Night chime
Night chime
When the lights go down, the C1 Bel Canto Lumière comes alive. A fusion of art, acoustics and luminescence, this remix of our GPHG award-winning chiming watch delivers a sci-fi experience that’s out of this world. And which places luminosity at the centre of everything.
As with the original Bel Canto, the time-telling subdial floats above the dial, but here the circumference and handset are applied with Globolight® to deliver an intense neon-green glow for timekeeping after dark.
Lume – and even more lume
At its base lies an all-new dial, printed with multiple layers of Super-LumiNova® and arranged in a shimmering sunray pattern. On the Lumière Neon, the lower two sectors glow blue, while the upper area is a vivid green. With the Nova, the sunray-patterned dial has been printed with Super-LumiNova® White X1 for maximum impact.
All-wrist glow
Luminescence extends beyond the dial with an Aquaflex rubber strap, embossed with ‘Clous de Paris’ patterning. The straps on both models are injected with Super-LumiNova® – white on the Neon, turquoise on the Nova. The watches are also available on Consort and Bader bracelets in Grade 2 titanium.
Signature song
In every other respect, this is the classic Bel Canto the world fell in love with. Which means a chime on the hour every hour courtesy of the iconic ‘songbird’ striking mechanism, a Grade 5 titanium case that amplifies the sound – and the power and precision of our ingenious FS01 movement.
The C1 Bel Canto Lumière is a proud addition to the Atelier collection, which brings together our most advanced and exquisitely finished watches under one umbrella.
FS01 chiming movement
FS01 chiming movement
Created by CW’s technical director Frank Seltzer, Calibre FS01 is an ingenious modified movement with Christopher Ward’s DNA in every cog and spring. With an inspired piece of lateral thinking, Frank realised that CW’s ‘jumping hour’ movement could be adapted to create a chiming sound on the hour, every hour. More than 60 new components form the striking mechanism module which sits atop a Sellita SW200-1 base movement which provides the 38-hour power reserve.
Sunray-patterned dial printed with Super-LumiNova® for after-dark illumination.
A Globolight® ring and tipped hands for nocturnal accuracy
‘Songbird’ striking hammer hits the steel spring to achieve the ‘beautiful singing’ of the D note
The 41mm Light-catcher™ case is forged from Grade 5 titanium to amplify the sound of the chime
Technical
- Watch Model C1
- Size 41mm
- Dial Colour Nova
- Case Material Grade 5 Titanium
- Case Colour Titanium
- Bezel Colour Titanium
- Height 13.65mm
- Lug-to-Lug 48mm
Features
- Swiss made
- Self-winding 29 jewel movement with “FS01” in-house module
- 41-hour power reserve
- Brushed and polished Grade 5 Titanium case
- Deep stamped caseback with soundwave motif
- Push-down crown with twin flag motif
- Anti-reflective domed sapphire crystal
- Floating Globolight® X1 GL Blue ring on top of smoked sapphire dial
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