I've had my Malvern Chronograph for just over 48 hours and what follows is my initial review.
I work for a Jeweler in Los Angeles, and part of what attracted me to the Malvern Chronograph was how sleek it looked, despite the fact that I could destroy several of them for the price of even an ugly watch of with similar features. I like to always wear a watch, but I find myself constantly worrying about it. What the Malvern Chrono offers is a luxury watch that is truely worry free.
While I generally perfer automatic watches, there is always room in a watch collection for a quartz watch - if just to set the automatics by.
I've also got to give a big Thank You to Christopher Ward for being so responsive on his emails. If you've got a question about his watches - ask this guy! seriously!
Now onto,
Number 182 - arrived Saturday - Out of the box:

I like attention to detial right from the shiny CW logo on the shipping box.

The packaging is more what you would expect for a high-end watch, complete with CW logo'd polishing cloth.
The 60/60 guarantee is really signed and really stamped by a real person. A nice touch these days.
On to, THE WATCH:

Set to London Time.
Nicely wrapped for protection:


I had to remove links from the stainless band to fit my wrist. The pins are simple push outs.
And set to LA time.

I also tried on a leather band (a size too small - else where in the forums it notes that an 18mm band will fit the Malvern Chrono - but this 18mm is too small. I measured the watch and it is more like 20mm)

Here is a shot of the Malvern Chrono's lume. I wasn't exacly sure where the lume would be, so it was a nice surprise - sharp, easy to read, and nice and bright.

I was actually a little disappointed that the watch band was so highly polished. The pictures on the website make it look like the band is bead-blasted. I think a such a reflective band detracts from such an outstandingly sharp watch - it makes it look like it's trying to be overly flashy - see if you agree:
Compairson of the Malvern and a 16610 Submariner:

I think it looks better right away on a leather band:

The lume is quite bright. even when compared to the Sub's.

So overally, I LOVE the Malvern Chrono, however I really dislike the finish on the band.
Not to worry, I work for a Jeweler!
Rather than bead-blasting, I descided to go with a brushed finish. I may change this to a bead-blasted finish at some point, but I think it looks much stronger already.



As you can see I taped off the middle link containing the clasp. I think this helps to match the watch to the band. It would be nice if the engraving on the band was a little thicker so that you could change the finish without risking destroying the logo.
I snapped this last bunch real quick at work today, I'm going to try to shoot some more on black showing the new brushed finish next to the Sub - they look HOT together.
THANKS CHRIS!!!