Romaric Andre, the designer behind seconde/seconde/, builds watches by taking an existing model and changing one element into a joke that still works as a watch. He has now done it with Christopher Ward four times. The C60 Pool Diver follows 2024's C65 Desk Diver, and where that one played on the fact that dive watches spend their lives at a desk, this one sends the diver to the pool.
The watch under the joke is a real diver
The base is the C60 Trident Reef, so the specification is not the punchline. The case is 41mm wide, 11.45mm thick and 47.9mm lug to lug, in stainless steel with a white ceramic bezel. There is a sapphire crystal, a screw-down crown, a screw-down caseback and a helium escape valve, and it is rated to 200m. This is a watch you could actually take in the water, which is the setup the dial then undercuts.
Inside is the Sellita SW200-1 in Élaboré grade, adjusted in three positions, running at 28,800vph with a 38-hour reserve. The caseback is closed and engraved rather than open, and the rotor underneath carries the twin-flag pattern over a Colimaçonné finish, which you will have to take on faith.
The dial is a to-do list for doing nothing
The matte white dial is divided into five coloured zones, each naming an activity and a duration, with a matching icon on the bezel. It runs from a short READING scale through SUNBATHE, past a NICE TAN / SKIN DAMAGE (RATIO) sector for tracking sun exposure, into RELAX, then FLEX, and finishes at RECONSIDER LIFE CHOICES near sunset. Christopher Ward has added a disclaimer accepting no responsibility for extreme tan lines.
In place of a date window sits a small martini glass marked MAX. UNITS PER DAY, a figure that, as Time+Tide noted, only ever climbs as a holiday goes on. The caseback carries the line PLEASE, DON'T DRINK AND DIVE, and the box ships with an inflatable drinks holder and two reusable straws.
How you could buy it
The C60 Pool Diver is not a numbered limited edition. Instead it was offered only during a pre-order window, from 11 to 24 June, with deliveries starting in mid-July, so the run is set by how many were ordered rather than a fixed count. It comes on Aquaflex rubber straps in white, orange or blue, or on a three-link steel Bader bracelet.
Price
The C60 Pool Diver is GBP 895 / EUR 1,175 / USD 1,250 on rubber, and GBP 1,060 / EUR 1,385 / USD 1,475 on the bracelet. More at christopherward.com.
