Christopher Ward C7 Rapide Chronometer Limited Edition User guide

C7 Rapide
Chronograph Quartz
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 Quartz 2–3
Technical information 4-5
How to operate your C7 Rapide
Chronograph Quartz 6–14
Our watch care programme 15
Keeping in touch 16

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C7 Rapide Chronograph Quartz
C7 Rapide Chronograph Quartz
Perhaps the most crucial part of F1 – away
from the sheer thrill of drivers duelling
through a chicane, or attempting to
overtake at speeds exceeding a none-
too-terrifying 200mph – is precision. In a
lifestyle where a second can prove crucial
between standing on the podium or in the
paddock, the C7 Rapide Chronograph Quartz
embodies those values of accuracy through
its Ronda 5021.D chronograph movement.
For those who are more xated by the glamour
of race weekend, the Chronograph Quartz has
been embellished with a new aesthetic exclusive to
Christopher Ward. Motorsport watches need to be bold,
legible, dynamic; the Quartz Chronograph manages
each of those things, with our vision of an automotive
watch mirroring the excitement of the industry that
inspired it. Double height numerals at 12 o’clock,
surrounded by indexes that emphasise depth and
shadow across the dial, indicate the exact high-octane
energy we set out to achieve.
And that’s before any mention is made of the
four-piece case, which is both our most complex
construction and most expensive to produce. We
worked closely with our case manufacturer to ensure
that it could appear in the Quartz Chronograph
in its full glory; the results are brilliantly powerful.
Now to show it o during a day down at the track…

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C7 Rapide Chronograph Quartz
Features
–Swiss made
–10 jewel quartz movement
–Hour, minute, small second, date, central stop
second (1/1 sec), 30 minute counter
–316L stainless steel and aluminium
four-piece case
–Aluminium bezel with 5 minute markers
–SuperLuminova®indexes
–Bi-compax dial layout with extra matte
subdials
–Anti-reflective flat sapphire crystal
–Screw-in crown
– Deep-stamped screw-down backplate with
unique engraved serial number
Technical information
Technical
Diameter: 42mm
Height: 11.15mm
Weight: 73g
Calibre: Ronda 5021.D
Case: 316L stainless steel
and aluminium
Water Resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)
Timing tolerance: –10/+20 secs per month
Lug to lug: 48.2mm
Strap: 22mm

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How to operate your C7 Rapide Chronograph Quartz
Setting the time and date
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1. Crown screw-in position
2. Unscrewed position
3. Date setting
4. Time setting
Unscrew and then pull out

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How to operate your C7 Rapide Chronograph Quartz
For a superior water resistance your crown is
of the screw-in 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 .
• Pull gently into position
3 . For rapid date
correction, turn in a clockwise direction.
• Pull gently into position 4 . This position is used
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 24.00 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.
You must always ensure the crown is fully
tightened before any use in water.

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

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To restart the timing, press push- button A again
(timing is resumed).
To stop timing press push-
button A and read
the 2 chronograph counters: 3 hours / 20 mins /
20 seconds.
To reset the timing, press push-
button B
(The 2 chronograph hands will be reset to
their zero positions).
PUSH-BUTTON B
Restart/Stop Reset
START
STOP
RESTART
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2
3
RESET
X
How to operate your C7 Rapide Chronograph Quartz