Christopher Ward C8 M2.04 Limited Edition User guide

C8 M2.04

Limited Edition

Owner’s handbook

Time on your side...

Introduction

Contents

Concorde 2–3

Captain Mike Bannister 4–5

C8 M2.04 Limited Edition 6–7

Technical information 8–9

How to operate your C8 M2.04

Limited Edition 10–14

Our watch care programme 15

Keeping in touch 16

Your Christopher Ward watch has been designed

and engineered by experts to ensure not only precise

timekeeping, but also to give you a sense of pride

whenever you wear it.

You’ve made an investment, a good one, and the

aim of this handbook is to help you make the most of

it during what I hope will be a lifetime of ownership.

Christopher Ward

C8 M2.04 Limited Edition

Concorde

One of the crowning technological achievements

of the 20th century, Concorde did what very few

planes could: she stamped her mark on popular

culture. While in one regard, expensive ticket prices

perpetuated an aura of prestige – she was one-part

supersonic airliner, another-part exclusive cocktail

bar for the rich and famous at 60,000ft – she became

more than that. Concorde displayed the power of the

Anglo-French partnership that saw 20 planes built,

and the ambition of the British project that proved

such a feat of engineering wasn’t just possible,

but feasible. She became a unifying symbol: for her

last ight into London Heathrow, the roads around

the airport drew to a standstill with people desperate

to admire her airborne one nal time.

“Concorde was born from dreams, built with vision

and we operated her with pride.” CAPTAIN MIKE BANNISTER

Concorde’s legacy becomes increasingly impressive

with each passing day you consider a replacement

commercial supersonic airliner hasn’t been attempted

since her retirement in 2003. Concorde was certainly a

plane ahead of the curve; capable of travelling at over

twice the speed of sound at Mach 2.04 (1,354 miles

per hour), it could transport over 100 passengers from

London to New York in just 3 hours and 20 minutes –

all whilst oering a ve star service to those on board.

It’s this pioneering spirit – as well as its top speed –

that is celebrated in Christopher Ward’s new watch,

the C8 M2.04 Limited Edition.

C8 M2.04 Limited Edition

Captain Mike Bannister

Mike Bannister had wanted to become a pilot since he

was 7 years old. Sitting with him at Christopher Ward’s

Maidenhead HQ years later, it’s clear that Bannister fully

realised those childhood dreams and more, becoming

Chief Pilot of the BA Concorde Fleet and spending 22

years commandeering this famous aeroplane. “Flying

Concorde really was the highlight of my career,” he says.

“If you want to see the world, you y a 747. But if you

love ying aeroplanes, Concorde was the one for you.

You could y her with your ngertips: all the way through

take-o, climb, acceleration, and supersonic cruise;

descent and landing, she was like a sportscar”.

Not every pilot could y Concorde, of course. “Concorde

was aerodynamically dierent to other aircraft, so she

was dierent to y. Not more dicult; more complex.

There were lots of dierent systems – Concorde was

essentially four aeroplanes in one: a low aeroplane, a

high one, a fast aeroplane and a slow one.” The result,

Bannister says, is that the training course for Concorde

took six months – triple that of the one required for the

Boeing 747.

As somebody who ew Concorde for 22 years,

captained her nal ight and ew G-BOAB over

Buckingham Palace to mark Her Majesty’s Golden

Jubilee, surely Bannister must receive quite a few

invitations to be involved in many Concorde tributes?

“I’ve been approached to be involved in a whole

number of various projects, including watches,

reecting the aeroplane – and generally I decline! But

I came to the CW HQ in Maidenhead to look at some

very early sketches to see what the designers had in

mind, and immediately thought this was something

dierent and actually rather special. This was not

just an ordinary watch with Concorde on it; this is

enigmatic and brings back to mind what it was like

to sit on the ight deck of Concorde and operate

this wonderful aeroplane. It’s a beautiful watch

and I’m so pleased that the initial phone calls and

conversations took place, and that I’m very proud of

my involvement.”

A piece of rudder metal retrieved from Concorde

G-BOAB was melted down and formed into discs.

The discs were then cut into rings and frame the

hand-wound version of Calibre SH21 visible through

its exhibition window. The disc is engraved with the

message ‘Rudder metal VW23 from Concorde 102,

G-BOAB, 1969-2019, 50 years’.

C8 M2.04 Limited Edition

It’s not every day you get the opportunity to

design a Concorde-themed watch with the

assistance of a pilot who ew her for 22 years.

Yet this proved to be the case for C8 M2.04 Limited

Edition, a 50-piece limited edition released to mark

50 years of Concorde. Designed with input from the

captain of Concorde’s nal ight, Mike Bannister,

the C8 is a watch engrained with the same spirit of

the plane that inspired it. Its dial faithfully depicts

elements of the cockpit’s airspeed indicator and

Machmeter panels – the latter of which skillfully

doubles as a power reserve indicator to display the

remainder of Calibre SH21’s 120-hour power reserve

– while chequerboard and needle-style hands are

unmistakable inclusions (they too carry a special

signicance, as their alignment mid-ight indicated

Concorde’s fastest and most ecient speed).

A grey diamond-like carbon (DLC) case is a rst

in a Christopher Ward release, but it’s the reverse

of the watch that carries most signicance.

A piece of metal from a rudder bearing serial number

VW23 – this particular model saw service on three

separate Concordes, accruing 10,861 ight hours

and 3,724 landings before ending its service life

on Concorde G-BOAB – has been melted down,

cut into rings and engraved to commemorate the

half century anniversary.

From the prestige of the material in its backplate

through to our Swiss-made chronometer, Calibre

SH21, complete with small second and power reserve

complications, there will never be a watch like the

C8 M2.04 Limited Edition again. And that’s a very

special thought.

C8 M2.04 Limited Edition

Features

–Swiss made

–Special limited edition of 50 pieces

–Ring of Concorde G-BOAB precious metal with

“Rudder metal VW23 from Concorde 102, G-BOAB,

1969-2019, 50 years” engraving embedded below

museum-grade sapphire

–27 jewel in-house Calibre SH21 hand-wound

movement with small second and power reserve

complications

–5 day (120 hour) power reserve

–Decorated twin barrels of SH21 visible through

exhibition caseback

–Bridge engraved and finished in black PVD

–Marine-grade grey diamond-like carbon (DLC)

sandblasted stainless steel case

–Original Concorde instrument panel inspired dial

and hands with TC-1 SuperLumiNova®markings

Technical information –Museum grade anti-reflective sapphire crystal

–Instrument-themed small second subdial at

6 o’clock

–Premium quality soft touch black leather strap with

yellow underside with black DLC sandblasted clasp

–Unique engraved individual serial number

Technical

Diameter: 44mm

Height: 11.9mm

Weight: 87g

Calibre: SH21 hand-wound

Chronometer (COSC)

Case: 316L stainless steel

Water Resistance: 5 ATM (50 metres)

Vibrations: , per hour (Hz)

Timing tolerance: –/ secs per day

Lug to lug: 53.2mm

Strap: 22mm

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