Christopher Ward C3 Malvern Mk III User guide

C3 Malvern Chronograph Mk III
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.
Chris, Mike and Peter
(Co-founders)
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C3 Malvern Chronograph Mk III
One of our rst launches, the original C3 Malvern Chronograph
was inspired by the dashboard dial of an Aston Martin. In the Mk III,
that inspiration remains, but it has been revisited and reimagined
through the prism of Senior Designer Adrian Buchmann’s new
design language.
Let’s begin with the case: a signature new design created by
Buchmann, its smooth contours are enhanced by the use of brushed
and polished surfaces to create a watch that will sit discreetly on the
wrist. Details such as the twin-ag decorated crown and backplate,
and brushed and polished hands, all invite further delectation; V
shaped machining on the dial remembers the two-piece nish of
the Mk I.
It may be a dress watch, but with features including piston-inspired
pushers, there are signs of the C3’s aforementioned motorsport
DNA. But its implementation is as understated as you might expect;
this is a watch that understands the subtlety and renement
associated with its English roots.
Add the best materials and a commitment to superb build quality –
courtesy of our Swiss atelier – and the C3 Malvern Chronograph
Mk III redenes what you should expect from a watch of this price.
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Features
• Swiss made
• Quartz chronograph movement
• Push-down crown with twin ag motif,
two pushers to operate subdials
• Anti-reective double curve top sapphire
crystal
• Domed Opalin or Sunray nish dial with
azzuré sub-dial details
• Brushed and polished hour, minute and
central second hands
• Date window revealing date disc
• Marine grade stainless steel case with
brushed and polished facets
• Snap case back with unique twin-ag
engraving and serial number
• Italian hand-crafted oak leather quick-
release strap with dress buckle, Italian
hand-stitched Shell Cordovan quick-release
strap with Bader deployment, or ‘Milanese’
mesh bracelet
• Luxurious presentation case and owner’s
handbook
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Technical Information
Calibre Ronda 3520.D
Case 316L stainless steel
Diameter 39mm
Height 10.8mm
Lug to lug 45.8mm
Weight 46g
Water resistance 3 ATM (30 metres)
Timing tolerance -10/+20 seconds per day
Strap width 20mm
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How to operate your C3 Malvern Chronograph Mk III
PLEASE NOTE: Date correction should not be carried
out between 20.00 hr and 02.00 hr as the watch
gearing will already be aligning itself to change the
date. The crown should always be pushed in after
adjustment, and it is best to do so from position 3
to avoid advancing beyond the desired date.
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The crown should sit ush to the case (position 1)
in order to maintain water resistance.
• For rapid date correction pull gently into position 2
and turn in a clockwise direction
• For setting the time pull gently into position 3
and turn clockwise to advance the time.
• For precise time setting it is recommended to pass
beyond the desired minute and to set the hand
backwards. Push the crown back to position 1.
Setting the time and date
1. Manual winding
2. Date setting
3.Time setting

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How to operate your C3 Malvern Chronograph Mk III
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START
Press push-button A to start
timing.
PLEASE NOTE: Before starting
the time, reset the chronograph
hands to their original position.
See the Reset section to set the
counters to zero.
STOP
To stop the timing, press push-button
A once more and read the
two chronograph counters, for
example: 10 mins / 8 seconds.
Using the chronograph
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START START
STOP
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How to operate your C3 Malvern Chronograph Mk III
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RESTART/STOP
To restart the timing, press
push-button A again (timing is
resumed).
To stop timing press push-button
A and read the two chronograph
counters: 20 mins / 20 seconds
RESET
To reset the timing, press
push-button B (The two
chronograph hands will be
reset to their zero positions).
START
STOP
RESTART
RESET
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How to operate your C3 Malvern Chronograph Mk III
If one, or several, chronograph
hands are not in their correct
zero positions they will need to
be adjusted:
• Pull the crown gently into
position 3 (all three chronograph
hands are in their correct or
incorrect zero position) position.
• Keep push-buttons A and
B depressed simultaneously
for at least 2 seconds (the
centre stop-second hand
rotates by 360°, corrective
mode is activated).
Adjusting chronograph hands to zero position
A
B