Nick English and his brother, Giles, inherited a love of aviation from their father, an aeronautical engineer. As young boys growing up in the countryside, they spent much of their free time tinkering with cars, motorbikes, and clocks. In 1995, English and his father were practicing for a display in a 1942 aircraft when the plane crashed, killing his father and leaving English with more than 30 broken bones. Ultimately, that experience brought the brothers together, inspiring them in 2002 to create Bremont, the U.K.’s luxury-chronometer manufacturer, headquartered in Henley. Bremont’s expansion continues with several new boutiques opening this year, including in the United States. —Ashley Baker
Airline: BremontAir, our own 1950s military aircraft, also known as “the Bremont Bus.” Not particularly luxurious, but certainly memorable.
Airport: Compton Abbas. It’s more of an airfield, but very beautiful and soulful nonetheless.
Alibi: “I’m out walking Pedro.” My dog would definitely vouch for me.
App: AJ Bell. It’s fun to dabble in the stock market.
Bag: My rather battered Globe-Trotter travel case.
Bedtime: Always a couple of hours later than is deemed sensible.
Bike: The Brompton Electric. Great design and British-made.
Breakfast, weekday: Just coffee with oat milk. A little bit trendy and embarrassing to order, but addictive.
Breakfast, weekend: A big omelette with eggs laid by “my girls”—the adored and spoiled free-range Orpington hens who roam my garden.
Car: My racing Austin-Healey 100. A huge amount of fun and stacks of scariness, all in a beautiful early-1950s design.
Children: The wonderfully passionate and amusing Capucine Elymaude, Euan Antoine, and Elodie Oceane.
Cocktail: A dark and stormy, with dark rum and proper ginger beer.
Couple: My parents.
