Night chime
Night chime
When the lights go down, the new 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 Globolight® – the luminous ceramic made famous by the C60 Trident Lumière – at the centre of everything.
As with the original Bel Canto, the smoked sapphire dial floats above the platine, but here the circumference and handset are filled with Globolight® to deliver an intense neon-green glow for timekeeping after dark.
Two-tone lume
At its base lies an all-new platine, printed with multiple layers of Super-LumiNova® arranged in a shimmering sunray pattern. The lower two sectors glow blue, while the upper area is a vivid green, which all return to blue in daylight. Even the on/off indicator joins in, switching from white to a luminous emerald when the lights go out.
All-wrist glow
Luminescence extends beyond the dial with a new white strap infused with Super-LumiNova® delivering an all-wrist glow. The watch is also available on both 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 new C1 Bel Canto Lumière is the latest 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 Stelzer, 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-pattered, Super-LumiNova® embedded platine
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 box sapphire crystal exposing full luminosity, while retaining scratch-resistance
‘Clous de Paris’ pattern and Super-LumiNova® rubber strap
The 41mm Light-catcher™ case is forged from Grade 5 titanium to amplify the sound of the chime
