Coniston Auto - CN7 (Pre-order)

SHIPPING: JAN/FEB 2025

£369.00

Unit price: per

Price increase: from £399 from 1st January

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Strap: Burnished Hickory Brown Leather

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Made in partnership with the Campbell Family Heritage Trust, the CN7 is an automatic watch with exhibition caseback.

Details

The colour scheme of the CN7 is inspired by the Proteus Bluebird CN7 that Donald Campbell piloted across the bed of Lake Eyre to a world record breaking 403.1mph in July, 1964.

Designed in collaboration with the Campbell Family Heritage Trust, with donations from every sale going to support and celebrate the Campbell family legacy.

Specification

- Japanese Made Miyota 8N24 automatic movement
- 41mm x 11.1mm, 20mm lug width
- Sapphire crystal with dual side AR coating
- Multi-layer dial, applied indices & polished chamfer
- Natulite luminous hands and dial perimeter
- 21,600 bph, 21 jewels
- 40+ hour power reserve
- Accuracy of -20 ~ + 40 sec/day
- Hacking function, Parashock anti-shock
- 100 Metre / 10 ATM
- 62g
- 2 year warranty

The devil's in the detail

There’s something really enchanting about the deep blue of the dial, coupled with the pop of yellow accents and silver-white trims that just sing in a watch face design. It almost does the work for us and in adapting the original design, we thought that it was time to celebrate another of Donald’s speed machines, the Bluebird-Proteus CN7 - a gas turbine-powered car that secured him the World Land Speed Record in 1964.

We’ve improved the contrast of the chapter ring’s minute track, added in some metallic texture and a subtle dark ring around the central plateau - all in the mission to delicately enhance the design. The dynamic depth is retained through the use of a multi-part dial construction and applied indices extending outwards over the moat of lume.

"Courage is not being fearless"

Words spoken whilst pushing the boundaries of physics and speed, Donald Campbell was no stranger to life-endangering challenges of extreme engineering.

Prior to one of Donald's record attempts, a journalist asked “Are you ever afraid, Donald?” to which he replied “Of course I’m afraid, every time I get into the Bluebird. Courage is not being fearless. Courage is overcoming and smashing through fear.”

“My latest acquisition to a rapidly expanding collection of watches from probably the UK’s fastest growing, interesting and creative brands, Marloe Watch Company. Great to be part of the journey.”

—Mick G.

“Even better in the flesh. The guys have done a great job with their photography, but until you see (and feel) this watch in the flesh you can't really understand how unbelievable it is.”

—Seb T.

“Couldn’t be happier with my purchase, been wanting one for a while now and finally got one. Amazing build quality and attention to detail. Feels like a very premium product.”

—Louis C.

FRAMEWORK

The Coniston Automatic uses the same framework of dial construction as the original, using an outer bezel that sits just underneath the crystal and angles downwards steeply towards a moat of illumination - a white ring of luminescent material that glows brightly at night. The bezel on this iteration has a subtly polished chamfer on the edge that joins these two faces, and adds a little visual sparkle that moves constantly with your wrist.