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

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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

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Al Gore Wins A Watch For Being An Icon

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Filed under: Timepieces / Watches, Celebrity Shopping

The cause of global warming has been good to Al Gore. The latest honor for the former vice president turned environmental rock star is being named as the first "Brand Icon of the Year" by Global Brand Forum 2007 and Corum Timepieces. To celebrate the achievement Gore was given a Corum Romvlvs watch at the 2007 Global Brand Forum, held Aug. 6 and 7 in Singapore.

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Corum Golden Bridge Artisan Watch

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The latest version of Corum's classic Golden Bridge watch is the Golden Bridge Artisan. This amazingly detailed watch is tonneau-shaped with a rose gold case, four sapphire crystals and a handpainted dial that takes 36 hours to create. The watch has a mechanical movement with 18k black gold open-work hands and a black crocodile strap. Just 50 pieces of this watch are being made.

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Corum Skylight Skeleton Watch

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This beautiful watch is the Corum Skylight Skeleton. Sandwiched between a sapphire crystal there is a mechanical 18kt gold movement with skeletonized and hand-engraved components. The elegantly curved watch is available in a limited edition of 100 pieces of white gold and 40 pieces of rose gold both with and without diamonds. What I like best about this watch is that it lets you see the movement at work and yet the ability to quickly read what time it is has not been compromised.

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Corum Tourbillon Minute Repeater Cathedral

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Unfortunately just looking at this watch only gives us half of its true beauty. For Baselworld 2006, Corum is introducing the Tourbillon Minute Repeater Cathedral. The watch is a manual-wind Corum tourbillon with a minute repeater that features a Cathedral chime that can ring on the hours, quarter hours or minutes. The watch is 42mm and comes in a limited edition of 25 pieces in platinum and 25 in 18K rose or white gold. The watch has double sapphire crystals and is water resistant to 30 meters.

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Corum Antika Watch

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The these two models from Corum are both named the Antika but they form a striking picture of how numerals make a big difference in watch design. The left watch features Art Deco numerals and diamonds, the right uses Roman numerals and diamonds. Both are classic but the Art Deco design has a much more unique and funky look. The case measures 28 x 35mm and the watches are available in 18K yellow, rose or white gold with a crocodile leather strap. Another picture of the Art Deco Antika can be found on Time Zone.

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Corum Vanitas Watches

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Corum always does such beautiful work with the skull motif. Time Zone has pictures of the Corum Classical Vanitas watch which uses marquetry of precious stones and marble to painstakingly create the intricate skull and flower design shown here. The watch comes in 18K rose, white or yellow gold and the case measures 42mm. It has double sapphire crystals and a diamond version is available with 109 carats (2.89 carats). There are five versions, each in a limited edition of 50. After the jump two more versions of this unique watch.

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Corum Debutante Watch

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A little bit watch, a little bit jewelry, Corum’s Debutante is a small 16.5mm white mother-of-pearl dial and diamond watch that comes with three bangle bracelets set with green peridot, pink topaz and sky blue topaz stones. These interchangeable bracelets have a mechanism to attach the watch to the bangle of your choice. There are also additional bracelets including one set with citrines, one with amethysts and another with diamonds that can be purchased separately. The retail price is $6201.

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