$4000 and 15 Months Later. Was it worth it and should you get one? My Bel Canto
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- I ordered my Christopher Ward Bel Canto in April of 2023. It was finally delivered in July of 2024. I have always wanted a minute repeater, and this sort of soothed the urge. Tune in to hear my thoughts on it!
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Listening to Marc talk about the physics behind how the watch makes the frequency you can really tell he has a background in engineering. Congratulations on your new watch! Great video as always.
Seconding this! Loved listening to Marc describing with such clarity the watch’s functioning but more so his joy at his new awesome watch!
Thanks so much!!! I enjoyed staring at it.
Love his description of the tuning fork.
You’re genuinely one of the most likeable people in the watch world. Enjoy the watch, buddy.
Stunning - on so many levels!❤ The tech, the colour - fantastic!
thanks!
Love the different angles and the narration leading up to the watch. Thanks for being candid - makes it more interesting!
I’ve been following/purchasing Marc for years. This man is more golden than any diamond encrusted Swiss known to us.
Beautiful watch! I love the engineering expertise and lesson!
I got the purple one a couple months ago. It trades for more than I paid, but every time I look at it I smile.
Fabulous watch
same!
That’s the one I want. I’m happy you now own it. Stare at it for me, please.
From California.
I think it's just such a positive, happy, reminder not to take this hobby (or life) too seriously. I absolutely love it and I don't understand the people that talk down about it or belittle it. Such a great watch and your video was wonderful. Thanks for a great ending to a Friday workday.
I’ve come so close to ordering one of these on multiple times.
Greta to see yours arrive.
Getting my AMW The Red One in December. Can’t wait! Thanks for the review
I just ordered the red one from some English guy with talking hands. Looking forward to getting it... next year!
Sweet!!!! If you're lucky, LOL
A more exciting Captain Boring with even more English looking teeth perhaps? 😂
@@drbobsnightmare2521Dr. Puntastic. 😀
Same (well, a few weeks back)...I think I was order 688, so it's going to be a while for me :(
This was my third CW and I also got the sky blue dial (so, clearly, you have excellent taste!). I got it on the bracelet but had a light grey leather strap made for it and I love the watch. The hourly chime is great, but I just love the dial and design of this. Congratulations on your new watch.
That is an awesome watch--- thanks for sharing 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
I like the different camera angles. And yes, I do genuinely think they add value. More visually stimulating. Better.
thanks!!!!
At last, a video from a proper watch collector.
Beautiful, the slenderness and propositions are absolutely phenomenal. I like how tall it is. The rooster is a nice touch. I personally like how its a green and red color combination. I gotta get myself one of those jumbo sriracha bottles. Oh yeah nice watch too.
Congratulation's sir, I have this on my list of must haves as well!
My Black one is on its way and should be here next week. Glad to see another on Long Island
I'm generally not a fan of CW's designs but this piece is just about perfect. What a leap forward for that brand!
Indeed!
Now that is awesome!!!!! Great 👍
That is a beautiful piece Mark,really stunning. Wear it good health
Not usually my style of watch but after watching and hearing the chime, I want one!
Congrats. Thanks for showing and explaining
Definitely a grail watch I hope to own one day. Best review I've seen of one. Congrats Marc!
Extraordinary. Thanks
Really nice how your sweat shirt mimics the dial. Must be some TGV flair rubbing off there.
I do like the other camera angles! Great piece, thanks for sharing
great, thank you!
I was one that had no interest in the Bel Canto when it was released (but am a huge CW fan). The BC is slowly winning me over, its very well done and the complication is fun. I've come to really like the dial design with the fork motif and bird hammer mechanism, it's beautifully thought out and so well executed. I don't see myself owning one in the future, but I've come to respect and appreciate it. Love what you do and congrats on the New Watch Alert!
This watch is so you, Marc. From the color to what it stands for (value engineering).
Also the different camera angles really do add value. Thanks for always trying to up the production.
Love my Bel Canto! Such a cool watch, at any price
Beautiful Marc. Considered buying one when I first heard, but alas, can’t have them all! Thanks for all the details on the movement!
congratulations 🎊🎈🎉 Mark, wear it in good health ❤
Enjoy the watch in good health. Thank you for sharing.
Been a CW fan since my entry into watche collecting about a dozen years ago. Their quality and price point, helped me ease into the hobby.
The Bel Canto, is everything the hype says. It's an amazing piece and is a permanent entry into the collection.
Congratulations man! I had to wait for a Serica 5303 for a couple of months when they came out, and I am waiting for a Kurono Tokyo Reiwa since may, and that's agonising enough already. So I can do nothing but applaud your patience during a fifteen month wait. Happy to hear it was worth it.
The Bel Canto might not be my style exactly but it is a cracking watch, one that both you and Christopher Ward's team can be proud of. This is totally unique, not just in its price range, but in many other senses of the word.
Wear it in good health.
Such a stunning watch!! Congratulations, Mam!!! 🤣
thanks! Mam! LOL
I love this! I kind of wish it was a TINY bit louder! Would be awesome to compare the sound it makes to actual minute repeaters!
OMG I too waited since March 2023 for the same exact Cielo watch!
Awesome watch Marc! Enjoy!
Hey Marc, I am pretty sure that the case is grade 5 but the bracelet is grade 2. I like the new angles!👍
Interesting, thank you for the clarification.
That’s why I bought it on a strap.
So glad you like your CW. I have a C63 Sealander, it's become my most worn watch these days, really nice in blue on the bracelet. I just wish they'd put a cosc movement in it!
Sweet, thanks for sharing.
Absolutely stunning piece! It's definitely a grail piece for me.
Very creative dial! Super cool!
Congrats Mark! 🎉
Great looking watch and a superb review from a proud owner and a true watch enthusiast
thanks!
Thanks Marc! A fantastic watch. I love mine.
Thanks for watching!
@@islandwatchYou are welcome. I watch all your videos. Is there anything new coming from Damasko?
This is so cool. I dig the spec shot (if that's a new one) with the super legible text.
Man, I'm glad you like it.
I'm aware every watch reviewer and their dog have been singing the praise of the "Beau chant" (why not a bit of French, after all) since its release, but $ 4 000 for a watch that you struggle to read the time from and that just greets you with a single "ding" each hour ? I don't know....
A bit like the Tudor Black Bay 58, let's see how it behaves on the second hand market in 3 or 4 years, when many buyers will have owned it for a while.
thanks
CW gets a lot of love from the reviewers. I would like a larger watch dial and a smaller dinger.
My guess is that it will keep its prestige and price, since it hits a certain unique spot. Especially if CW eventually stops making more and they become rare. But then again who cares, let's enjoy it while we love it.
The first batch are still close to double their retail price on the second hand market. The new colours are selling used for a smaller markup over new despite unlimited supply, but still it's cheaper to order new and wait.
So long as supply is slow, almost made to order, I don't see a price crash anytime soon, even if prices normalise a little. If it's refreshed in a few years and there's something fresher on the scene... Probably, but also probably not in bargain territory either.
I can imagine CW changing out the colours once orders drop to boost sales, even a new blue. Which should keep used values from dropping too much. And keeping supply low and slow for prestige pieces is good for the brand. Bargain basement used watches will cheapen the brand, and it is clear it is moving up market and beyond divers. Reversos next? 😅
I think the one I ordered, the deep red one, might buck that trend, as while it is visually stunning, it is a Collab piece. There's a few of those now, and I do feel they make those pieces less of a zeitgeist piece of watch culture and a bit more ... fashion, which don't hold value as well usually. Still, I bought it for me because I love it and that's all that matters.
That will eventually be the cheapest way in, in a few years from now. Some oddball Collab piece someone gets bored with!
Beautiful watch😍 thanks for sharing 😎
I've got the OG blue dial from the day it released. Still love it so much
Sounds like a G note to me. Congrats on your new watch😊
this is a charming little chirping watch. wish some of the dial side levers were hidden behind a larger, more legible dial
Beautiful piece, congratulations 🍻
thanks so much!
Awesome watch! Congratulations!
Hi Marc, congrats! Cool watch. Love seeing your reviews. Been a long time follower. I remember you blue seiko gmt and blue Daytona. 2 beauties. Dust em off and do them again! 😊
Thanks For very nice review of this watch, I really like it a lot, I wonder what happen to Yellow Dial. I don’t see it on their website anymore. Great Looking Watch. Congratulations, Looks Great.
That's a beautiful piece! Congratulations!! I hope to own a CW The Twelve 40mm white or nordic blue dial.
Beautiful! Well worth the money!
thanks!
Sweet! Enjoy!!
That watch is amazing and yours looks awesome. Great choice of material and color. Congratulations on finally getting that order.
Thank you very much!
I've been thinning out and refining my collection over the last couple of years, and while my SKX 007 and even more so 013 are locked in, I have added a couple Christopher Ward watches. The C63 GMT and C63 Sealander, and I have really liked both the watches and the company. But I think on these less expensive ($1k - $1.5k) watches, had to pay import duties, but still a great deal. Love your Bel Canto, that light blue dial is a beauty!
thanks!
@@islandwatch Forgot to mention, I have Islander bracelets on the SKX 007 and 013, and especially on the 013 it is what makes it one of my favorite watches.
CW really packages their watches extremely well. Love this model
My Bel Canto was delivered in March. It is fantastic. I got the black dial because I think it shows off the architecture of the face the best, and I like the red bird's beak. The chime is faint, but because it is so clear it is remarkably noticeable when it goes off. You'd think that a watch like this would be more suited for a leather strap, but it is a large watch and I found that the metal bracelet, which is wonderful, provides a better balance. Great watch.
Love it on the titanium bracelet, thank you.
Smart and helpful review.
I've eas thinking similar and ordered the same.
Marc, thanks for the education!
Looks great on your wrist too!
My pleasure!
Nice watch. Is it a $4k watch? I’m not convinced.
This will likely mean nothing to non-Brits and even young Brits but the gong reminded me of the gong when the lift/elevator in "Are you being served" reached the selected floor.
I remember that show
:)
Congrats on the acquisition. I think all mechanical watches are engineering pieces of art (which is the primary reason I like them), but this takes it up a notch. Thanks for showing us the watch!
Well said!
The Tradition is also one of my grails, and thanks to people's ignorance about Breguet, they drop like a rock on the secondary market making them MUCH more affordable than new. Its basically a Breguet pocket watch for the wrist, you cannot go wrong, I hope you get one Marc.
I really enjoyed your assessment. I have a Rosa version on a strap. Took 10 months from order to delivery. Lovely piece. I do wish their Management put some additional resources into getting productions better sorted out and being able to communicate reliable information.
I have the same one. 👍Cheers
Enjoy it!
Congrats, beautiful watch!
Thank you kindly!
I have had my purple Bel Canto with bracelet for a few months. Pros: visually stunning, and I am happy with the color, very accurate. Cons: chime is quite faint, dial is hard to read at a glance, tools-free adjustment does not budge for me (it happens to fit me as is).
A very interesting watch, I never seen anything like it before. Enjoy it, Mark.
Thanks, will do!
It's a beautiful watch Marc. I love the color you chose as well. I own a Christopher Ward watch in bronze. It's one of the nicest pieces in my collection.
So cool, thank you.
I wish I was rich enough to afford one. That light blue is stunning. And AMW The Red One was amazing as well
thanks!
Isn't it funny that the mechanical chime is all enthralling yet the hour chime on your Gshock is often muted as many consider it an annoyance.
Yes, like the camera (new) angle. 👍
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Love this watch, but a little out of my budget right now. But certainly attainable! I've got a C65 Trident GMT, and the box has changed a little since my watch. Same style, but mine is longer and narrower. But CW knows how to make a nice watch.
Appreciate the additional camera angle. Staring down this watch myself, just might take the leap soon. It's good to see it from another angle to get a better sense of its size and light play.
thanks. I'm getting better at it. This was with a GoPro. . . got a 4K camera now for it.
Super cool watch!
This is a gorgeous and interesting piece, not gaudy at all!
Classy!
Hi Mark thanks !!! love the BC very lovely
Glad you enjoyed it
My ST Dupont makes the same D tone every time i smoke a cigar. On a more serious note (no pun intended) I honestly love the watch and the engineering around it but.... its a Sellita?!
Very handsome watch indeed!
Glad that you didn't wait until they're were all gong...I mean gone😂
Nice watch!
Good one!
Is there any importation tax when you buy it from England and get it into the US?
The resonator length determines its natural frequency. The had to do the wrap around to effectively make the beam twice as long. Wavelength of sound at that frequency is about 2/3 of a meter, so the resonator is tiny compared to wavelength. I am surprised that the motion of the watch does not cause the resonator to bang against the face.
I would say primarily depends on the speed of sound in the chosen metal (which depends on the bulk modulus and density, iirc), the length of the gong, and the the boundary conditions (fixed one end). Everything else will alter the timbre of the bell. Lovely watch, I never noticed it was a little bird!
We are on point together, then.
Congrats, Mam! I waited over a year and it’s special, although I had to sell it again, because I thought I could pull off the 41mm, but sadly I cannot😢
LOL, thank you, and sorry it didn't work out.
I'm a simple man sometimes....I see Marc posted a video talking about watch/movement design....I click to watch.
haha, thanks.
Cool! Enjoy your new toy, Marc.
precisely, a toy!
I am pretty sure the two lengths of the bell are resonating with eachother so it will be louder and a more persistent tone as they resonate with eachother like a tuning fork, rather than the full length vibrating freely which would be a lower note without the benefits of resonance.
Thanks for that. Interesting take. Might be!
Such a cool watch - congratulations! I'd love one but right now just can't justify the expense. Personally I love the red dial "Andrew Morgan" special edition, but that light blue dial looks great and given your well documented love of blue dials, no surprise that was your choice. Enjoy! Hope "Mam Frankel" is as happy with her purple dial "The Twelve".
LOL, she is!!!
I missed out with the first dark blue version, I then jumped in when the second one was announced and I’m now the proud owner of a black one where the birds beak is red, I just love it.
Sweet, enjoy!
Me too though yet to receive. Would you trade it for the dark blue or happy enough with black?
@@Newerasamearea I’m happy with the black one, it’s a keeper for me.
I hope it was worth it for you.. I remember you in a video showing a Cool Chris Ward Model, the C3 Tourer (Green Dial) which is was such a little Gem, Back then you can find a pre-owned one for around $350.... now that model is over a Grand if you can find it.. I'd Say C Ward and Farer are at the Top of the Microbrands..
I would like a Farer, indeed!
Happy to see you ‘dressing’ nicer. I guess Teddy is rubbing off on you 😂 ?
Glad hear it's a doody-free watch. I wouldn't want doody on my new watch either.
Does he mean to say duty?
Received mine last week. Do you find the watch quite rattling for a high end watch?
Congratulations. You are having a dindingdinaling thing. :P :D Yeah, cool watch! 🕐⚙️🍸
It's nice but I would like it to have a higher legibility. Would go for the purple dial myself