SKU: 24449
Quantity selected exceeds current stock
WHAT WE LOVE:
The Christopher Ward C65 Trident Diver is a watch built around a deliberate question: does a watch need to be decades old to carry genuine vintage character? Christopher Ward's answer, with the C65, is a clear no — and the blue hand-wound version is the most convincing expression of that argument.
The hand-wound movement is the choice that sets this configuration apart from the later automatic variants. In the mid-1960s, virtually every serious dive watch ran on a hand-wound calibre — automatic movements in the configuration that modern wearers expect simply weren't standard on diver's watches yet. By specifying the Sellita SW210-1 in this reference, Christopher Ward isn't making a compromise: they are making a deliberate fidelity call, and it gives the watch a character that the automatic versions, for all their convenience, cannot replicate. The winding ritual is part of the experience.
The matte blue dial with its baton hour markers is a faithful interpretation of 1960s dial design — clean, instrument-like, and deliberately uncluttered. The Old Radium Super-LumiNova on the markers and hands charges quickly and reads clearly in low light with a warm cream-green glow that is instantly recognisable as period-correct. The box sapphire crystal — slightly domed, with a blue AR coating on the underside — gives the dial a depth and warmth that flat crystals never achieve, and is one of the defining visual details of the C65 range.
The brushed and polished 41mm stainless steel case measures just 11.55mm thick and 47mm lug-to-lug — figures that produce a watch that wears significantly smaller than its case diameter suggests. The unidirectional 120-click bezel with its aluminium blue insert and the solid Trident-stamped caseback complete a watch that is both thoroughly considered and genuinely characterful.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
The S65-41H3H1-S0BB0 is powered by the Sellita SW210-1 — a hand-wound Swiss movement of 17 jewels, beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour with a power reserve of 42 hours. The SW210-1 shares much of its architecture with the SW200-1 automatic but strips away the rotor, resulting in a movement just 3.35mm thin — directly contributing to the C65 Diver's remarkable 11.55mm case height for a 150-metre-rated dive watch.
FIVEFORTYFIVE SIX MONTHS WARRANTY
