C70 3527 GT CHRONOMETER LIMITED EDITION HEAD OFFICE O W N E R ’ S H A N D B O O K Christopher Ward (London) Limited, 1 Park Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 1SL United Kingdom +44 (0)1628 763040 CUSTOMER SERVICES UNITED KINGDOM: +44 (0)1628 763040 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 1.877.226.8224 [email protected] [email protected] WEBSITE www.christopherward.co.uk www.christopherward.com www.christopherward.eu TIME ON YOUR SIDE... Your Christopher Ward watch has been designed and engineered by highly talented CONTENTS craftspeople to ensure not only accurate and precise timekeeping but also to bring a real THE FERRARI 250 GTO 2–3 pride of ownership that only luxury items of the highest quality can ever hope to deliver. A PRECIOUS FRAGMENT OF MOTORSPORT HISTORY 4–5 You have made an investment, a good one, and the aim of this handbook is to help you C70 3527 GT CHRONOMETER make the most of that investment during what LIMITED EDITION 6–7 I hope will be a lifetime of ownership. TECHNICAL INFORMatiON 8–9 THE COSC CERTIFIED CHRONOMETER 10–11 HOW TO OPERatE YOUR C70 CHRONOMETER 12–25 OUR WATCH CARE PROGRAMME 27 KEEPING IN TOUCH 28 Christopher Ward 1 THE FERRARI 250 GTO “It’s simply the greatest road-going Ferrari, Bizzarrini decided to modify the GTO’s as well as a great racer”, says Ferrari forerunner, the 250 SWB, by moving the 250 GTO owner and Pink Floyd drummer, engine behind the front axle for better weight distribution. His team then gave the 2953 cc Nick Mason, “Like a good musical V12 engine a major massage, adding Testa instrument can turn a mediocre musician Rossa heads, larger valves and six double-barrel into a good one, the 250 GTO makes a Weber carburettors. The result was a car bad driver good, a good driver great, with astonishing poise and power as well while a great driver can get the trophy as an engine tone, especially at 7000 rpm, engraved without bothering to race,” that has to be heard to be believed. And then there are those voluptuous, Beyoncé It’s a view that is obviously shared by the like curves, particularly across the bonnet unnamed buyer who paid Connecticut based and wings. Is it any wonder that this is the car collector Paul Pappalardo $52 million dollars most of the baby boomer generation grew up for chassis #5111 GT in October 2013 – a world lusting after? record amount for a car – but for many, the Ferrari 250 GTO is the greatest car ever built The car’s racing pedigree is equally impressive. and, as such, is priceless. Homologated (approved) by the FIA for the Group 3 Grand Touring category, the 250 GTO And yet, the world has the launch of the was one of the last successful front engine Jaguar E-Type at the Geneva Motor Show racing cars. It finished second in its debut race, in 1961 to thank for the creation of the 250 the 12 hours of Sebring, in 1962 and, more GTO. Jaguar’s new GT had Enzo Ferrari all in famously, won the International Championship a dither and he insisted his senior engineer, for GT Manufacturers in the three years, 1962 to Giotto Bizzarrini, come up with something to 1964. Its place in history was now assured. beat it. Ultimately, after a typical Ferrari in-fight which saw Bizzarrini (as well as a few others) fired, another engineer, Mauro Forghieri and designer Segio Scaglietti, completed the car but it was Bizzarrini’s team who must take the lion’s share of the credit. 2 3 A PRECIOUS FRAGMENT OF MOTORSPORT HISTORY A few years ago historian Christopher Bennett factory on 22nd May 1962 and now bears the acquired some fragile aluminium body panels British registration “6 GTO”. from a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO car during restoration activities. Bennett’s London-based business, Following a change of ownership, 3527GT TMB Art Metal, scrupulously salvages original underwent restoration in 2005/6 during which metals from very rare historic cars and aircraft a small quantity of excessively corroded or and recycles it into unique collectible artefacts, damaged original exterior body panel sections such as cufflinks made from the remnants of a were removed. It is from this very material that famous 1940 Battle of Britain Hurricane fighter. our master watchmaker, Johannes Jahnke, When he approached Christopher Ward has overseen the task of cutting the discs and Watches with an idea for a collaboration, the setting them beneath the finest museum-grade motor racing fanatics at CW’s Maidenhead sapphire crystal. Even the number 6 of the HQ took little persuading. registration plate has been carefully laser cut to replicate its shape perfectly. The “donor” material used in our 100 piece special limited edition chronometer originates To own a GTO may be out of reach of most from chassis number 3527GT, the seventh of us but wearing a piece of this fabled car example built which left Ferrari’s Maranello within a fine Christopher Ward timepiece is a pretty good alternative to spending upwards of $50 million! Left: The new owner of 3527GT was keen that the car should remain as original as possible and only small sections of aluminium panelling were removed, these being pieces deemed beyond recovery and that if left in situ would only deteriorate further. 4 Top: The 3527GT heading the grid – Monteray 1962 Middle L–R: The GTO’s body panelling, separated from chassis, is exposed pending removal of terminally damaged or corroded sections. A badly corroded and poorly repaired section of front wheel arch is surgically removed by skilled craftsmen. Bottom L–R: This is the extent of the original panelling removed from 3527GT during its restoration, only a tiny percentage of the total body shell. 6 GTO’s original chassis plate, identifying it as a 1962 vintage 3527GT. Johannes Jahnke carefully preparing the historic metal to allow us to incorporate a medallion into the backplate of each of the 100 pieces of the special limited edition. 5 C70 3527 GT CHRONOMETER LIMITED EDITION In partnership with TMB Art Metal we are proud to offer you the chance of owning a small piece of one of the world’s most iconic, and not to say valuable, cars – the Ferrari 250 GTO. Embedded behind museum-grade sapphire crystal in the back-plate of this stunning chronometer is an original piece of exterior panelling from the seventh GTO (only 39 were ever built), which left the Ferrari factory on 22nd May, 1962. The date is actually featured in the watch’s tachymeter. To understand the GTO’s importance in the annals of automotive history, one needs only to recall the world record $52 million spent by an unnamed buyer in October 2013 to secure chassis number 5111GT from Connecticut- based collector Paul Pappalardo. The chassis number of the C70’s car, 3527GT, gives this strictly limited watch its nomenclature, and this is indicated on the side of the case. The traditional Ferrari colouring of the beautifully executed dial serves as an impressive overture for the back-plate of the watch. The piece of original metal has been skillfully cut by experts in Switzerland to allow the numeral 6 from the car’s number-plate to be shown in glorious Rosso Corsa livery. 6 To own a Ferrari 250 GTO is an impossible dream for all but a handful of billionaire collectors and ageing rock stars (Nick Mason of Pink Floyd owns one); but for a fortunate few, the dream can be at least partially realised in owning the C70 3527 GT. 7 TECHNICAL INFORMATION FEATURES TECHNICAL INFORMatION – Swiss made chronometer Diameter: 42mm – Worldwide limited edition of only 100 pieces Height: 11.8mm – Includes historic precious metal from the Weight: 80g seventh Ferrari 250 GTO in back-plate Calibre: ETA 251.233 COSC – Thermo-compensated, 27 jewel, Swiss quartz Case: 316L stainless steel chronometer with COSC Certification Water Resistance: 10 ATM (100 metres) – Chronograph with split minutes/seconds/ Strap: 22mm Leather tenth seconds – Marine-grade stainless steel case – Internal tachymeter bezel with Ferrari GTO-6 date markings – Screw-in crown – Museum-grade anti-reflective sapphire crystal covering dial and GTO metal disc on back-plate – Water resistance 10 ATM – Vintage Italian leather strap with Bader deployment – Individually engraved serial number – Deluxe presentation case and special edition owner’s handbook including certificate of authenticity 8 9 THE COSC CERTIFIED CHRONOMETER To gain chronometer status, watchmakers Certification follows exhaustive testing. In submit their Swiss movements to COSC, achieving the coveted status of Certified an independent, non-profit making watch Chronometer, a movement must not only be made from the highest quality components, accuracy verification organisation based but also be the object of special care on in Geneva, to be tested against the part of the finest horologists and technicians international standards of ISO and DIN. as it is painstakingly assembled. Only movements which meet the precision criteria are granted an official certificate. Each uncased movement is individually tested for fifteen days, in five positions, at three different temperatures. Movements are fitted with a second hand for tests and measurements are made daily with the aid of cameras. Based on all of these measurements, seven eliminatory criteria are calculated, each of which must be met. The exacting and rigorous nature of the COSC certification process means that the achievement of Certified Chronometer status is extremely rare. In fact, of all the watches produced in Switzerland each year, just 3% bear the coveted COSC ‘bulletin de marche’ or certificate of watch performance.