In the world of watchmaking, few brands navigate the space between British restraint and mechanical showmanship as thoughtfully as Christopher Ward. With the C1 Jump Hour Mk V, the independent ...

Christopher Ward was making jump hour watches before they were cool. Jump-hour complications, in which a watch’s hour hand is replaced by a digital display that “jumps” to the next hour every 60 ...

The jump-hour watch is already quite a design-forward choice, where an hour hand and numeral are eschewed in favour of a small window that instantly jumps to the next number at the top of each hour, ...

The Christopher Ward of 2011 was a far different brand than it is today. Just six years after the British watchmaker’s founding, CW was very much still an insider microbrand, and a far cry from the ...

In watches, the mechanical display known as the jump-hour – where the hour numeral flips or “jumps” into view rather than being indicated by a sweeping hand – has had quite "a moment" in 2025. Watches ...

Christopher Ward has released the C1 Jump Hour Mk V, marking the fifth generation of the brand’s mechanical jumping hour wristwatch series. This model is a significant revival, bringing back the ...