Christopher Ward C8 P2725 User guide

C8 P2725 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
C8 P2725 Automatic 2–3
Technical information 4–5
How to operate your C8 P2725 Automatic 6–10
Our watch care programme 11
Keeping in touch 12

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C8 P2725 Automatic
C8 P2725 Automatic
While we have always worn the British design
cues of our aviation collection proudly, the
C8 P2725 Automatic is a watch that nods to a
particularly denitive moment in RAF history.
This is because its dial is directly inuenced by the
cockpit instrument panel found within Hawker
Hurricane P2725, the ghter own by Flight Lieutenant
Ray Holmes on September 15 1940 – a date later
known as Battle of Britain Day – when he rammed a
German Dornier out of the sky, saving Buckingham
Palace in the process.
That plane’s cockpit dashboard would go on to
become the main inspiration behind the C9 P2725
TM-B Limited Edition, a watch that featured the
aforementioned dial design alongside a piece of
P2725 embedded in its backplate. For those that
didn’t require a sliver of Merlin engine in the back of
their watch, the C8 P2725 Automatic is just what
they were looking for, oering the same distinctive
dial layout at a far more aordable price.
Featuring an inner hour and outer minute track
accompanied by Arabic numerals, complete with
alternating shades of SuperLumiNova®for legibility
in all conditions, the C8 is a watch that allows its
wearer a glimpse of what Holmes’ Hurricane cockpit
experience was like – all without leaving the ground!

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C8 P2725 Automatic
Features
– Swiss made
– 26 jewel Sellita self-winding mechanical movement
– 38 hour power reserve
– Steel DLC (diamond-like carbon) case
– Multi-layered dial with lume-dipped hands
– Anti-reflective flat sapphire crystal
– SuperLumiNova®numerals and indexes
– Screw-down backplate deep-stamped with
Farnborough wind tunnel design
– Push-down crown with deep-stamped ‘Flyer’ motif
– Whip stitch Tiber leather strap with CW motif clasp
Technical information
Technical
Diameter: 44mm
Height: 12.05mm
Weight: 96g
Calibre: Sellita SW 200-1
Case: 316L stainless steel
Water Resistance: 5 ATM (50 metres)
Vibrations: , per hour (Hz)
Timing tolerance: 20 secs per day
Lug to lug: 53.2mm
Strap: 22mm

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How to operate your C8 P2725 Automatic
Setting the time/date
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1. Crown position
2. Date setting
3. Time setting

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The crown should sit ush to the case (position
1 )
in order to maintain water resistance.
• Position
1 is for winding in power. Wind in
a clockwise direction to re-power the watch.
Your C8 P2725 Automatic has a maximum power
reserve of 38 hours when fully wound.
• 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 anti-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 .
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.
How to operate your C8 P2725 Automatic

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How to operate your C8 P2725 Automatic
Using the quick-release pins on your strap
1. Locate the quick-release pin on your strap.
Pull the pin to the side to detach your strap.
2. To reattach your strap, align the pins to the
lug holes and click the strap into position.
Repeat for the other side.

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