The recordbreaking Napier Railton has been an inspiration for the Brooklands Watch Company
Anyone who appreciates the sort of meticulous engineering required to create a competitive racing car will likely agree that the Concorde supersonic passenger plane was among the great marvels of 20th century design. Pilot, saloon car racer and aerospace engineer Simon Jeffs certainly does – and, unusually, it was his love of Concorde that resulted in him founding the Brooklands Watch Company back in 2017.
“I have had a long association with the Brooklands race circuit, both as a result of my own interest in racing and through that of my uncle, who bought various cars that had competed there including an Alvis and a supercharged Alta,” explains Jeffs. “The Alta was awarded a Brooklands 120mph badge and was one of the cars that was supplied in kit form and built at Brooklands. During visits there, I had often seen the test nose cone from the sixth Concorde air frame, which was a prototype aircraft used ahead of the main fleet being built. Brooklands needed to raise funds to purchase an actual Concorde for display and put the nose cone up for sale – so I bought it.”