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Quick Takes: Corum Golden Bridge Round 43 Art Deco
Quick look with detailed photographs of the Corum Golden Bridge Round 43 Art Deco and the aesthetic of a suspension bridge's cables anchoring the movement.
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Quick look with detailed photographs of the Corum Golden Bridge Round 43 Art Deco and the aesthetic of a suspension bridge's cables anchoring the movement.
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Invented by pioneering independent watchmaker Vincent Calabrese in 1980 – whose specialty remains intriguing shaped movements – the Golden Bridge has become a Corum signature – a tiny, baguette-shaped movement suspended in watch cases of varying shapes and sizes. Despite being almost 40 years old, the Golden Bridge remains an impressive feat of movement construction, and one that is not as highly regarded as it should be. The latest iteration of the watch is the Golden Bridge Round 43 Art Deco, which installs the Golden Bridge movement in a conventional, round case, but frames it on both sides with sets of brass wires, evoking the cables of suspension bridges. Two versions are available: one with gilded wires and a yellow gold movement, the other with rhodium-plated wires and a matching movement. Mechanically the CO 113 movement is identical to that found in earlier versions. Taking its name literally, the movement has its bridges and main plate in solid 18k gold. It was born out of Mr Calabrese’s original design – which was delicate and finicky – having been reengineered about a decade ago by Laurent Besse, an independent watchmaker who formerly worked for Corum after his own workshop went bust. The case is a large 43mm and made of titanium coated in diamond-like carbon (DLC), giving it a glossy black finish. Its size means it loses the delicate elegance of the originals, which were all contained in narrow, rectangular cases, but conversely the round cas...
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Highlites, "Live" from Beijing where Corum is showing the novelties for 2019. Line extensions in the Admiral, Golden Bridge, Heritage and Bubble.
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New launch: Corum introduces two new watches in a new "Lab" collection: the Heritage Corum Lab 01, featuring form movements in a skeletonized dial design.
Revolution
We have the Corum Golden Bridge to thank for initiating the trend towards transparency in watchmaking, in baring the watch movement to admiration and scrutiny.
Corum announced that it would not be participating in Baselworld 2019.
Corum collaboration with Italian DJ, composer, and producer Matteo Ceccarini, featuring a piercing blue eye on its dial, the Big Bubble Matteo Ceccarini, or “Anima”, is an eye-catching (pun intended!) piece sure to get people talking.
As for the coin-as-a-wristwatch case, Corum has produced coin watches for over 50 years, since 1964.
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Corum Singapore announces Ms J.J. Chuan as its first Friend of the Brand.
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We reviewed the Corum Heritage "Hobo Coin" - the newest addition to the Corum Coin Watches Collection: original engravings on authentic US$1 silver coins.
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New Release: Corum announces a new collection: the La Grande Vie targeted at the entry level, 42mm titanium case with colour dials.
Corum becomes the Official Timekeeper of the World Lacrosse Championships.
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We spent some time with the Corum Golden Bridge Round in various scenarios, and found the 39mm and 43mm versions make a great couple watch.
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We reviewed the Corum Admiral AC-One 45: a magnificent bronze case and a lovely, warm natural wood dial. With live images and competitive landscape.
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Full review of the Corum Golden Bridge Stream. Our analysis with hands-on commentary and live high resolution photographs.
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Davide Traxler leaves Corum and Eterna in a breaking news story. Just in, news from European sources, who reported they have confirmation from Mr. Traxler.
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Corum Golden Bridge turned 35 in 2015. Conceived by Calabrese, the collection has been available in a variety of shapes, for 2017 - it's in dressy Rectangle
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Calabrese is Corum's most identifiable watchmaker but the Corum Bubble asks whether watches supposed to be your personal expression or the watchmaker's?
Time+Tide
Five American presidents have owned the Corum Dollar watch and, at an event at the Flying Fish restaurant on Sydney’s Jones Bay Wharf on Wednesday evening, Corum COO Davide Traxler announced that President-elect Trump will be the sixth. He told the intimate crowd that a close mutual friend had arranged an association. We didn’t know quite … ContinuedThe post EXCLUSIVE: Corum announces Trump will be sixth President to wear a ‘Dollar Watch’ appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Review of Corum Admiral’s Cup Legend 47 Worldtimer with hands-on analysis, live high resolution photographs, and price.
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Davide Traxler gives one of the industry's most honest looks at plans for new Corum; a rarity where almost every interview is politically correct.
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Review of the Corum Golden Bridge Round with hands-on analysis, comparisons, specifications, prices and high magnification high resolution photographs.
Revolution
Corum celebrates its 60th anniversary this year with a distinctive flying tourbillion timepiece with a special construction that looks like it came from the archives of Harry Houdini. The Admiral’s Cup Legend 42 Flying Tourbillon features Corum’s trademark nautical-themed case design – more about that in a minute. But the thing that grabs your eye […]
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Review of Miss Golden Bridge by Corum: A Collector's View
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The Corum Admiral’s Cup was transformed from a cultivated, slightly eccentric, dress watch into a full-blown sports watch years ago. Boasting cases with a diameter of 45mm, they almost sail in a class of their own, with bold designs that nobody will every mistake for something else other than a Corum Admiral’s Cup. That by […]
Revolution
Revolution Switzerland’s team joined Corum ambassador and world champion skier, Didier Cuche, recently to celebrate the launch of a new catamaran for the Just for Smiles Foundation. This unique vessel has been specially-equipped to take disabled children and young adults on sailing experiences across Switzerland’s Lake Neuchâtel. Didier Cuche poses with the Just For Smiles […]
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Corum is an interesting brand…a bit on the side of the main path to high horology, it nevertheless has some icons which mark it as one of the important houses. Today I feature an iconic Corum, designed by none other than the illustrious Vincent Calabrese, this watch features a movement which is totally encapsulated inRead More
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In 2011, Corum debuted a stunning world-first with the Golden Bridge Automatic movement, the self-winding cal. C0 313. For the first time in the history of wristwatches, a movement incorporated a linear oscillating weight, shuttling parallel to the baguette movement on guide rails to wind the mainspring. Although the La Chaux-de-Fonds watch company has kept its […]
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The “baguette” isn’t some fancy way of calling french bread loaves, to the mechanically inclined, it is the namesake of the oblong shape of baguette movements. Though the concept was first introduced in 1929 care of Jaeger-LeCoulture caliber 101, it was Corum who recently brought the movement back into popular consciousness thanks to a patent […]
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