2022 Christopher Ward C63 Highlander Scottish Watches
Ref: C63-39ADA3-SCOT
Specification
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box & Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : Manufacturer's Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Christopher Ward presentation box and Paperwork. The watch comes paired with its original 20mm Christopher Ward brushed stainless steel bracelet with a signed push-button release folding clasp, all links are provided. The watch is from and is sold in worn condition, but overall very fair condition as you can see. The watch comes with its Manufacturer's Warranty.
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The Watch
Here we have a 2022 Christopher Ward C63 Highlander Scottish Watches, a collaboration with Scottish Watches, the world's second-largest watch-orientated podcast with over 400 episodes, the watch is a limited edition of just 69 pieces. This distinctive Caledonian version has the DNA of the C63 Sealander with a 39mm 316L marine-grade stainless steel Light-catcher case, brushed and polished surfaces transition with crisp edges that play with the light as you rotate your wrist hence the name. On the right side is a screw-down signed crown with an embossed Christopher Ward motif protected by crown guards. A Circular brushed and polished smooth fixed bezel holds an anti-reflective sapphire crystal. The dark saltire-blue dial has a twin-flag pattern featuring the flags of St Andrew and St George, and the outer minute track has printed Arabic numerals, applied bevel-edged diamond polished baton indexes with a strip of Super-LumiNova Grade X1 BL C1 down their centres mark the hours, the polished edges catch the light in a magical way. At 6 o’clock a date window, brushed and polished hands are filled with the same luminance complemented by a tapered sweeping second hand complete with the characteristic Trident counterbalance. At 12 o’clock instead of the double Christopher Ward flags, we have the flags of Scotland and England. This go-anywhere, do-everything watch is perfectly balanced. On the reverse, a screw-down exhibition case back with a tinted disc of the Scottish Saltire, inside an automatic Sellita SW200-1, 26 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour, with a bespoke “Colimaçoné” finishing (a type of twisting sunray graining), the rotor has a double Twin-flag engraving across it. The watch comes fitted on an original 20mm Christopher Ward brushed stainless steel bracelet with a signed push-button release folding clasp, all links are provided, and the watch also comes with its Christopher Ward presentation box and papers.
Personal Note
As a fan of Scottish Watches and Christopher Ward, this is a collaboration that instantly caught my attention! Thankfully, regardless of the collaboration, this is one good-looking watch that stands strong on its own, the dial is incredible and really draws you in, and the attention to detail is fantastic, as we have all come to expect from CW anyway. With only 69 made in total this is a very rare Christopher Ward, so snap it up if you have been looking for one!
The Brand
Founded in 2005 by Mike France, Peter Ellis, and Christopher Ward they started the world's first online-only watch brand. Launched from a converted chicken shed on a farm in Berkshire. Soon after the launch of the brand Dave Malone was a Tasmanian lecturer and watches expert. When he saw the press ad for a watch powered by an ETA 2824–2 automatic movement, he decided to buy one. He planned to write a critical review on the world’s largest watch forum, Timezone.com. Fortunately for Christopher Ward, his review was most complimentary. Stating the watch was the “best value mechanical watch in the world”. Sales immediately spiked and Christopher Ward became firmly established. After receiving such high praise in the industry and from collectors in 2008 they began work with assistance from a Swiss watchmaking company: Synergies Horlogères. Based in Biel, Switzerland. SH was owned and led by Jörg Bader who had the same vision Christopher Ward had on designing a new movement. After many years of design and development, July 2nd, 2014 saw the announcement to an astounding watch industry of their own in-house movement, Calibre SH21, the first commercially viable mechanical movement from a British watch brand in over 50 years.