A Watch Legend's London Home, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Dec 16th 2008 at 1:02PM

Sometimes a house is just where someone lives. Other times a person's home becomes an extension of personality. Today's home in London, England belonged to Severin Wunderman, a man well-known to those with a love of watches. Wunderman, who died this past summer at the age of 69, built the Gucci watch franchise and then later went on to buy the Swiss brand Corum. Ever wonder about the origin of Corum skull designs? A peek into Wunderman's library might hold the answer, skulls are proudly displayed on the shelves. The eight-bedroom home in the Chelsea area is deliciously quirky, full of both grandeur and eccentricity and decorated with art that reflects Wunderman's varied interests. The home also includes a gothic "hobbit house" in the garden. It was originally listed at £15.5million and now the asking price is £10.5million.

[via This is London]

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Gallery: A Watch Legend's London Home

Tags: chelsea, corum, estate of the day, EstateOfTheDay, london, severin wunderman, SeverinWunderman

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just me Dec 16th 2008 3:28PM

I love the garden and love the kitchen. Truly eccentric English--if only more people could embrace this look. Well, I guess maybe not, it's quite hard to achieve.

JW-C Dec 17th 2008 1:02AM

I don't think people should necessarily embrace this look but I do believe people should embrace their own individual style and bring that into their own spaces. Mediocrity seems to be so common place in peoples homes. Settling for what others have is such a monumental cop out with no real individual style and no differentiating aesthetics. NO THANKS. This is a fantastic home and worthy of EotD.