Join the Christopher Ward team!
Since becoming the world’s first direct-to-consumer luxury watch brand in 2004 – turning the traditional wholesale model on its head by offering unseen value in mechanical watches – Christopher Ward has become synonymous with innovation in an often-conservative sector.
Proudly Anglo-Swiss in structure, all Christopher Ward’s watches are designed at its UK base at Maidenhead and engineered and assembled at its atelier in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. This unique ‘twin- flag’ approach has led to several significant firsts for CW, including the creation of the first commercially viable mechanical watch movement from a British brand in over 50 years.
Well respected within the global watch community, Christopher Ward has customers in more than 100 countries and still has the same mission: to put high-quality mechanical watches within reach of everyone.
As we grow the business, we look to invest in the right talent to enable us to achieve our goals.
Christopher Ward is committed to continuing to make diversity, equality, and inclusion part of everything we do-from how we build our products to how we build our workforce.
Our current vacancies are below.
Watchmaker
Role Summary:
Offering the world’s first 5-year movement guarantee on our watches back in 2004, we broke the
conventional mould by selling directly to consumers through the internet, promising to ensure optimum
performance of our timepieces over a 60 month period and the requirement now, is for an additional
watchmaker to join the technical team to repair, service and overhaul, the ever growing volume of
Christopher Ward watches out in global watch community, to the highest standards, within specified
time-frames.
We hope for the candidate to grow and develop their recognised bench skills in a busy workshop,
assisting with the development and coaching of apprentice technicians and watchmakers while also
taking care to ensure that their own productivity can be consistently representative of best workmanship
standards concentrating on the more complicated watch servicing & restoration challenges.
For the more experienced candidate, we will encourage further workshop responsibility, taking in
to consideration recommendations on potential opportunities that could heighten customer service
satisfaction or that may impact upon department efficiency & best productivity, helping improve our ever
growing business.
Once settled in, further brand approved training and an accreditation pathway will commence, in
order to allow the candidate to pro-actively consolidate and add to their already acquired bench skills.
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Responsibilities:
- Diagnosing and repairing watches - in line with our brand-specific guidelines.
- Servicing of all brand models including mechanical, quartz, ETA based and Modular Chronograph movements.
- Servicing of modified and inhouse mechanical movements; JJ modules and SH21’s.
- Testing timepieces for accuracy and performance, using specific tools and equipment.
- Visually checking all in-coming components and watches (dials, cases, hands, crystals, movements etc.) for damage, marks and scratches to ensure that they meet the agreed specification and report any quality issues.
- Troubleshooting mechanical problems
- Performing of a rigorous quality control for all repairs and services
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We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate they have the following:
- The ability to work confidently, cleanly and accurately with the following ETA/Sellita calibres: 2824, 2836, 2893, 7750, SW200, SW210, SW330, SW220, SW510.
- Have experience working on proprietary movement.
- Highly organised and capable of managing your own workload.
- Have the ability to work collaboratively in a team to coach and develop each other.
- Ability to work & prioritise tasks, achieving an elevated level of accuracy.
- Strong communication skills.
- Self-motivated with a positive can-do attitude.
- Possess a passion and appreciation for horology.
- A meticulous attention to detail and ability to interpret mechanical demands in a practical way.
- Keen to adhere to best practice service standards.
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The successful candidate is likely to have the following credentials:
- Experience in watchmaking
- Good level of spoken English
- GCSE (or equivalent) qualifications.
- A graduate of a watchmaker programme with either BHI, WOSTEP, BCU or comparable qualification (optional).
Hours & Location:
Monday-Friday either 08.00-16.00 or 09.00-17.00 – Maidenhead - with a
1-hour, unpaid lunch.
Interested? Apply now
Quality Manager
100 %, work location Biel/Bienne
Role Summary:
You will help to deliver world class products for watch enthusiasts and therefore shape and drive the production of Christopher Ward products by being part of the Supply Chain Team that will deliver a well planned, strategic, business led demand chain.
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Your mission:
- Working with Swiss and UK colleagues, ensure finished watches meet or exceed our standard (right first time)
- Develop and implement a QMS throughout the supply chain
- Manage in-house IQC team
- Measure and improve supplier quality performance
- Assistance with process optimisation
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Your story:
- Qualification in Quality Management
- Experience in watchmaking industry, especially across all components and manufacturing processes of mechanical watches
- Strong technical knowledge & analytical skills
- Efficient, independent and precise way of working
- Room to grow. Be curious and excited to keep learning
- Fluent French or German and English
What we offer:You will help to deliver world class products for watch enthusiasts and therefore shape and drive the production of Christopher Ward products by being part of the Supply Chain Team that will deliver a well planned, strategic, business led demand chain.
Become part of our success story:
We look forward to receiving your complete application in electronic form.
Interested? Apply now or contact Daniel Kurt, Christopher Ward SA, Zaunweg 6, 2502 Biel/Bienne 032 343 30 80
