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t is only appropriate that on a wristwatch, a great deal of attention must be given to the wrist element as well as to the watch. The primary purpose of the strap or bracelet, of course, is to hold the watch comfortably and securely in a position from which the time can be read easily. This is its “function”. The “form” that strap or bracelet takes is, of course, a many-splendoured thing.
Since its inception in 2005, Christopher
Ward Watches has always given as much thought to its straps and bracelets as to the timepieces to which they are attached. With several hundred watch options having been designed in the past seven years, that is a lot of straps and bracelets.
The recent project to make the bracelets even better has involved a joint effort from the
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CHRISTOPHER WARD HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE ITS BRACELETS EVEN BETTER. YOU WILL LIKE WHAT’S BEEN ACHIEVED.
team in the UK and its Swiss partner Jörg Bader. Says Chris Ward: “We are never satisfied with leaving things as they are, so we asked Jörg to look at raising the overall quality of the bracelets, of improving the clasp and the micro-adjustment of the fit, and allowing a diver’s watch extension to be more easily fitted to go over a wet- or dry-suit.”
Using Jörg’s enviable network of contacts, Christopher Ward bracelets are now being made by a new manufacturer in the Far East, where most of the best work in this specialised area of precision mechanical engineering is done. The company continues to use only 316L surgical- and marine-grade steel, which is
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