The new Calibre SH21 now allows them more independence.Ĭhris Ward was quoted, “Today, we are advancing to a new level of independence that strengthens the future growth of the business and enables us to develop a family of movements, the first of which is the beautiful C9 Harrison 5 Day Automatic, housing the Calibre SH21, which we also launched today.” Since the Swatch Group, which is the luxury watch industry’s biggest manufacturer of movements sets the industry supply, Christopher Ward felt it needed to break away and create for flexibility. being the top market.Īfter a merger with Synergies Horlogères, the new watch movement which is basically the engine of a watch began to move forward. About 40% of the company’s sales are overseas with the U.S.
Christopher Ward sells more mechanical watches compared to other brands that are based in the UK.
It was a new paradigm and direct challenge to the traditional Swiss watch industry. The announcement was perfectly summarized by the iconic co-founder of the British luxury watch brand – Chris Ward, “probably the most significant watch industry development by a British brand in the past 50 years”.Ĭhristopher Ward first broke the mold when they became the world’s first pure online luxury watch brand. Wanting to break the rules of the luxury watch industry, British watchmaker brand Christopher Ward recently announced it will introduced its own in-house watch movement – Calibre SH21Ĭhristopher Ward was establish in 2006 and sent a direct challenge to the mega, $23 billion Swiss watch industry by developing its own movement.
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