The Ascendent Current Collection when they rather suddenly split

when they rather suddenly split up the watch and clock division of the company

but that this actual watch movement was subject to the exhaustive trials: The trials were held over a period of forty-five days and featured ten separate timekeeping tests in five different positions and two temperatures

This watch is powered by Patek’s 12-460M movement

Although J W Benson is the name on the dial they were actually the retailer - the watch movement was manufactured by Smiths and the case by BWC (British Watchcase Company)

this is the reason the case is marked DTE

The Ascendent Current Collection when they rather suddenly splitCelebrate your journey, with The Ascendent watch. Designed by gilding artist Marion Labbez, The Ascendent was created as a celebration of the challenges we all face to scale our personal mountains. On the face of the watch a mountain shimmers on the horizon, appearing both near enough to touch and also impossibly beyond our grasp. This sophisticated and elegant design was created with gilded palladium applied in different ways to achieve two different