Christopher Ward C60 Trident GMT 600 Mk2.5

If you’re not familiar with GMT watches I’ll try to give a brief intro: as well as the usual hour, minute and second hands, the GMT adds a fourth hand which takes 24 hours to complete a lap of the dial, so 12 midnight would be at 12 o’clock and 12 noon would be the usual 6 o’clock position. It makes for a great travel companion because you can set the GMT hand to your home time zone and the other hands to the local time, so seeing your ‘home’ time is just a glance away. By rotating the bezel (which features 24h markers) to move the midnight marker you can create a third time zone.

The ceramic-bezel’d Mk2 C60 GMT arrived in 2015 and the logo was changed in 2017 to create what I call the Mk2.5 - this is one of those watches. This model was by CW retired in 2018, but this watch was part of a brief archive release in July 2019, so this is probably the last white face, red bezel GMT to leave Part Street - the Mk3, introduced in mid 2019, did not include a red/white offering.

The CW selling price for the bracelet model was £940 and the equivalent Mk3 model weighs in at £1,055.

Condition

As you can tell from the pictures, this is a ‘brand new’ watch on a brand new bracelet. Comes as a ‘full set’ complete with box, letter, user manual (with Certificate of Authenticity) and unused polishing cloth. I bought it in July 2019, so the transferable movement warranty is valid until July 2024.

Specifications

• Case size: 43mm

• Lug width: 22mm

• Height: 13.7mm

• Waterproof: 600m

• Movement: ETA 2893-2

User Manual

A PDF version of the handbook is available on the CW website: https://www.christopherward.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-cw-library/default/dwb9af38a3/pdfs/Dive/c60-trident-gmt-600-v2.pdf

Final Notes

• Note the first pic is a library shot, the rest all show the actual watch and package.