With April’s 10% tariff, a ... the tariff increase to 39%, the same watch costs $6,462 (below). Flip back to to the UK ecommerce site, and the same Bel Canto was still being offered for £3,495, all-in. At today’s exchange rate that converts to around $4,700, a saving ...
With April’s 10% tariff, a Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto Classic would have cost $5,274 with all taxes and duties (above). After the tariff increase to 39%, the same watch costs $6,462 (below). Flip back to to the UK ecommerce site, and the same Bel Canto was still being offered for £3,495, all-in. At today’s exchange rate that converts to around $4,700, a saving of $1,762.Christopher Ward has a founding mission to charge customers no more than three times the cost of producing any of its watches and to maintain a thoroughly un-Swiss level of transparency over its pricing policy. The British watchmaker, which owns its own manufacturing facility in Bien, Switzerland, and sells direct to consumers through a global […]The British watchmaker, which owns its own manufacturing facility in Bien, Switzerland, and sells direct to consumers through a global ecommerce site, has managed to set a new value bar in the industry with collections including the sporty Twelve, the Trident dive watch line and the award-winning Bel Canto.That DTC model, which saw the company courier each individual watch to clients in the United States, came under severe strain with the recent imposition of an additional 39% on Swiss watches landing in the country.