I preordered one on the tan leather strap this morning. I've always respected what CW does but they have yet to make a watch that made my part with my money...until now. I was actually going to buy a different watch this weekend but this CW has now consumed those funds and I couldn't be more excited. I can't remember the last time I was this excited about a watch, at any price. Well done CW, I hope you continue down this path of innovative and value driven design.
@@restaurant_watches funny! I committed to buy a ProPilot X 115 a few hours before CW's email came out the next morning. Hope they make another batch next year
@@rodsalvador3608 Well, your wish is their command - they're scheduling the newest builds in the next few weeks, hopefully ready for February! I would've loved that rich azure blue example in this vid but they've added 4 new colours instead. I've ordered the nero for a similar accentuation of design elements on the dark background, coupled with the titanium bracelet; although the cielo blue is gorgeous too. Fantastic value at only £3305. I absolutely love this watch.
Amazing design and value. Understandable it sold out near instantly. I'm pretty sure we can expect them to further develop this and make at least another one in the future... Perhaps based on their own in-house movement, as you had said and are hoping for. Fully in-house. Hmm... Now if they did that and could also find a way to combine this with their moonglow basically, a moonphase version of this watch... Oh, snap!? That would be the shiehtz..in the best meaning of that phrase.
Not for me but very cool indeed. Not sure if I like how it looks and I think it would have been better if the hands were more legible, but still interesting nonetheless.
Something you may not have known, since you mentioned it - the MeisterSinger Bell Hora was actually created by Christopher Ward! CW produces most of Meistersinger’s watches. In many ways, the Bell Hora was CW’s first basic attempt at a striking hour complication. The Bel Canto takes the concept and moves things around until it has a high horology appearance - an oversimplification of a highly complex and commendable effort from them. Love this piece, and I hope to pick up a cielo version soon
that's a 4K usd watch it's not the Most Affordable Chiming Watch there are watches for 200-300 usd that also chime from other companies with minute repeater.
Christopher ward tactic is to send a few dozen watches to key channels for free in favor of good reviews i dont like it as it makes all this reviews useless none of this youtubers will actualy pay 4K for this watch. you have watches with minute repeaters for 200-300 usd or less even .
A great watch indeed. I am curious how the rest of the watch Media will react (of course w&w stays the reference!). If this complication was offered in a patek, AP, whatsoever even for 50k-100k+ the internet would explode. This ist a gamechanger for the price of a hand full of moonswatches. Cant wait to get mine.
You can get an automatic watch with chime at 4000 dollars so this is rediculous. Cheapest tourbillion is about 1000 dollars. Swiss brands just try to fool people thinking there is something super difficult about these.
You make no allusion to the concept the dial-side part of this complication is modelled on a bird. On one end the hammer is the bird's tail and at the other end, the red 'on/off' indicator is its beak. Quite charming.
Long time fan of Christopher Ward. I own five CW watches, the oldest of which (a C8 pilot watch) is about 12 years old, never serviced, and accurate to within 1-2 seconds every 24 hours. The four other CW timepieces I own are similarly accurate and valued. Unfortunately, while I admire the ingenuity of the C1 Bel Canto design, I can't avoid the impression that it looks like a grinning cyclops. To me, at least, it's among the ugliest watches I[ve ever seen.
The standard grade sw-200 used under the module is a bit underwhelming tbh, but interesting watch. I own two Christopher Ward watches, one with their SH21 movement, and they are very nice, still I wouldn’t spend 4k on one of their pieces.
I had an opportunity to see one in person. And knew instantly that I wanted one because of how beautiful it is in the flesh. The blue dial and finishing is outstanding, and of course the complication…wow! It is very balanced and wears extremely well on my 6.75” wrist…can’t wait to receive it!
As I've heard them explain it, Grade 5 Titanium is important to the quality of the chime sound. So if they do another colorway (which they probably will) it will also be in Titanium.
This is really exiting watch, but as allways it's impossible to please everyone. To me the fun in mechanical watch is to see it's heartbeat, so exposed balance or secondhand would have been nice. Then it would've been nice if you could chime it on command, not like a repeater, that's way too compicated, but just once with a button. I really hope this gets popularity and CW will make this also in the future. They have carved a special place for them in the horological field.
There's no seconds hand because it would crowd the smaller dial. Also, a sapphire glass back would absorb the chime sound and dampen it. It had to be titanium to allow the chime to vibrate.
Idc about case back but small seconds is a must for me. Need to know the watch is running. Breguet has small seconds on 7097 or at least show the balance wheel spinning. Regardless great piece by CW respect the innovation and unique design
Nice mechanism, but the case is bland and the bracelet is basic heavy look not classy. Its ok but the price is now competing with some heavyweights so not so attractive.
I own five Christopher Ward watches, the first purchased well over a decade ago and the most recent only a few months back. Obviously, I'm a fan. And the technical achievement of the C1 Bel Canto can't be denied. Having said that, however, I have to admit that it looks like a grinning cyclops. And once I saw that, I couldn't unsee it. In short, the looks are (imo) simply hideous. As usual I wish CW the best with their latest product but I won't be a customer for this particular watch.
I dig how CW is making complications like the minute repeater more accessible for the regular guys like myself that have more modest budgets for luxury items such as wristwatches, but with that said, this watch doesn’t appeal to me one bit. It’s a but ugly if I’m being completely honest.
These are like sports versions of regular cars. Things like the Fiesta ST that makes no sense financially for the buyer or Ford but, got Ford mountains of positive press. It gets people to the company to buy other cheaper and/or more practical models.
This morning, I received an email notification about this watch. Very impressive. By the time I talk myself (& my wife) into getting this, I suspect they will all be gone.
I'm obviously living in a much different world. I came into this thinking affordable would mean maybe around $200. Certainly didn't expect $3000 to be considered affordable.
Good idea, not for me though. Firstly there is no moving indicator that the watch is running (like at least part of the balance visible), secondly the base movement already has a short power reserve. Adding this complicated module that draws more power than usually will shorten it even more. I get the cost cutting, yet in the end I would pay a bit more to have these issues addressed
If these types of complications cost so much to design and manufacture then how does CW do this at an accessible price point? What's being sacrificed? I see just a much marketing and advertising behind this watch as any other watch.
Retail markup. As someone who's worked in the business for a while, retailers usually require somewhere around a 50% markup margin for their services. CHWard doesn't need to do that. Also their whole focus is quality, affordable watches - not as much marketing spend on sports games, celebrity sponsorships, etc. Worth noting is that their mechanism is significantly less complex than Minute Repeater, but certainly much MUCH more value than other $300k Minute Repeater watches.
