With their big domed sapphire watchglass, they are always large and bold. Corum shows that there is lots of room for developing Bubble even further with two five-piece limited editions, the Bubble Tourbillon Chronograph, and the Bubble Tourbillon GMT.
The Bubble Tourbillon Chronograph has a large well on the dial for the tourbillon atβ¦. For the first time, it has a round case, in which the space on either side of the linear movement is filled by a lattice structure directly inspired by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It is made inβ¦. The new movements are made by Eterna, another brand which, like Corum itself, belongs to the Chinese holding company Citychamp Watchβ¦. He replaces Jacques-Alain Vuille, who will remain at the company.
The Golden Bridge is one of the most famous models by Corum, and this year, , marks the 35th anniversary. Back in it was the first in-line or baguette movement, based on a design developed from to by Vincent Calabrese, young watchmaker from Naples, who had patented it as Horlogerie Spatiale, but,β¦.
Case and dial The watch is a midsize piece, withβ¦. With this collection, Corum demonstrated their desire to move into a price area different to that of most of their history: from 1, to 3, Swiss francs. This is a deliciously quirky watch that was invented by Severin Wunderman in , the same year that he purchased the brand Corum.
He had probably seen the Rolex Deesea Special, an experimental watch with a thick domed watchglass to resist the pressure at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, about 11, metres down, andβ¦. His uncle Gaston Ries had owned a watchmaking workshop in the Swiss town of La Chaux-de-Fonds since , and together they decided to transform this business into a watch brand.
