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Corum Admiral's Cup Black Split-Seconds 44 Limited Edition Watch

The split second chronograph (aka rattrapante) is a curious invention sought after today due to complexity and mystique rather than practical use. It is funny, as amusing as they are to use, their practicality over a digital watch is almost nil. Though there is something so fun about having a double seconds hand on your chronograph and playing with it like a toy. When operating the chronograph, you have an additional pusher that activates a small hand underneath the regular seconds hand. This hand then stops, and can be used to measure an additional minute's worth of time. There you have it.

Corum has made another Split Second chronograph in their Admiral's cup line, which they name quite simply, the Corum Admiral's Cup Black Split-Seconds 44 watch. There are two versions of the 44mm wide steel cased watch. I like the use of contrasting black tones on the case based on the dial color. The white dialed version has a black mid case and lugs with a polished steel bezel, while the black dialed version has black PVD bezel and polished steel lugs and case sides. See how that works? Dial is pretty standard for modern Admiral's Cup watches. Nice, with mostly muted colors. It comes on a rubber strap, and inside the watch is a Corum Calibre CO986 (base ETA) automatic split-second chronograph movement - that has further been COSC Chronometer certified. The white dialed version is limited to 155 pieces and the black dialed version is limited to only 55 pieces.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Corum Admiral's Cup Challenge 44 Black & Gold Watch

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Corum Admiral's Cup Challenge 44 Black & Gold Watch

A sure compromise between fancy and fun, the new Corum Admiral's Cup Challenge 44 Black & Gold is a suave new character in the Admiral's Cup watch lineup. No, it isn't a radical new design in the Admiral's Cup line of timepieces, but rather another installment in Corum's ongoing quest to promote the Admiral's Cup collection as the premiere non-regatta timer yacht racing themed watch around! I am pretty sure it has succeeded in that endeavor.

The "44" in the Corum Admiral's Cup Challenge 44 Black & Gold watch refers to the black PVD steel case's size of 44mm wide. The name of the watch is more or less "primarily descriptive" of the watch without much character in the title. The bezel is 18k rose gold, and so are the applications on the dial such as the hands and hour markers. The style is fittingly bold, but not necessarily more so than other Admiral's Cup timepieces. Inside the watch is Corum's calibre 753 automatic mechanical chronograph movement that has been Chronometer certified. The true black and gold version of the watch is limited to just 188 pieces while a brushed gray dial version (matched to a gray PVD case) is also available and limited to just 128 pieces. There is no way of knowing why there is a difference in availability. It is also hard to tell if there is lume applied to the dial of the watch. It could be the "dark" style lume - but I hope it is there. Sport watches such as this suffer a loss of credibility without having any type of darkness visibility. If not, at least plenty of other Corum Admiral's Cup watches have lume applied to the large stylish hands. The Admiral's Cup Challenge 44 Black & Gold watch should be available soon.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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