Christopher Ward Bel Canto
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Pros
- Bel Canto. I must have read it 20 years ago and I still think about her prose.
- Bel Canto by Ann Pachett
- The Bel Canto is Christopher Ward's take on a striking hour complication, which cleverly incorporated the instant torque release of a jumping hour complication extended to the chiming module. This allowed CW to dramatically reduce prices...
- at any price Bel Canto is one of my favs. but i would like it in a rose case.
Cons
- From those close up photos the finishing certainly doesn’t look 5k quality.
- This is both really cool and the ugliest thing I have ever seen on a wrist.
- I know watch content creators are obsessed with this piece, but I find it incredibly ugly? Like it looks like a swatch fell in a garbage disposal.
- What they achieved with this watch is very respectable. However to me, I just don’t like how it looks at all. Gimmicky and gaudy
- I ordered a Bel Canto back in January 2023. After over a year of poor communication, delays, and general BS, I was finally informed in Spring of 2024 that it was ready to ship. There was a discrepancy in the price in terms of what I put...
Sentiment
4 positive (40%) · 1 mixed (10%) · 5 negative (50%)
Trust + time weighted score: -17% · raw score -10%
What redditors said (10 of 10)
From those close up photos the finishing certainly doesn’t look 5k quality.
Bel Canto. I must have read it 20 years ago and I still think about her prose.
Bel Canto by Ann Pachett
This is both really cool and the ugliest thing I have ever seen on a wrist.
I know watch content creators are obsessed with this piece, but I find it incredibly ugly? Like it looks like a swatch fell in a garbage disposal.
What they achieved with this watch is very respectable. However to me, I just don’t like how it looks at all. Gimmicky and gaudy
I ordered a Bel Canto back in January 2023. After over a year of poor communication, delays, and general BS, I was finally informed in Spring of 2024 that it was ready to ship. There was a discrepancy in the price in terms of what I put down for my deposit and the final price, I assume due to the price going up after I had placed my deposit, but was assured that they would honor my original price. Yet after talking to CS, the amount owed just didn't add up. After a lot of back and forth with a very understaffed and frankly useless customer service team, it took reaching out to one of the higher ups on social media to get my problem resolved. And then when the watch finally arrived, it was broken. The chime mechanism didn't work. It was a literally broken watch.
The Bel Canto is Christopher Ward's take on a striking hour complication, which cleverly incorporated the instant torque release of a jumping hour complication extended to the chiming module. This allowed CW to dramatically reduce prices and focus on delivering a well finished watch. Even the case uses grade 5 titanium (the bracelet is grade 2) for its sonic properties. You can actually hear it by tapping the case back, as it resonates when struck. Finishing wise it's impressive, with the resonating gong being entirely black polished and the bridges beveled by what looks to be CNC. It's just an extremely well made watch!
I love the idea of the Bel Canto. Yet, I don't love the way it looks on wrist.
at any price Bel Canto is one of my favs. but i would like it in a rose case.
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