Christopher Ward C11 Titanium Extreme 1000 Limited Edition Chronometer

The C11 Extreme is the daddy of the C11 range: waterproof to 1000m, 1000 of them made and they were £1,000 to buy when you could buy them!

It was available between 2014 and 2016 and was a great way for CW to say goodbye to the C11 range - going out with a 15mm tall bang! A watch of that height (thanks to its 4mm crystal and thicker case back - required to achieve that 1,000m dept rating) and with lime green markers is never going to be subtle, but thanks to its clean design and the Titanium sheen of the case, it’s still got class.

It’s a Limited Edition of 1,000 and they’ve been off sale for five years now, so most have found their way to collectors - as the years have ticked by, there are less and less appearing for sale.

Condition
If this watch was a minter and a full set, I’d be asking £1,500 for it. The reality is that it’s a used watch, with a few battle scars and it’s missing its owner’s book, so the price has been reduced accordingly.

It’s a used watch, so has picked up some marks. The only ones worth mentioning are dings on the bezel at 25 and 59 minutes and there are also a few on the lugs and some on the rear case - caused mostly by the use of a NATO strap.

These CW rubber straps are prone to splitting around the holes which are used, but there are no signs of that happening to this strap - which is a good thing as they’re no longer available from CW!

As you can see from the timegrapher pic, it’s running at about -4sec per day, so just inside COSC specifications - not bad at all for a watch of this age (approx. 5-7 years old).

Specifications

• Case size: 42mm

• Lug width: 22mm

• Height: 15mm

• Waterproof: 1,000m

• Movement: Sellita SW200-1 COSC automatic

User Manual
A PDF version of the owner’s manual is available on the CW website: https://www.christopherward.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-cw-library/default/dw5be4eda4/pdfs/Dive/c11extreme_manual.pdf

Final Notes

• The first nine photographs are library shots, the rest all show the actual watch and package.

• Having followed CW for many years, I’ve observed a few of instances of crowns being pulled out/off of MSL versions. While I’ve not seen it on a Makaira, it’s still advised to take extra care when pulling the crown out to the time-adjusting position three.