Incredible NEW Bel Canto Chiming Watch - INTERVIEW with Mike France CEO Christopher Ward

[@PocketWatchTime]

Amazing Watch. Absolutely AMAZING Price. Mike is always a great guest and to release this watch on your show Sam is an honor. Great interview.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Thanks Patrick, I see your near 1000 subs, watch fans should check your great channel out!

[@MichaelDavis-pq6ei]

Great watch and so glad I'm going to be part of this. I have been waiting for some time for the release my order is in, can't wait till February when it will be mine. Bravo Christopher Ward. Thanks to everyone that works there, you always look after us.👌

[@ogramail]

As a French watch enthousiast and a lover of CW creations (I own a C65 bespoke Royal Commando and a C63 Aquitaine bronze), it was impossible for me to miss this breakthrough! Can’t wait till February! You are great guys!

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Hey Olivier, thanks for watching!

[@watchrolling]

Always nice to see a company not rest on its laurels and push itself. Great job to CW, and another great interview Sam.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Glad you enjoyed it Jason!

[@TheRausing1]

I ordered one immediately after seeing their product video. I really can’t wait to see (and hear) the watch in the metal! CW is killing it recently…

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Very interested to know what you think of it!

[@MichaelDavis-pq6ei]

C/W have been killing it for years, we just didn't know it !!!!!!!

[@raymondrichardson6061]

Boom. Out of the park again. Lots of content, quite rightly on YT, but you, you Sam, had Mike France. What a scoop, and what a watch.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Yep, I am very lucky to have fostered a great relationship with mike. Capturing his view on watches and the watch industry is a privilege. There is a much longer interview on iTunes if your interested Ray podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/incredible-new-bel-canto-chiming-watch-interview-with/id1467374705?i=1000584651582

[@TheTownWatch]

Amazing piece! Bravo CW!! They are always surprising us!!

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Yes they are!

[@dibtojyoti10]

I was one of the lucky few who saw it at the windup fair. And I pre-ordered one today. Hopefully it comes in soon

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Oh cool! You got one before they sold out!

[@everyones.shadow]

Thank you and Mike for the interview. I'm always impressed by his openness and persuasiveness. The Belcanto is very well priced here in Australia, too. None of the dreaded 'Aussie tax' we need to put up with. If only it was an hourstriker (at a higher price). Great interview, great watch.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Cheers Jeremy!

[@canadianwatchmonkey3992]

I’ve been waiting for this one. This watch is incredible!! Sign me up and take my money.

[@alanfinn4014]

Mr. Mike France, Thank you for making a great watch for us, You’re doing a unbelievably job.

[@thegorn]

Try dealing with their support or bad ordering processes and you'll realise it's not so unbelievable.

[@sunildaniel1838]

Brilliant episode showcasing a pretty special watch! Dare I say this will make people sit up and take notice of the brand if they haven’t already. Well done CW!

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Great point Sunil!!

[@vonkruel]

This is one of the most interesting and attractive watches I've seen _at any price_ ! _What happened to my socks?!_ Yes, they've been completely knocked off! The sound is so wholesome and I'm sure it sounds even better in person. I also love that they did this complication as a module for the SW200. In the words of Steve Ballmer: _"I. Love. This. Company YEEAAAAHHHHH!!!"_

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Yep, it was hard to keep this under wraps for the embargo to be lifted.

[@vonkruel]

@@CasualWatchReviews I believe it! I'm sure you'll enjoy your time with it. That's a pretty sweet perk -- just to be able to spend some time with such an extraordinary piece. Thanks for a really fascinating interview. 🍻

[@almoscola8684]

Great interview and what an amazing timepiece, waiting on a new CW already and now may have to try and add this one as well. Time to sell the house :0)

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Glad you enjoyed it Al!

[@tods.9947]

Fantastic interview Sam! This is one of the most important Watch releases of the year.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Yep totally agree Tod!

[@BeansAndBezels]

Excellent interview! Thank you both for doing this.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@drwindsurf]

Great interview Sam...this watch absolutely need to be seen (which the podcast just doesn't do)

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Oh yep! Unfortunately I wish I had had more footage of it!

[@markwheeler4417]

I said to Mike France that your face would be "a picture" when you saw the Bel Canto and during this interview. I guess I was right. You're lucky Mike didn't ask what happened to your own CW, Sam. Lovely preview and looking forward to a proper review.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Hey mark, I would have come clean! Yep. I'm hoping I do get my hands on this one to review!

[@markwheeler4417]

@@CasualWatchReviews It's a shame you're in Florida. Otherwise I would lend you mine when it arrives.

[@markwheeler4417]

They seem to have sold 200 or more of the release on day one. Some will no doubt come back under 60/60 but if you want one move quickly.

[@morgan97475]

Not just an incredible looking watch, with a very cool complication, but at a truly unbelievable price. It is taking every ounce of strength I have NOT to whip out my credit card & get this watch.

[@terryfenner8142]

Looking forward this one.

[@inthecellar5951]

Ordered one - maybe one of the final ones but I managed to get in! Deliver is going to be early March 2023! All good things come to those who wait :D

[@CasualWatchReviews]

I'm hoping to get my hands on one before then so I will get a review us as quick as possible

[@taledvabsky]

Great looking timepiece. I hope they will make it smaller in the future, perhaps 38-39mm

[@watchsupplyhouse]

Next level. Very impressive!

[@raphymartinez]

Order placed!

[@der_maschinenraum1066]

Such a cool watch 🤩🏁🤵🏻‍♂️👍

[@FRST2012]

Wow! What an amazing watch🙏

[@younusimam-thesalamproject6340]

Ahh yes cant wait for a tactical diving version of this :P

[@CasualWatchReviews]

The Diving 'Bell Canto'

[@PocketWatchTime]

Haha. I do hope they can add water resistance - I’d buy if 100m.

[@younusimam-thesalamproject6340]

@@CasualWatchReviews LOL great idea.

[@abhisheknath5363]

If JLC is the watchmakers watch maker, CW is the peoples enthusiast watch maker. Really impressed by what’s happening here.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Thats a great way of putting it!

[@justingalore123]

Got in an early order and more it’s sold out. Excited to get it around the 20th..

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Wow, they sold out fast!

[@Bill.K]

First! Congrats on getting this interview!

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Cheers Bill!!!

[@watchesdreams]

Some watch this. I thought I would sleep on the blue dial. I did not make the same mistake with the green dial. Pre-ordered for July 2023, I believe. Lol

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Love that green!

[@tommogun3]

Wow 👌 😍

[@jimbean4945]

Just got my copy of the Loupe magazine and came straight here...

[@jimbean4945]

Limited to just 300 individually numbered pieces?! Ughh

[@jimbean4945]

Sold out! Awesome.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Hey Jim, they are making more just not the same colours

[@guydastous6583]

I also ordered one right away....

[@CasualWatchReviews]

Also very interested to know what you think of it Guy.

[@guydastous6583]

@@CasualWatchReviews Sure we can exchange our views when I receive the watch. It has been a while that I have been looking for something different to add to my collection, and this one ticked all the right boxes ! My first Christopher Ward. ;-)

[@willelliott5052]

Mine is ordered in purple. Don't tell my wife. Not only would she not approve of the purchase, if she sees it she might steal it from me.

[@edutilos00]

almost pulled the trigger but their instagram manager can't be bothered to respond to queries on the delivery date despite replying to many others so now it's gone 3 months further (even though I must say it's still unclear). I am sure they will do well regardless but if this is sadly not the kind of experience I want from a microbrand (yes, I know they aren't really considered a MB these days)

[@CasualWatchReviews]

I’m amazed you would miss out on a great watch because someone didn’t reply to you on Instagram? CW are known to have one of the best customer service departments in the business. Look it up online. Mike didn’t even know when they would ship and he is the CEO.

[@edutilos00]

why not? it's not that they didn't reply to anyone - they replied to everyone else. a watch is an emotional object. to take your response further, are you then saying that you would buy a watch if it was super nice even if the maker was an arse that addressed everyone as f***wit? there are many great watches out there these days and I'd like to think that customers are more than entitled to certain expectations. a simple "sorry, we don't know" would have been more than acceptable.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

You're expecting an instant response on Instagram during an extremely busy launch day. They have probably been asked about the release date 100 times before you asked it. I wouldn’t base my decision on buying a watch I wanted if the company replied to my Instagram message or not. Different departments likely run social media. Do some research on how good their customer service is.

[@edutilos00]

To each his own. As I keep saying, but you keep skirting around the point or just choose to ignore it (much like how the company did so for my comment, so maybe that's why you can't see any issue with that hurhur), they replied many other comments, just not mine. This includes comments made after mine. It is quite clear to me that this was a conscious choice. There is therefore a mismatch between their renowned customer service and how my comment was handled. It is my viewpoint and I understand why you are defending them, seeing how the CEO spoke to you. It must be nice. I am not going to reply further on this issue. Cheers.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

What is the win here for you. Your denying yourself an amazing watch, a true horological marvel because you feel slighted by whoever is monitoring their instagram? I can tell you it will be an external company managing their instagram, it won't be anyone involved in their customer service or any of their management team. Christopher Ward is a large independent watch company not a couple of enthusiasts assembling watches in their garage. They are by far the best watches I have ever reviewed in that pricerange.

[@Frank-vo9xo]

I came real close to buying this. Filled out everything on the website. Put in my credit card information. And I thought maybe I should take one more. Look, my problem with this watch is plus or minus 20 seconds. A day, 3750 dollars, and every 3 days. You go cook cookie off a minute. That's ridiculous, and today standards to me. It really is, it seems to me like you took a movement. That's probably the cheapest Swiss woman in the world. I believe this was what AGM t movement. That's been modified, so basically. I'm paying thirty seven hundred and fifty dollars to hear ding 12 hour

[@thegorn]

Pretty impressive stuff. I won't buy one as I only like the blue and unfortunately that's no-longer available. I hate limited editions. Just make them available to all. Stop it with the Omega "limited edition" nonsense. It's effing madness that the two most popular colors of blue and green aren't available in the common run. They just have these effing weird purples, baby blues and copper ones. They do have black, but that's a bit boring for this watch. Bring back the blue and green! Madness.

[@CasualWatchReviews]

We did a livestream with Mike and he explained the reason why it’s limited edition. They physically can’t make them on mass.