Edward Christopher watches mission is to design and sell stand-out luxury watches to help 1+ million children & young people around the world to overcome the tough challenges they endure.
The name of the brand is inspired by two brave and modest British men, Edward and Christopher, who embodied some of the old style British values of quiet courage, determination and selflessness. These were men who each saved a child’s life, which for one of them, cost him his life.
Edward – Named after the founder’s great Uncle who fought in the trenches on the Western Front in the First World War of 1914-1918. His grandmother (Edward’s sister) recounted how, not long after the war, he jumped into a freezing cold river to save a boy who was drowning. He had somehow survived the slaughter on the Western Front. But, because of the terrible conditions he’d endured while fighting, his lungs were already weakened. And the bravery that saved that boy from the cold water weakened his lungs even more, making his health more fragile. Tragically, this led to him dying from influenza not long The Great War.
Christopher – Named after the founder’s father, who bought him his first ever watch, a Seiko, aged 10, which started his love and fascination of watches. Like his great uncle, he also saved a young person’s life. His calmness and quick thinking saved a young girl who’d stopped breathing after a terrible asthma attack in a quiet location in the countryside. Because he too was an asthmatic, his father luckily had his (turquoise blue) nebuliser in the boot of his car as well as some spare medication. He gave this to the girl and it saved her life.
Edward Christopher’s mission is to give children and young people around the world, who are faced with very tough challenges, the support, encouragement and protection they need. There are three core values which the brand invests in. By investing in their watches, you’re also investing in these children and young people.
They do this by designing beautifully crafted, beautiful quality and beautiful looking modern British luxury watches, with strikingly distinct features. A key part of the Edward Christopher offering is their strong range of colours to suit customers’ varying clothing and moods. The watches all have 3D guilloché style colour-coded dials. They include two colour-coded crowns, with the 2 o’clock crown operating the internal rotating bidirectional bezel. Inside is the Swiss (Sellita) mechanical self-winding movement with time hacking.
Design Ethos
The design ethos blends the polished precision of Swiss mechanical movements with some of the very best British characteristics of sophistication, adventurousness and quirkiness. They also believe in giving collectors and enthusiasts a strong range of colours to enjoy.
The watches are all custom made, taking months and even longer until customers are truly happy with them. So, like all Brits, the watches are designed to stand out from the crowd and punch well above their weight in the impact they have.
Edward Christopher is focused on creating something special, not just watches that you will love wearing, love looking at and love talking about. But also, as their customers, because of how you can also contribute to their mission to help children and young people in need.
An interesting, worthwhile and refreshing approach to watch design.
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