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THE C900 SINGLE PUSHER CHRONOGRAPH: WATCH OF THE YEAR? The exceptional C900 Single Pusher Chronograph has been shortlisted for the European Watch of the Year award from the prestigious and influential 00/24 WatchWorld magazine and website.
Last year the C9 Jumping Hour Mk 1 was runner up for this award and hopes are high that Johannes Jahnke’s superb movement modification for the C900 will win the highly prized top slot. Jahnke and Chris Ward personally explained the watch to the all-important jury of eight watch experts in London on June 26. Since it started in 2000, the 00/24 Watch of the Year contest has become a respected institution in the watch industry. The C900 is shortlisted in the category for watches costing up to £2500. The results will be will be revealed at a gala evening on 24th September.
CW SPREADS ITS WINGS TO USAF That was the verdict on Christopher Ward from its contact in the 56th Rescue Service Squadron of the US Air Force on delivery of a special C7 Mk1 to the American flyers. This is the first time CW has taken a special order from USAF personnel. Known officially as the 56th RQS, the squadron is based at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, the largest USAF base in the UK. The 56th is a combat-ready search and rescue squadron of Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters (derived from the 2
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UH-60 Black Hawk), which are capable of executing all-weather missions day or night in hostile environments. The dial of the C7 Mk1 sports chronograph features a profile of the twin-engined chopper along
with the squadron’s crest displaying that iconic American figure, the Jolly Green Giant. An outline of the giant’s footprints appears on the backplate above the motto “That Others May Live”. The watch was supplied with steel bracelet and leather strap options. Personnel from the 56th RSQ learned of CW’s work with RAF squadrons while on joint manoeuvres and decided they would like their own watch too. Through a private arrangement with CW the process took over a year in total and the watch is available only to members of the 56th RQS and related USAF detachments.