seeing them for the first time at Goodwood FoS when they had just launched.Quote:
Originally Posted by Middo
~£50m is hell of an investment for them so interesting to see what impact it has
One thing I've never understood, and still trying!!, is how so many "successful" businesses are making huge loses...Quote:
Originally Posted by Afhgus
I've only ever had small businesses but if I didn't make a profit I didn't eat :0(
Not any longer! I can't recall where I got the £13k number from but either misinformed or poor memory; far more likely to be the latter!Quote:
Originally Posted by theancientmariner
It's only a loss on paper, usually due to large scale investment. You only make a profit on what you sell so imagine that you make £50k profit per year and someone comes along and gives you £200k to invest in the company. You spend the £200k on infrastructure which is a purchase but you've still only made a £50k profit so on paper you've made a £150k loss (£50k-£200k) when in fact your 'real' profit has remained the same. Obviously the person giving you the £200k would expect to see a return at some point but it might not be for years. That's just one example of course, there are other ways of accounting for a loss.Quote:
Originally Posted by redmonaco
as an example, from what I've read, Amazon didn't make a profit for at least a decade once the dot.com boom hit and large investors got involved. Jeff Bezos seems to be doing ok.