Calibre CW-002 is a rare ‘true’ GMT movement, which enables the wearer to change the hour hand to their local time, without disturbing the other hands.

Conceived by technical director Frank Stelzer, it’s built on the foundations of Calibre CW-001 – formerly ‘Calibre SH21’ – the five-day, twin-barrelled movement we launched in 2014.

In total, 23 components have been used in its construction: 16 newly designed and seven modified from existing parts.

Our second in-house movement, and the most ambitious yet. Built around one central idea: to centre an exposed balance wheel that’s never been seen before in a Christopher Ward.

With 144 hours of power reserve – an extra day beyond SH21 – and a custom free-sprung balance wheel, the CW-003 represents everything we’ve learned about solving problems beautifully. It’s not just a movement. It’s a revolution in motion.

Christopher Ward’s first in-house module, JJ01 was something that had long frustrated master watchmaker Johannes Jahnke.

With most jumping hours, the hour number would never flip over exactly as the minute hand passed the hour mark. But his design would be different: it would distribute the power needed to jump the disk across the full hour, rather than a short build-up towards its end, making for a just-so turnover.

We wanted a moon phase that was bold. Where most watches offer only the tiniest of apertures, ours is designed to be impossible to miss.

More than that: we made it perpetual, linking the movement of the moon directly to the gear train in smooth, continuous motion.

The result? Accuracy that won’t be off by even a day for 128 years. That’s not just a complication. That’s a promise.

Three years. That’s how long it took from first sketch to that first chime. Frank Stelzer saw that we could modify the JJ01 jumping hour to create something no one expected: an hourly sonnerie au passage – a watch that chimes the passing of time.

Eighty different springs and hammers were tested and rejected before we achieved the perfect note. When the C1 Bel Canto launched, the watch world took notice. We’d made something that shouldn’t have been possible at this price point.

Our first-ever in-house movement, and an immensely stable COSC-certified calibre with a remarkable 120-hour power reserve, achieved through twin mainspring barrels. Built from around 198 parts, it’s as handsome as it is high performance.

Over a decade old, the CW-001 continues to be a reliable and much-loved calibre and proof that strength and beauty aren’t mutually exclusive.