BRITISH WATCH MAKER BREMONT might be best known for its aviation-inspired creations – but founding brothers Nick and Giles English, pilots both, are also enthusiastic about wheels. Between them they count various old Land Rovers, Porsches and several motorcycles among their collections, although the Jaguar E-type roadster inherited from their father is probably the car they hold most dear. It was partly that affection for the marque that led to a partnership with Jaguar where Bremont created a dashboard clock for the C-X75 concept of 2010, before being commissioned to produce clocks for Her Majesty the Queen’s entire fleet of ‘leaping cat’ vehicles.
In 2014 Jaguar built six ‘continuation’ versions of the Special GT E-type (commonly known as the ‘Lightweight’) to add to the 12 made in 1963 in order to complete the originally intended run of 18. Bremont producing six unique, white gold chronometer watches that were made available only to buyers of the six cars – but the design, which featured a dial based on the look of an E-type rev counter, went on to spawn an entire range of Jaguar-themed limited edition watches that are respectively known as the MKI, MKII and MKIII.