# Introducing the Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto Lucia

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/introducing-the-christopher-ward-c1-bel-canto-lucia/
- Published: 2026-11-12T10:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T10:21:57+00:00
- Original publisher: City AM (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.cityam.com/introducing-the-christopher-ward-c1-bel-canto-lucia/
- Topics: Business

## Key points

- Christopher Ward and Mr Jones Watches have made the Bel Canto’s bird a working mechanism.
- Its beak shows whether the chime is engaged.
- The bird’s tail strikes the hourly D note.

## Summary

Christopher Ward has unveiled the C1 Bel Canto Lucia, a watch created with Mr Jones Watches that turns the Bel Canto’s bird-like chime mechanism into a working songbird. The collaboration matters because the artwork is integrated into the watch’s mechanics: the bird’s beak indicates whether the chime is engaged, and its tail acts as the hammer that sounds the hourly note.

The design draws on the opera *Lucia di Lammermoor* and follows the partners’ 2025 C1 Celestial Moonphase collaboration, whose 300 watches sold out in under 48 hours and earned a GPHG nomination. Illustrator Andy Wilx’s bird is assembled from six stamped brass pieces, with gold-plated framing and a dial scene printed in 19 colours. The article describes the watch’s production and design but the supplied text gives no price or release quantity for the Lucia.

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