CHRISTOPHER WARD C65 TRIDENT DIVER GMT WORLDTIMER

When Christopher Ward launched the retro style C65 Trident Diver in 2018 they will have hoped it was a success, but I doubt they were expecting it to be quite as successful as it has been. It’s been a great seller and has already spawned many different iterations and special editions. It’s retro good looks and 41mm case size mean it looks great on almost any wrist and with any clothing.

The watch for sale here is one of the last C65 GMT Worldtimers to leave CW, having done so in January 2022 almost two years after it was first introduced in March 2020. As a result, it’s still covered by almost the full CW movement warranty. When available from CW they cost £995 on leather/rubber/canvas and £1,095 on a bracelet.

It’s powered by the automatic GMT Sellita SW330 movement. If you’re not familiar with GMT watches, they feature an additional hour hand which takes 24 hours to complete one rotation of the dial - making it a perfect international travel partner. This is because you can set the regular hands to your local time and the 24h GMT hand to ‘home’, so you can instantly see the time and home and avoid accidentally calling your partner at 3 in the morning to say “hi”! By rotating the bezel, and therefore moving ‘midnight’ to elsewhere on the dial, you can create a third time zone.

Condition:
It’s in brand new, never worn condition - only having come out of the case for the photographs in this listing.

It’s fitted with its original CW black canvas strap. They’re a bit stiff when first used, but are very comfortable once broken in. An optional upgrade to a CW bracelet is available for an extra £100.

It’s keeping great time. The timegrapher shows it to be running at a very respectable -3sec per day (CW state +/-20sec and a COSC certified watch (which this isn’t) should be running between -4 to +6sec).

It comes in the original CW bamboo case with unused polishing cloth and warranty card. Also included is a letter explaining that CW had run out of user manuals by the time they sold this one and directing you to the PDF version mentioned below.

Specs:

• Diameter: 41mm

• Height: 12mm

• Calibre: Sellita SW330

• Water resistance: 150m

• Strap: 22mm

Owner’s Book:
A PDF version of the owner manual is available on the CW website: https://www.christopherward.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-cw-library/default/dwaefe385f/pdfs/RetroDive/c65-gmt-worldtimer-manual.pdf

Final Notes:
The first six pictures are library photos, the rest show the actual watch and package.