Years before the days of the Bel Canto, the Twelve and the Loco, Christopher Ward was known mainly for its Trident dive watch. Notably, the brand’s flagship, with its wave-textured dial, was frequently cited as an affordable alternative to the iconic Omega Seamaster Diver 300M.
CW’s homage days are largely left in its past, but not entirely. The watches in the brand’s diverse and popular Sealander family bear strong resemblance to Rolex’s Explorer II and Oyster Perpetual, and even the Twelve draws a lot of comparisons to the far more expensive Czapek Antarctique. (The two watches actually share a designer, so it’s understandable.)
The Trident, meanwhile, largely stands on its own four lugs these days as an original (and very attractive) design. But a new limited edition feels more like the CW of old, with a design trait borrowed from its old pal, Omega.
The new Trident 30×30 was made in collaboration with the Blue Marine Foundation and is named after the organization’s 30×30 Ocean Action Plan, which seeks to protect 30 percent of the planet’s water by 2030.
The watch is part of the Trident Reef family and thus features a colorful aluminum bezel insert color-matched to unique aluminum sides on its 41mm steel “sandwich” case. Here, the color used for these aluminum bits is teal, which is also used for the Aquaflex rubber strap and dial.
