Before Christopher Ward got into the approachable haute horlogerie game with the Bel Canto and C12 Loco, the brand was almost exclusively known for its dive watches.
Although they no longer dominate the brand’s catalog, Christopher Ward’s divers are still among the best in the business at their price. Most of the recent attention has been focused on the brand’s top-level titanium and Globolight diver, the Trident Lumière, with the classic Trident Pro 300 representing the brand’s everyday diver.
Falling between the cracks is arguably the brand’s most compelling diver, the C60 Sapphire Edge. Debuting last May, the Sapphire Edge took its name literally, pairing a sapphire bezel insert with a translucent sapphire dial and caseback, tinting all three pieces blue.
It was an abundance of sapphire for a dive watch (the front crystal is also a sapphire, as on all CW watches), but that wasn’t the only thing interesting about the Sapphire Edge. The watch also featured another fun, novel feature in the form of a lumed rubber strap, the brand’s first.
The Sapphire Edge generated some buzz when it debuted, but I haven’t heard much about it in months. That’s partly because CW releases new watches at such a rapid clip, virtually all of them hits, that it’s hard for any one watch to hold attention for very long.
But now, the Sapphire Edge is getting another moment in the sun, as Christopher Ward, with almost no fanfare, has launched a second version of the watch that’s even cooler than the first.
