Christopher Ward C7 Rapide ChronographAutomatic User guide

C7 Rapide Chronograph
Automatic
Owner’s handbook

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Your Christopher Ward watch has been designed and
engineered by highly talented craftspeople to ensure
not only accurate and precise timekeeping but also
to bring a real pride of ownership that only items of
the highest quality can ever hope to deliver.
You have made an investment, a good one,
and the aim of this handbook is to help you
make the most of that investment during what
I hope will be a lifetime of ownership.
Christopher Ward
Time on your side...
Introduction
Contents
C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic 2–3
Technical information 4–5
How to operate your C7 Rapide
Chronograph Automatic 6–14
Our watch care programme 15
Keeping in touch 16

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C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic
C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic
With the juggernaut that is the Valjoux
7750 inside, the C7 Rapide Chronograph
Automatic was always going to be slightly
larger than its other Rapide cousins; not only
in size, but in personality.
While initial impressions may have you thinking the
Chronograph Automatic is a brutish muscle car of a
watch, inside it’s powered by a nely tuned engine,
the 7750 – one of the rst movements to be designed
by computer, and almost certainly the denitive
mechanical chronograph in the industry.
Our case is a staggering a piece of engineering – a
combination of marine-grade steel and aluminium,
Its four-piece design is inspired by construction in
Formula 1, which begins with a car’s central chassis
– the monocoque where the driver sits – before
additional bodywork is added around it. Two vintage
style pushers ank either side of its crosshatched
crown, their piston shape reminiscent of the immense
horsepower generated by high-performance engines
from F1 to Le Mans.
The C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic also inherits
our new dial aesthetic, where double-sized numerals
and sunray subdials capture the extravagance of
motorsport within its dashboard-inspired design.
Not only is it obviously a motorsport watch, it’s
distinctively a Christopher Ward motorsport one,
and a turbo-charged addition to the Collection.

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C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic
Features
– Swiss made
– 25 jewel self-winding elaboré-grade
mechanical chronograph
– 48 hour power reserve
– Hour, minute, second and date calendar
with 60 seconds, 30 minutes and 12 hours
chronograph indication
– 316L stainless steel and aluminium four-piece case
– Bi-compax dial layout with sunray-finish subdials
– Screw-down crown
– Aluminium bezel with 5 minute markers
– Anti-reflective flat sapphire crystal
– Date window with black disc
– SuperLuminova®dial indexes
– Deep-stamped screw-down backplate with
unique engraved serial number
Technical information
Technical
Diameter: 42mm
Height: 14.30mm
Weight: 95g
Calibre: ETA 7750
Case: 316L stainless steel
and aluminium
Water Resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
Vibrations: 28,800 per hour (4 Hz)
Timing Tolerance: ±15 seconds per day
Lug to lug: 48.2mm
Strap: 22mm

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How to operate your C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic
Setting the time/date
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1. Crown screw-down position
2. Manual winding
3. Date setting
4. Time setting
Unscrew and then pull out

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How to operate your C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic
For a superior water resistance your crown is
of the screw-down type. The crown should sit
ush to the case (position
1 ) in order to maintain
water resistance.
• First unscrew the crown anti-clockwise from the
case to position
2 for winding in power. Wind in
a clockwise direction to re-power the watch.
Your C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic has a
maximum power reserve of 48 hours when fully
wound. Normal wearing will allow the rotor to
start re-powering the watch over time after
putting it on your wrist.
• For rapid date correction pull gently into position
3 and turn in a clockwise direction.
• Pull gently into position
4 for handsetting and
stopping of the second hand. For precise time
setting it is recommended to
pass beyond the desired minute and to set the
hand backwards.
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.
You must always ensure the crown is fully
tightened before any use in water to prevent
moisture from entering the case.

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How to operate your C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic
Timing functions
PUSH-BUTTON A
START
STOP
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2
START
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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.
To stop the timing, press push-button A once more
and read the 3 chronograph counters, for example:
2 hours /10 mins / 8 seconds.
Start Stop

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