Christopher Ward Expand The Twelve Collection with New 36 (Ti) and Fresh Colourways

Christopher Ward has had a couple of landmark watch launches recently with the Bel Canto being crowned the Oracle Time readers’ watch of the year and The Twelve coming in as the best integrated sports watch in the Oracle Time Watch Awards 2023. To kick off 2024 they’ve returned to The Twelve with a fresh expansion that introduces six references including an entirely new model, The Twelve 36 (Ti).

Christopher Ward The Twelve 36 (Ti)

In order to understand The Twelve 36 (Ti) it’s useful to be familiar with the rest of The Twelve collection. There’s the standard Twelve at 40mm with monocolour dials and then there’s the Twelve (Ti) also at 40mm with gradient dials. So, when CW introduced the Twelve 36 with monocolour dials, we should have predicted that the Twelve 36 (Ti) with gradient dials wouldn’t be far behind.

Sure enough, the Twelve 36 (Ti) is more or less identical is style to its small, steel counterpart. With the notable exceptions of the case and strap being made from titanium and the dials featuring light to dark coloured gradients. Those colours are called Cosmic Purple, Nardus Green, and Lagoon Blue.

All three look great across the textured dial, the pattern of which is based on the CW dual-flag logo (I still think it looks like a miniature skate park). Unlike the 40mm model, the gradient isn’t a true fumé as it doesn’t fade to black so it doesn’t have that signature smoky look.

The new adaptations of the Twelve 36 (Ti) are more than skin deep because they house the COSC certified Sellita SW 300-1, making it the first 36mm model to achieve chronometer status. It’s an automatic movement with 56-hour power reserve and accuracy of -4/+6 seconds per day.

Christopher Ward The Twelve (Ti)

The other three watches in the expansion are simply new colourways of each of the existing models so we’ll touch on each of them only briefly. First is the new edition of The Twelve (Ti), which features a new Aurora Green colouration. As I just noted in my discussion of the 36mm model above, the 40mm (Ti) has a proper fumé design with the vibrant green transitioning to black around the periphery of the dial.

Christopher Ward The Twelve

For the standard steel Twelve, the new colourway is the Mineral Blue. It’s essentially the same shade as the Sealander Dragonfly Blue, although it looks a touch lighter because the textured dial means there’s a lot more surface area to catch the light. Beyond that it’s The Twelve as we know it, 40mm steel case and Sellita SW 200-1.

Christopher Ward The Twelve 36

Last up is the addition to the steel Twelve 36 range in Frosted Lavendar. It looks cool in the light purple tone with slight speckling from the frosted finish. My issue with it is that compared to the Cosmic Purple of the 36 (Ti) it feels faded and pale, lacking a little too much vibrancy. Although it makes up for that by being a touch more accessible at £1,050 on bracelet compared to the (Ti) being roughly £500 more.

More details at Christopher Ward.

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