William Wood Dunkirk 42mm Mens Watch Black

Ref. WWDK01

The Massey Shaw was a London Fire Brigade fireboat that crossed the Channel in 1940 and brought back more than 600 people from the beaches at Dunkirk. William Wood built this watch in direct collaboration with the vessel, and the connection runs deeper than the name: the caseback carries a fragment of metal salvaged from the ship's actual engine room, set into an engraved three-tone bronze scene of Operation Dynamo. Buyers have their name added to a plaque on the Massey Shaw herself, timed to the evacuation's 80th anniversary crossing. The dial takes its geometry from the twin wheelhouse telegraphs that controlled the fireboat's pumps and engines, with open-worked hands echoing the telegraph arms and the words STOP and LONDON illuminating in red Super-LumiNova alongside aged champagne on the remaining indices — a two-tone lume treatment that reads as period-correct rather than decorative. The red steel piping around the case sides is a direct lift from the engine room aesthetic, and the CuSn8 bronze will develop a patina that no two watches will share in quite the same way. At 13mm thick for a 42mm bronze case this is not a slim watch, but the rubber strap with its textile inlay and titanium buckle keeps it practical rather than ceremonial, and the Sellita SW220 running underneath has been finished to Premium Top Grade tolerance, a meaningful step up from the base specification.

Reference

WWDK01

Brand

William Wood

Case size

42mm

Case thickness

13mm

Lug width

20mm

Case material

Bronze

Case shape

Round

Dial

Black

Crystal

Sapphire

Movement

Automatic

Calibre

SW220

Water resistance

50m

Bracelet / strap

Fabric strap

Strap colour

Beige

Clasp

Buckle

Lume

Super-LumiNova

Retailer

Goldsmiths