Christopher Ward C7 Rapide ChronographAutomatic User guide

C7 Rapide Chronograph

Automatic

Owner’s handbook

Your Christopher Ward watch has been designed and

engineered by highly talented craftspeople to ensure

not only accurate and precise timekeeping but also

to bring a real pride of ownership that only items of

the highest quality can ever hope to deliver.

You have made an investment, a good one,

and the aim of this handbook is to help you

make the most of that investment during what

I hope will be a lifetime of ownership.

Christopher Ward

Time on your side...

Introduction

Contents

C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic 2–3

Technical information 4–5

How to operate your C7 Rapide

Chronograph Automatic 6–14

Our watch care programme 15

Keeping in touch 16

C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic

With the juggernaut that is the Valjoux

7750 inside, the C7 Rapide Chronograph

Automatic was always going to be slightly

larger than its other Rapide cousins; not only

in size, but in personality.

While initial impressions may have you thinking the

Chronograph Automatic is a brutish muscle car of a

watch, inside it’s powered by a nely tuned engine,

the 7750 – one of the rst movements to be designed

by computer, and almost certainly the denitive

mechanical chronograph in the industry.

Our case is a staggering a piece of engineering – a

combination of marine-grade steel and aluminium,

Its four-piece design is inspired by construction in

Formula 1, which begins with a car’s central chassis

– the monocoque where the driver sits – before

additional bodywork is added around it. Two vintage

style pushers ank either side of its crosshatched

crown, their piston shape reminiscent of the immense

horsepower generated by high-performance engines

from F1 to Le Mans.

The C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic also inherits

our new dial aesthetic, where double-sized numerals

and sunray subdials capture the extravagance of

motorsport within its dashboard-inspired design.

Not only is it obviously a motorsport watch, it’s

distinctively a Christopher Ward motorsport one,

and a turbo-charged addition to the Collection.

C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic

Features

– Swiss made

– 25 jewel self-winding elaboré-grade

mechanical chronograph

– 48 hour power reserve

– Hour, minute, second and date calendar

with 60 seconds, 30 minutes and 12 hours

chronograph indication

– 316L stainless steel and aluminium four-piece case

– Bi-compax dial layout with sunray-finish subdials

– Screw-down crown

– Aluminium bezel with 5 minute markers

– Anti-reflective flat sapphire crystal

– Date window with black disc

– SuperLuminova®dial indexes

– Deep-stamped screw-down backplate with

unique engraved serial number

Technical information

Technical

Diameter: 42mm

Height: 14.30mm

Weight: 95g

Calibre: ETA 7750

Case: 316L stainless steel

and aluminium

Water Resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres)

Vibrations: 28,800 per hour (4 Hz)

Timing Tolerance: ±15 seconds per day

Lug to lug: 48.2mm

Strap: 22mm

How to operate your C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic

Setting the time/date

1234

1. Crown screw-down position

2. Manual winding

3. Date setting

4. Time setting

Unscrew and then pull out

How to operate your C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic

For a superior water resistance your crown is

of the screw-down type. The crown should sit

ush to the case (position

) in order to maintain

water resistance.

• First unscrew the crown anti-clockwise from the

case to position

for winding in power. Wind in

a clockwise direction to re-power the watch.

Your C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic has a

maximum power reserve of 48 hours when fully

wound. Normal wearing will allow the rotor to

start re-powering the watch over time after

putting it on your wrist.

• For rapid date correction pull gently into position

and turn in a clockwise direction.

• Pull gently into position

for handsetting and

stopping of the second hand. For precise time

setting it is recommended to

pass beyond the desired minute and to set the

hand backwards.

PLEASE NOTE: Date correction should not be

carried out between 20.00 hr and 02.00 hr as

the watch gearing will already be aligning itself

to change the date.

You must always ensure the crown is fully

tightened before any use in water to prevent

moisture from entering the case.

How to operate your C7 Rapide Chronograph Automatic

Timing functions

PUSH-BUTTON A

START

STOP

START

Press push-button A to start timing.

PLEASE NOTE: Before starting the time, reset

the chronograph hands to their original position.

See the Reset section to set the counters

to zero.

To stop the timing, press push-button A once more

and read the 3 chronograph counters, for example:

2 hours /10 mins / 8 seconds.

Start Stop

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