Features
1. 25 jewel, 128 year moonphase complication by Johannes Jahnke - JJ04
2. Modified in Switzerland from ETA 2836-2 by Johannes and his team
3. Self-winding movement with 38 hour power reserve
4. Date display at 6 o'clock
5. Central hour, minute and second hands
6. Stop-second hacking mechanism
7. Large moonphase disc with 3-dimensional deep-stamped moon in PVD gold finish
8. One-piece metal dial with tidal pattern guilloche, raised indexes and PVD gold finish hands
9. Hand finished, surgical grade, stainless steel case and crown
10. Museum-grade sapphire crystal with AR08 anti-reflective coating
11. Screw-down transparent case back
12. Embossed alligator pattern Italian leather strap with Bader Deployment
13. Luxury presentation case and owner's handbook.
Technical
1. Diameter: 40mm
2. Height: 13.3mm
3. Calibre: JJ04 - modified ETA 2836-2
4. Vibrations: 28.800 vph
5. Case: 316L stainless steel
6. Water resistance: 5 bar
7. Strap width: 20mm
8. Dial Colour: White-Midnight-Gold
This one is an absolute beauty! (Jack)
The Moonphase stands out due to the excellent large Moonphase complication and is a fantastically beautiful watch in blue or white. (Paw3001)
I've currently got the blue on my wrist (first one in the wild!) and it's stunning. (eggtronics)
The white is stunning! {bobbubka)
Two thumbs up (Aifo)
Very tasteful and elegant. (welshlad)
I'm not a big fan of moonphases but that is a smashing piece in both colors...Job extremely well done! (panamavin)
A great watch. (scooter)
Oh, bloody hell! That is amazing! The C1 is no longer CW's most beautiful watch! (by Amor Vincit Omnia)
I love that the moonphase moves continuously. (Wis)
The price point is marvelous too. I thought it would be much more. (Magnus)
"......we are proud to introduce the first ever Christopher Ward moonphase watch, created by our own master watchmaker, Johannes Jahnke.
With his Calibre JJ04, Johannes modified the base ETA 2836-2 by creating two gear systems incorporating four wheels to drive the moon disc, and a further two wheels for the setting mechanism. The result is a smooth and continuous movement of the moon disc, in synch with the minutes and hours - the norm for moonphase watches is that the disc jumps once a day leaving the moon inaccurate for several hours each day. Once set, the representation of the moon's phase at any particular moment is unerringly precise. Additionally, the new gearing means that the moon disc is also accurate to within one day every 128 years of the base movement's accuracy.
The complication most requested by our followers since CW was founded in 2004, in the C9 Moonphase we have created a timepiece that fulfils ours and our customers' common desire, but also one that, hopefully, does credit to the source of its inspiration, our waxing, waning, wondrous moon."
The C9 Moonphase is an open series and may be ordered directly from Christopher Ward London.
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