What is a heritage watch for a man?
Conceived as a bridge between past and present, a C&M men's heritage watch is based on the two founding pillars of the House - Transmission and Heritage - and meets three non-negotiable criteria:
- Verified history : the date, the place, the sources are authenticated; no detail is left to myth.
- Symbolic design : each element - engraving, color, material - speaks of the event being commemorated.
- Technical durability : robust case, sapphire crystal, reliable movement, so that the story physically survives the test of time.
The benefit goes beyond the mechanics: your premium men's watch becomes a family conversation starter, reminding each generation what has been achieved - and what remains to be defended.
Dunkirk 1940 Heritage Watch: the courage of these men engraved in the steel of time
At the end of May 1940, Operation Dynamo extracted 338,000 Allied soldiers trapped on the beach at Dunkirk under bombardment.
This evacuation—improvised, risky, heroic—saved a core group of men who could continue the fight. Dunkirk 1940, a men's heritage watch from the Battlefront universe, captures this moment when the courage of a few changed the collective destiny.
- Satin-finished 316L steel case and sapphire crystal: one resists the years, the other resists scratches - so that the story remains legible.
- Automatic Miyota 8215 caliber (or Ronda quartz version) - each numbered; the cadence you choose does not change the narrative, only your experience.
- Medallion at the back: exact coordinates of the beach + regimental motto "We stand, we fight, we hold". Below the inscription, the individual number, evidence that there are only a few hundred guardians.
Discover the Dunkirk 1940 heritage watch
Honor the ingenuity and transcendence of its own era with the Leonardo 1519 men's heritage watch
From the courage to hold the line at Dunkirk to the audacity to think differently with Leonardo, C&M's heritage watches for men remind us that we receive a past and a mission: to protect, then to surpass.
Inspired by the late Tuscan master whose work heralded the scientific Renaissance, this innovative heritage watch features inverted hands. They rotate backward, a nod to Leonardo da Vinci's mirror sketches. The gridded dial echoes pages from his notebooks, while the case back bears the motto Saper Vedere ("to know how to see"). Strictly limited to 1,519 pieces, offered in high-precision quartz or Sellita automatic movement, each watch is engraved with a unique number, celebrating its rare heritage.
Wearing Leonardo 1519 is to commemorate the vivacity of spirit at every moment: a daily invitation to question the obvious and to invent the future.
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Engrave your achievement alongside those who held the line… and those who redesigned the framework
Whether you choose Dunkirk 1940 or Leonardo 1519, personalization seals your own chapter in steel: a date of personal achievement, a family motto, the coordinates of a pivotal place. The Liège workshop engraves the inscription inside the case back, beneath the unique serial number.
A brown leather strap with a patina finish or a satin-finished steel mesh bracelet? Automatic or quartz movement? Each option aligns the technology with your aspirations without altering the narrative. The courage of 1940 or the ingenuity of 1519 merges with your story, weaving a temporal continuity that will speak, tomorrow, to the person to whom you pass on your timepiece.
