Christopher Ward x Andrew Morgan x seconde/seconde/

Red. At 600 nanometres, it’s the longest wavelength discernible by humans. It symbolises good fortune and joy. It’s also on the bottom of really expensive shoes, and for one unique edition only, horological chef seconde/seconde/ is bringing the heat by adding extra spice to “The Red Hot One”.

The original watch, called “The Red One”, was conceived as a collaboration between Christopher Ward and Andrew Morgan, with a dial that couldn’t be any more red if they dipped it in ketchup. Also, red is the third best colour in the world after blue and green, and that’s science.

For “The Red Hot One”, seconde/seconde/ has dialled everything up to 400 degrees with a unique gong colour coating and impact flash on the deep red dial where the hammer strikes. Sparks are well and truly flying on the case back too, which gets a thermal ring to let you know this particular wristwatch is ready to cook. Even the box it comes in is sizzling, laid out with flames hand cut and set by seconde/seconde/ himself.

“The Red Hot One” is so smoking hot it even has clear jewels. Ruby and sapphire are actually the same material with different trace impurities giving them their colour. Cook out those impurities and you get clear sapphire! That’s also science.

And of course, being a Bel Canto, it features a complication that audibly alerts every passing hour with the strike of a hammer upon a gong. It can be switched on and off with the pusher below the crown, which is ideal for getting through the night without waking up confused and hungry every hour on the hour.

This very special unique piece, “The Red Hot One”, is being sold with proceeds donated to two great watchmaking associations, the Horological Society of New York and the Alliance of British Watch and Clock Makers. It’s a great pleasure to support these two fine institutions with a British watch sold exclusively in New York. Hands, chefs!