The Bel Canto: what all

the noise is about

On its launch day, the C1 Bel Canto sold out immediately. A second version, released days later, went in under three hours. (Or just three chimes.) Never before has a watchmaker launched a ‘Sonnerie au Passage’ to such a clamour. Never before has a 60-minute chiming mechanism (a 60-part adaptation of an already-modified movement) resembled a songbird. Cometh the hour, cometh the hammer (the bird’s tail) striking the titanium case – resulting in a crystal-clear, ‘D’ note. Since launching in November 2022, it’s somewhat appropriately attracted a number of industry gongs.

And a cacophany of ringing endorsements, like Hodinkee’s “Shockingly affordable”.

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