An Autumn Drive with the Bremont Terra Nova Jumping Hour Steel

The Peak District has a particular atmosphere in autumn that always feels timeless. The air is cold and damp, the roads glisten after passing rain, and mist hangs low between the hills. It is a landscape that slows you down and reminds you that beauty often sits quietly, waiting to be noticed.

For this drive, I took my Porsche 930 deep into the Peaks with the Bremont Terra Nova Jumping Hour Steel on my wrist. Two pieces of engineering from different worlds, yet cut from the same cloth, both built with care, precision, and an appreciation for mechanical soul.

The Terra Nova is simplicity refined. Its clean dial replaces hands with crisp apertures that reveal the hours and minutes, driven by Bremont’s calibre BE 83AR movement. Each jump of the hour disc happens in a blink, a small act of mechanical theatre that never loses its charm. The 38 millimetre steel case feels balanced and quietly confident, perfectly in tune with the purposeful lines of the 930.

The drive itself was calm and reflective. The 930’s turbo spooled gently on wet tarmac, its exhaust note softened by the mist that rolled across Snake Pass and the valleys beyond. Every stop offered stillness, the car cooling, the watch ticking steadily, and the landscape wrapped in quiet.

When I began editing the images, the weathered tones of the day made the decision clear. Some frames needed to be in black and white. The contrast, the textures, the way light touched the steel of both the car and the watch all felt right. The simplicity of monochrome echoed the design of the Terra Nova and the raw, analogue spirit of the 930.

These two creations, both born from a love of precision and craft, remind me why I still prefer the mechanical to the digital. They connect you to something real and tangible. Sometimes all you need is a winding road, an old car, and a watch built to keep time quietly beside you.