Watch Supper with Christopher Ward founder, Mike France
Tuesday 6th October at 19.00 | Drawing Room | £80.00 per person
Christopher Ward watches are perhaps the best of both worlds. They feature Swiss horology of the highest standard – without an inflated price… – and British design excellence.
This combination dates back three decades and has resonated as Mike France, one of three founders and today chief executive, had hoped. What began online and now has a bricks and mortar presence is a tremendous British success story which the Rag is pleased to celebrate with Mike as guest of honour at the Club’s latest Watch Supper.
After Bremont’s Giles English and Roger W. Smith – previous guests at this now firmly-established calendar event – join another watch founder look back at over 20 years, including the development of the Calibre SH21 movement over ten years ago, and other crucial moments which have led Christopher Ward becoming a central part of British watchmaking. At this salon-style supper, a chance to hear, first-hand and unfiltered, the path of Christopher Ward to collectable status, and to ask the founder directly about his pathway.
Prepare also prepare for some mentions of Everton with France a lifelong Toffee Nose and Christopher Ward the club’s official time keepers. Indeed, a Christopher Ward watch on the wrist of an Everton-supporting Prime Minister would be right on time. Maybe, time for you to consider also a Christopher Ward time piece for your own wrist. Just one of many matters to be discussed at the table…