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FS-1 Flying Scotsman

Featuring salvaged boiler tube, reworked and finished to create a unique timepiece that commemorates 100 years of Flying Scotsman

Partnering with the National Railway Museum, part of the Science Museum Group to commemorate 100 years and fly the flag for British engineering, Zero West are proud to launch our first locomotive inspired timepiece displaying re-engineered material from this iconic train.

Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to haul the regular scheduled, non-stop service from Kings Cross London to Edinburgh and the first to achieve an authenticated 100mph. A legendary symbol of design and engineering it’s a locomotive that evokes nostalgia for the romance of a bygone era of steam travel.

The new Zero West FS-1 takes its design cues from the dials within the cab and like all our watches features a latitude and longitude coordinate with this one locating the Doncaster Works where Flying Scotsman was designed and built by their famous engineer Sir Nigel Gresley.

Keeping everything on time the FS-1 is powered by a ‘Top Premium Grade’ SW200-1 automatic movement housed in our new 41mm case design and is fitted with one of our custom ZW aerospace grade rubber straps.

This commemorative build is limited to only 100 pieces worldwide
‘True history on the wrist’ as we say at Zero West.

Delivery 2 weeks – Click here for info on purchasing outside the UK

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Close up of front and back of Flying Scotsman FS-1
Close up of Flying Scotman FS-1 back
Flying Scotsman FS-1 lume
Close up of Flying Scotsman FS-1 watch
Flying Scotsman side profile

TRAVEL BACK THROUGH TIME

TIME: 24/02/1923 – PLACE: 53.521°N 1.1479°E

Flying Scotsman travelling through countryside
Flying Scotsman travelling through countryside

Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to travel a regular scheduled service non-stop from London to Edinburgh and the first to achieve an authenticated 100mph. A legendary icon of British design and engineering, a locomotive that evokes nostalgia for the romance of a bygone era of steam travel.

This is everything that we at Zero West are passionate about and the inspiration we search for behind every timepiece. When the National Railway Museum, part of the Science Museum Group approached us in 2022 explaining that they were looking for partners to mark the 100th anniversary of Flying Scotsman, we were intrigued. As one of the world’s most famous locomotives, with pioneering designer and a world record for speed, Flying Scotsman was the perfect fit for us.

Designed alongside the ‘Mallard’ by Sir Nigel Gresley, Flying Scotsman was built in Doncaster, the first locomotive of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). It went into service on 24 February 1923 with number 1472, as part of the A1 class which were the most powerful locomotives used by the LNER at that time.

Flying Scotsman footplate gauges
Flying Scotsman 100 Years logo
Flying Scotsman footplate

DESIGN
Our Flying Scotsman watches showcase new 41mm models which retain the iconic ZW house style of a billet machined head integrated to our unique DSL lug configuration, and are a new design. The watch head has a 13.1mm profile and is unique in showcasing a piece of steel used on Flying Scotsman in its large exhibition back. Through our collaboration with the National Railway Museum, part of the Science Museum Group, we obtained some steel boiler tube which had been removed during a scheduled refit of the Scotsman’s powerful steam boiler. The steel tube was not straightforward to repurpose, but we set about the challenge with our usual ingenuity, aiming to make 200 precision disc inserts to the correct thickness while retaining its attractive surface patination – the result of thousands of hours of use.

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Flying Scotsman FS-1 watch wrist shot
man checking watch through microscope
Black and white photo of Flying Scotsman
Flying Scotsman boiler tube being removed from engine
Piece of Flying Scotsman boiler tube

The first stage was to clean years of accumulated dirt and baked on grime from the tube’s internal and external surfaces. Much manual scraping and media blasting was needed to reveal the final steel surface, taking care not to over clean and destroy that lovely patina. The tube was then carefully slit and flattened into a rough rectangular sheet for fly-cutting to an exact thickness on the milling machine. Once machined a punch and die set in a hydraulic turret press was used for punching 200 discs from the steel sheet. The discs were then laser engraved with the original Flying Scotsman 1472 serial number and set into the billet machined and uniquely numbered watch back.

Flying Scotsman boiler tube being cut
Flattened Flying Scotsman boiler tube metal
Flying Scotsman metal being machined

Each engraved steel disc is sealed under a reverse printed sapphire exhibition crystal back. The patinated finish, which varies on each watch, and unique serial number ensure that no two builds are the same. Featuring authentic material used on the locomotive itself makes our limited edition watches rare in number and unique in design.

ONLY 100 BUILDS

Back of Flying Scotsman FS-1 watch

THE MOST FAMOUS LOCOMOTIVE IN THE WORLD

Flying Scotsman 100 Years logo
  • 1923: 24th February – Scotsman leaves Doncaster works and enters service with number 1472.
  • 1924: Selected to appear at British Empire Exhibition in London, renumbered 4472 and given the name ‘Flying Scotsman’.
  • 1928: 1st May – First non-stop London to Edinburgh service.
  • 1934: Clock at 100mph on a special test run – officially the first locomotive in the UK to reach that speed.
  • 1948: British Railways was formed, and Scotsman now numbered 60103 was painted blue for a while and then BR green.
  • 1963: 14th January – Retired by British Rail and bought by Alan Pegler who had it completely overhauled.
  • 1968: May 40th Anniversary run from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh.
  • 1969: Toured USA but stranded there after Alan Pegler was forced into bankruptcy.
  • 1973: Bought back to UK by William McAlpine who has the engine restored.
  • 1989: Claimed a new record for longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive at 422 miles.
  • 1990: Repaired again and then bought by Tony Marchington in 1996.
  • 2004: National Railway Museum spearheaded a campaign to save Scotsman.
  • 2006: Underwent extensive restoration at Riley & Son (E) Ltd with the project being completed in 2016.

Produced under license for SCMG Enterprises Ltd. Flying Scotsman trademarks ® SCMG/ designs ©SCMG. Flying Scotsman is a National Railway Museum locomotive. Every purchase supports the museum. www.railwaymuseum.org.uk

Images © Science & Society Picture Library