Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto User guide

C1 Bel Canto
Owner’s Handbook

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Time on your side
Your Christopher Ward watch has been designed in Britain
and engineered in Switzerland by highly talented craftspeople.
This ensures not only accurate and precise timekeeping, but also
brings a real pride of ownership that only watches of the highest
quality standards can hope to deliver.
You have made an investment, a good one, and the aim of this
manual is to help you make the most of that investment in what
we hope will be a lifetime of ownership.
Mike France
CEO & co-founder
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C1 Bel Canto
Congratulations on the purchase of your C1 Bel Canto.
A watch made for those who appreciate the art of haute horlogerie.
A watch that delivers a feast for the ears – as well as the eyes.
At the core of your C1 Bel Canto is Calibre FS01, created by our
technical director Frank Stelzer. With an inspired piece of lateral
thinking, Frank realised that he could adapt CW’s ‘jumping hour’
movement to create a chiming sound on the hour, every hour.
This chime comes courtesy of a steel spring placed around the edge of
the dial. It’s been tuned, so the sound is a delight for the ears (it’s a
‘D’ note) while being loud enough to be heard from your wrist.
You’ll also fall in love with the intricately stacked dial and the way the
41mm Light-catcher™sits close to your wrist.
Finally, the most essential feature of all: you.
Because it’s you that will develop a relationship with the C1 Bel Canto
as time passes. It’s you who’ll wind the minute hand around the dial
just to hear the chime.
And it’s you who’ll strap it onto your wrist every day and realise you’re
in the company of something extraordinary indeed.
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Features
• Swiss made
• Limited Edition of 300 pieces
• 38-hour power reserve
• Self-winding 29-jewel movement with
FS01 striking mechanism
• Floating time display
• Rhodium plated three-dimensional hand
nished bridges and hammer mechanism
• On/o pusher at 4 o’clock
• Red on/o indicator
• Azzurro blue sunray nished module plate
• Mirror polished chiming gong
• Brushed and polished Grade 5 Titanium
Light-catcher™case
• Deep-stamped screw-down caseback with
sound wave motif
• Push-down crown with twin-ags motif
• Anti-reective domed sapphire crystal
• Raised brushed and polished indexes lled
with Super-LumiNova®C1 BL Grade X1
• Eco-friendly luxury presentation case
and owner’s handbook
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Technical Information
Calibre FS01
Case Grade 5 titanium
Diameter 41mm
Height 13mm
Weight 53g
Water resistance 3 ATM (30 metres)
Vibrations 28,800 per hour (4Hz)
Timing tolerance -20/+20 seconds per day
Lug to lug 48mm
Strap width 22mm
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How to operate your C1 Bel Canto
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The crown should sit ush to the case (position 1) in order to
maintain water resistance.
• To re-power the watch after a period of non-use, simply wind
the crown in a clockwise direction. Your C1 Bel Canto has a
maximum power reserve of 38 hours when fully wound. Normal
wearing will allow the rotor to start re-powering the watch over
time after putting on your wrist.
• Pull gently into position 2. This position is used for handsetting.
For precise time setting it is recommended to pass beyond the
desired minute and to set the hand backwards.
Setting the time

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1. Manual winding
2. Time setting

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Turning the chime on and o
Your C1 Bel Canto will chime on the hour, every hour.
If you’d like to turn this feature o, press the pusher at the
4 o’clock position on the case.
The red indicator on the dial will move from the chime position
to the silent position.
When you want to hear the chime again, press the pusher once
more and the indicator will move back to the original position.
How to operate your C1 Bel Canto
Chime on Chime off
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