Watches

The perfect compliment

Blue Moon

We recently spent some time at home with Humphries, where we saw just how enthusiastic he is about cars and watches. Since leaving Morgan – where he penned the Aeromax and Three Wheeler – he set about creating a range of customised Seikos, with a bespoke service for those who want a truly individual version.

Elegant attributes

Space-age Speedies

“My father didn’t want me to have a silver spoon, as his mentality is one of ‘go and do it on your own two feet’,” we remember Bamford telling us on our visit to his country retreat late last year. “That’s what he did – it means you’re not living in anyone else’s shadow,” he continued, describing his father’s work of taking the family business of cart-making, and transforming it into the earth-moving empire JCB.

Aircraft on the ground

To adventurers and enthusiasts of extreme sports, Rolex’s rugged watches have always been attractive. In 1927, British swimmer Mercedes Gleitze crossed the British Channel wearing the revolutionary Rolex Oyster timepiece on her wrist, which was as watertight as its namesake’s shell. And it wasn’t only in the water that the Oyster could be seen, but also on other feats of endurance or exploration on dry land and in the air. The ‘Speed King’ Malcolm Campbell wore a Rolex during his speed record attempts in Bluebird, as did the first pilots ever to fly to the top of Mount Everest.