Here is the first sight of my "one and only" C60 Trident GMT that I ordered quite beffore 2010 Christmas, being promised a quick delivery. Not quite... :) At the time I've spoken to Chirs (Ward) and he agreed to build this watch for me by blending the two GMT's available: the GMT Pepsi's posage that has white dotted dial into a case featuring a normal GMT bezel. So I guess this watch is quite unique since this model is not normally availalbe at CW store. The watch features the GMT ETA 2893-2 inside having all CW mods and decorations on the rotor (tough I didn't opened it yet :) ). The dial style with the wave pattern was clearily inspired from Omega 300M Seamaster having the hour-minute hands a la Bremont Supermarine (Mr Ward is british after all). The GMT hand is again taken from Seamaster but was prolonged a bit more which was a good idea, if they would've made it a little thicker at the arrow end would be even better in my opinion. The case itself seems to be the same one used in all Ward's C6x series like the Kingfisher and such, the finish and the dial makes the difference. The Pros: -Good watch. -Bezel is not too sturdy not too loose. The well known coin style which prooved to be a good choice for a diver watch. -The accuracy of this watch was amazing. It only gains 1 seconds in 5 days - out of the box. When my watch was delaying to be despatched, Chris told me that this is due my watch being on "timing machines" for a few days, he he. Now I comprehend the true ...
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