C9 P2725 TM-B RAF HURRICANE LIMITED EDITION

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C9 P2725 TM-B RAF HURRICANE LIMITED EDITION

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Noticed this 100 piece limited edition today.
Mid-October pre-order - price £2495 (unless it changes again).

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To recognise the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force on April 1, 2018, Christopher Ward and long-time collaborator TMB Art Metal have developed a striking limited edition piece with quite some story behind it:

On 15 September 1940, a Hawker Hurricane fighter plane, call sign P2725 TM-B, was being flown by Flight Lieutenant Raymond T. Holmes in the defence of London. This famous Hurricane, out of bullets, did what was needed to take out a German bomber heading for Buckingham Palace on a bombing run: it rammed the plane, causing them both to crash, while Holmes parachuted to safety. P2725 TM-B was lost – but Buck House was saved. And it’s part of this very plane that’s been used in the making of Christopher Ward’s striking limited edition P2725 TM-B watch, released to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the RAF.

“When Mike [France, CW co-founder] first asked me if I had anything that might be suitable to celebrate a century of the RAF,” he says, “it was hard to look past this particular Hurricane. As our most plentiful fighter during the Battle of Britain, it’s arguably the RAF’s most important plane – and this example has just such a great story attached.”

As for the watch itself, it’s a gorgeous period-looking piece, boasting a face design that takes a great deal of design influence from the Smiths instruments in the Hurricane’s cockpit. Inside the 43mm black DLC sandblasted case sits an ETA Valgranges A07.161 automatic movement with power reserve, while the actual metal from the Hurricane takes pride of place on the case back, where it’s been engraved with a map of central London, with the spot where the plane crashed picked out as a red dot. Chris’s involvement with the final watch included some input into the design, not least of which was the inclusion of two quick release straps with each example: a brown vintage leather version, and a high quality khaki canvas strap to echo the material of which much of the plane was made.

The final piece is certainly beautiful, and has provenance that’s virtually unequalled in the horological world.

To reserve your serial number ahead of the product launch simply contact our Customer Services Manager, Scott Callaway.
No mention of pricing in the blog post.

https://www.christopherward.co.uk/blog/

***Updated with price and page link***
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Re: C9 P2725 TM-B RAF HURRICANE LIMITED EDITION

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Lovely looking watch that will no doubt be hideously overpriced due to the scrap metal in the back.

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Agreed, it's a nice looking watch and I wouldn't be surprised if it's in the £2500 - £2750 range.
I have no intention of buying one!
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Great overpriced watch, but why ETA inside.....why not SH21...
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Watch looks decent enough, but a canvas plane?? :D
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arzt wrote:Great overpriced watch, but why ETA inside.....why not SH21...
Because that would take it from a potential cost of £2500 to £3500! :lol:
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Could always play guess the price.... I'm reckoning £3250

Unless of course they are really corny and price it at £2725 :lol:
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Tyke wrote:
Unless of course they are really corny and price it at £2725 :lol:
i think that's exactly what the price will be! :roll:
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When will they stop doing a "Bremont" ?
Fluffy cuddly kittens and little puppy dogs.......????
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£2495.
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reggie747 wrote:
When will they stop doing a "Bremont" ?
when people stop paying lots of money for watches with sentimental pieces of metal stuck on the back??
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Looks like a press release went out early, as Militaria-History.co.uk published an article on 31/7/17, but the cached version is available on Google if anyone's interested and it states £2495.

Watch features include:
Technical
Diameter: 43mm
Height: 15.1mm
Weight: 95g
Calibre: ETA Valgranges A07.161
Case: DLC sandblasted stainless steel
Vibrations: 28,800 per hour
Timing tolerance: +20/ -20 seconds per day
Water resistance: 3 ATM/ 30 metres
Strap: 22mm leather
Lug to Lug: 51.5mm
Styling
Special limited edition of 100 pieces
24 jewel automatic movement with a disc of P2725 Hurricane precious metal with Central London crash site map engraving embedded below museum-grade sapphire into exhibition backplate
46 hour power reserve with altimeter-themed indicator at 6 o'clock
Museum grade anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Original Hurricane instrument panel inspired dial with old radium SuperLuminova® markings
Surgical-grade stainless steel case with embossed crown
Premium quality canvas webbing strap with CW twin flag logo debossed in on reverse with black DLC sandblasted clasp.
Additional camel vintage oak leather strap included
Unique engraved individual serial number
Deluxe presentation case and owner's handbook with signed Certificate of Provenance
Inspired by the Hurricane’s dashboard instrument panel, the extra matte black dial has alternating white and old radium numerals in a vintage inspired, san-serif font. The power reserve indicator of the ETA Valgranges A07.161 movement is then depicted in old radium with a red empty gauge and needle. At the 3 o’clock position the celebrated plane’s call sign “P2725 TM-B” is depicted in old radium paint, with the Christopher Ward logo sitting at 9 o’clock. Continuing the dashboard tooling aesthetic, the old radium lume-painted second and minute hands come to a fine needle-like point, with the minute hand counterbalanced by a black gunmetal-brushed circular dot. Then, the gunmetal-brushed central second hand is tipped in a flash of red for better legibility, aided by museum grade sapphire crystal. 
Priced at £2,495 the C9 P2725 TM-B Limited Edition is available to order from http://www.christopherward.co.uk
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:shock: Not a bad guess.
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Bargain...... the price of scrap metal must've gone down!
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Off topic, but Moonphase back in the clearance section...
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