In detail: Christopher Ward Worldtimer watch
Bringing the worlds of military and civilian aviation design into one watch, Christopher Ward’s C8 UTC Worldtimer puts the wearer directly in touch with cities around the globe thanks to its two-piece Worldtimer dial and ‘UTC’ functionality.
Named after Universal Coordinated Time – a term which aviation types prefer over ‘GMT’ – the C8 UTC Worldtimer offers the wearer near-unlimited timing possibilities. The watch takes its design cues the Smith’s Mark II A clock used in Spitfires during World War II. And like the rest of the models in CW’s C8 range, it carries engravings of the aviation wind tunnels in Farnborough where the aerodynamics of aircraft like the Spitfire and Concorde were honed.
The most striking part however is the two-piece dial, which features a 24-hour inner ring and a rotating Worldtimer bezel showing prominent international cities, meaning the wearer can immediately work out the time anywhere on Earth.
Want to know the time in Hong Kong while sitting in Manchester (that’ll be a yes then)? Just line up ‘London’ with the current local time on the inner ring, and you’ll get the HK result immediately.
For those looking to keep track of one timezone in particular, the fourth 24-hour ‘GMT’ hand is another brilliant addition, while its ETA 2893-2 movement, has a power reserve of 42 hours: meaning it’ll run for nearly two days off the wrist.
Not that you’ll be taking it off for that long.
