Not Much of an Engineer – Sir Stanley Hooker
As an engineering based watch company with a mission statement to celebrate great British achievement, I’d like to talk about one of the unsung heroes of British engineering, Sir Stanley…
SIR BARNES WALLIS – LEGENDARY BRITISH DESIGN-ENGINEER
Those of us who enjoy war history and cinematic classics will recall the 1955 black and white picture, The Dam Busters featuring Michael Redgrave as Barnes Neville Wallis, the British…
Bigger is not always better
One of Zero West’s founding principles is a celebration of British talent. The creation of our watches is the embodiment of our love for the ingenuity and creativity to be…
Jaguar – World Record Breaker and all-round British Icon
In the history of the motor car, there a few marques more revered than Jaguar. Formed in 1922 by two motorcycle enthusiasts, William Lyons and William Walmsley, they started to…
Pioneer, visionary and record breaker – Hubert Scott-Paine
Hubert Scott-Paine – 1891-1954 Continuing in this series of blogs highlighting great British engineers, entrepreneurs and pioneers, I’d like to remember a long forgotten but very important and influential man, Hubert…
THE SPITFIRE FACTORY WORKERS WHO HELPED WIN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
The extraordinary story of workers building the aircraft that helped win the Battle of Britain is detailed for the first time in a BBC television documentary. More than 100 were…
THE CULTURAL EXPLOSION OF CUSTOM MOTORCYCLES FINAL
Despite a supposed quest for individuality, the custom motorcycle scene used to be decidedly niche, centred around home-grown choppers and café racers built by hardcore enthusiasts; but the last decade…
FORGED FROM A PASSION TO BE INDIVIDUAL
By Graham Collins: As a motorcyclist and bike lover my attention is always drawn to that standout custom machine shining jewel-like amongst the stock bikes. Don’t get me wrong, the…
#THROWBACKTHURSDAY – PRE-WAR HERO : JIMMY GUTHRIE
Andrew James « Jimmie » Guthrie was born on 23 March 1897 in Hawick (Scotland – UK). After a period as an apprentice engineer, he went to the army –…