Launching our new LS-2 at The National Motor Museum
We were delighted to launch our new LS-2 Landspeed watch at the award winning National Motor Museum at Beaulieu on 29th September. The home of the record breaking ‘Sunbeam’ was…
Golden Globe 2022
Zero West are delighted to be supporting Simon Curwen as he takes part in the 2022 Golden Globe Race. As with the original event in 1968, entrants departed from Les…
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…
GRANT WILLIAMS – VINTAGE JAGUAR RACING EXTRAORDINAIRE
Zero West are excited to announce our first-ever brand ambassador!… drum roll please for Mr Grant Williams, vintage jaguar racing extraordinaire. Grant will be racing his iconic MK1 Jaguar to…
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…
Engine timing at Thruxton
With the racing season all but entirely cancelled, Zero West satisfied their thirst for speed by accompanying legendary driver Grant Williams to the Thruxton Historic Meet on Saturday 15th August.…
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…