Admirals Cup

Corum Admiral's Cup Chronograph 44 Centro Mono-Pusher Limited Edition Watch

As a complement to this year's Corum Admiral's Cup Chronograph 44 Centro, the brand is also releasing a limited edition version that has some color differences and a mono-pusher, versus two pusher chronograph. A mono-pusher operates the same way, but cycles through "start, stop, and reset." Certain enthusiasts are fascinated by a mono-pusher chronograph cleaner look, but in reality the complication is slightly less useful than a two pusher chronograph because you cannot "pause" timing.

The mono-pusher is located above the crown on the watch. The "Centro" part of the watch is actually more interesting. Rather than a traditional chronograph dial layout with subdials, the watch uses two centrally placed chronograph hands. One (the thinner of the two) is used for the seconds, while the larger, arrow tipped hand is use for the chronograph minutes. This chrono measures up to 60 minutes. The subsidiary dial on the face is for the seconds for the main time.

In PVD black titanium, the case is 44mm wide with a rubber strap. The dial is interesting for its use of cotes de Geneve style stripes in the center, and an otherwise multi-layer dial. The hour and minutes hands are in polished steel, but with applied black luminant in the center of the hands. Inside the watch there is a Corum CO961 movement that has been COSC Chronometer certified. Limited to just 555 pieces the Admiral's Cup Chronograph 44 Mono-Pusher Centro is certainly a model with niche appeal. Those wanting a red, versus orange trim, and the mono-pusher complication will prefer this model over the non-limited Centro watch from this year as well.

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Corum Admiral's Cup Black Chronograph 40 Watch For Women

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Corum releases a new version of their Admiral's Cup watch for women in a more petite sized case of their standard Admiral's Cup watch that is usually 44mm and up (with some exceptions). At 40mm wide the piece is still large on a woman's wrist - but manageable. The case is in PVD black steel - matched to a black rubber strap. Style is basic monochromatic Admiral's Cup, with the jewelry look of diamonds around the bezel. Corum places 66 stones around the dial, which makes for a sober, stylish look.

Inside the watch is a Swiss automatic chronograph movement that carries a COSC Chronometer certification for accuracy. Forum has designed the dials on these watches nicely, making them mostly sport, being a feminine watch without too much of a feminine touch. The black dialed version of the Corum Admiral's Cup Black Chronograph watch is limited to 355 pieces, while the white dialed version is limited to 155 pieces. Should be available soon.

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

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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.

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Corum Admiral's Cup Chronograph 48 Grand Prix Corum Watch

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Corum Admiral's Cup Chronograph 48 Grand Prix Corum Watch

Corum wants you to associate it with all things related to competitive sailing. They do this in the only way they know how, but sponsoring events, and coming out with a continuous limited edition watches. For the watch collector this is good, because they need only sit back and wait for the right watch to be released that suits their tastes. Each new limited edition piece has a theme - in this instance being to celebrate the "CORUM Grand Prix" race on Lake Geneva, as part of the Challenege Julius Baer. Corum is a sponsor of the Okalys-CORUM team, which is one of the top boating racing competitors in such competitions.

The watch is the Corum Admiral's Cup Chronograph 48 Grand Prix Corum - a little redundant in name, but you get the point. Colors on the watch match those of the Oklays-CORUM team. The 48mm wide titanium and rubber case is very sporty looking and true to the modern designs of the nicest Admiral's Cup watches. I like the polished crown next to the black color crown guard. The dial of black, gray, white, and orange has many levels to it, with the center having a texture similar to cotes de Geneve striped polishing. It is a nice modern look, that while busy, provides decent legibility. The watch has an interesting leather strap with orange stitching and a texture to make it look like fabric. Inside the watch is a COSC Chronometer certified CO753 chronograph automatic movement. The watch will be limited to just 25 pieces with a price of $8,770 each.

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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.

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Corum Admiral's Cup Tourbillon Watch Fully Set With Diamonds

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People often miss the point of watches like this when they comment, "it's not worth that price!" No, it's probably not worth the retail cost (which is certainly $100,000 plus), but you aren't paying only for the value of the materials, you are paying for image and exclusivity. The Corum Admiral's Cup Tourbillon 48 is a status symbol on your wrist, and the cost of ownership will keep the watch out of most people's hands.

Corum's Admiral's Cup line has recently evolved into a show-off watch. Progressively getting larger, the watch that began as a celebration of a yacht race now seeks to be a timepiece 'measure of a man.' This 48mm wide version covered with diamonds has shed the characteristic flag hour indexes and replaced them with black diamonds (48 black diamonds make up the hour markers). The rest of the 18k red gold case is covered with 1,389 diamonds of various cuts for a total of 10.5 carats. The watch is no longer much of a submersible with a water resistance of only 30 meters. Overall look of the Admiral's Cup Tourbillon is extremely decadent.

Powering the watch is a manually wound Corum caliber 372 with a tourbillon complication. Interestingly enough, the power reserve is about 90 hours, which leads me to believe that the movement has at least two barrels. While tough to notice, the tourbillon cage is shaped like the iconic Admiral's Cup key logo that is typically present on the end of the seconds hand on the non-diamond version of the watch. The dial isn't the easiest to read, but no one who acquires a Corum Admiral's Cup Tourbillon 48 is doing so for practical time-keeping purposes.

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