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Christopher Ward (London), founded by Chris Ward, Mike France and Peter Ellis in 2004, is a British luxury watch company. It was the first on-line only luxury watch retailer selling timepieces direct to the consumer.〔(British Watchmaker Launches Movement Against Swiss Monopoly ), The Telegraph, 2014.〕 Christopher Ward watches are designed in England and manufactured in Switzerland.〔(English Design Meets Swiss Mechanics ), Noah Williams, 2015.〕 In 2015, The Sunday Times ranked Christopher Ward as 77th in the SME Export Track 100;〔(The SME Export Track 100 ), The Sunday Times, 2015.〕 the only watch company on the list. == History == Christopher Ward was founded by Chris Ward, Mike France and Peter Ellis on a boat on the river Thames in 2004.〔(Small Business Spotlight Christopher Ward ), The Guardian, 2013〕 In 2005, Christopher Ward released their first watch and started a journey that created a whole new model for the watchmaking industry. When influential watch bloggers wrote about their watches on TimeZone. In December 2005 Christopher Ward were being discussed more than Rolex.〔 The company was announced as the official timing partner of the Bluebird speed record team in 2012.〔(Partner with Bluebird ), The Watch Review Site, 2012〕 For the company’s 10th anniversary in 2014, it merged with Swiss manufacturing partners Synergies Horlogères SA to create Christopher Ward London Holdings Ltd.〔(Time Flies for Christopher Ward ), Time Flies for Christopher Ward, 2014〕 This culminated in the launch of Christopher Ward’s first in-house movement, Calibre SH21, in July 2014.〔(GQ Magazine ), GQ, 2014〕 Conceived and designed over the past four years by Christopher Ward’s watchmaker, Johannes Jahnke, the SH21 is entirely Swiss-made by some of the industry’s finest craftsmen.〔(New State Independence ), Robb Report, 2014〕 This release is said to be “probably the most important development by a British watch brand in the past 50 years.”〔 Christopher Ward London was the only watch company to rank in The Sunday Times SME Export Track 100, ranking 77th in 2015.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Ward (watchmaker)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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