Two years ago Corum celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Admiral’s Cup collection by releasing a complex edition featuring both a Tourbillon and a Minute Repeater – ultra-complex and ultra limited edition.  Just ten pieces were made.   Now it’s back – in an icily cool titanium case – if you missed it first [...]

      New from Corum is the Admiral’s Cup Seafender 47 Tourbillon GMT, a very understated addition to the Corum portfolio and the first in the Admiral’s Cup collection to feature an automatic tourbillon.  Earlier this year Antonio Calce, the CEO of Corum announced that he would continue to develop the Admiral’s Cup which [...]

  If you’re a deep sea diver then the watch you choose to strap onto your wrist will not just be an accessory, it will help to keep you alive whilst in the depths.  To do this it has to provide accurate time-elapsed indications, be capable of withstanding extreme pressures and perform with complete reliability [...]

  Corum, established in 1955 are as watch brands go still a youthful brand.  In 1957 one of the first watches they presented was the Précis, a piece very much in keeping with the popular classically styled dress watches of that time.  It came long before the foundations were set for the Corum “Four Pillars”, [...]

    Corum release a limited edition piece, the Seafender 48 Chrono Bol d’Or Mirabaud to celebrate their continued partnership with the classic European regatta.  The brand will sponsor a number of prestigious sailing events in the coming season – the perfect excuse to showcase their thoroughly thalassic Admiral’s Cup collection.   The traditional colours [...]

  Corum present a new Admiral’s Cup model for 2011, the Seafender 46 Chrono Dive.  Part of their “extreme” collection this one is not just for use while posing on the deck – it’s a serious diver’s watch with all the safety features you’d expect along with an added chronograph function and, as you can [...]

Corum chose to unveil their latest version of the Corum Admiral’s Cup Tides 48 at the prestigious Salon Belles Montres held in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris last weekend. Corum have a well established bond with the world of sailing, one which has seen the Admiral’s Cup evolve from the elegant Carré case-shape of [...]

Corum present a new watch for their Artisan collection the Corum Romvlvs Billionaire Tourbillon. The Romvlvs collection was created at a time when the youthful Corum brand enlivened many otherwise dull watch industry fairs with their unconventional designs.  The story goes that as the unveiling of the Romvlvs drew closer, the dial of the piece [...]

Three special edition re-issues continue the 55th anniversary celebrations for luxury Swiss brand Corum, a firm WatchPress favourite.  The brand was established in 1955 by Gaston Reis, an independent watchmaker and his nephew René Bannwart.  From the beginning the brand delivered an innovative and original portfolio of luxury watches, including a succession of distinctive eye-catching [...]

Corum release the latest in their highly distinctive nautical-inspired series – the Admiral’s Cup Black Chronograph 40.  The piece measures  a slightly more petite 40mm and is sure to appeal to any sailing diva.  All the usual functions are present along with the now iconic nautical pennants and Corum key on the seconds hand. The [...]

Corum present a new limited edition piece, the Corum Admiral’s Cup Chronograph 48 Bol d’Or Mirabaud.  Corum are the new sponsors of the classic European regatta, the Bol d’or Mirabaud which has been taking place since 1939. There is something very special about the Corum Admiral’s Cup collection.  The rounded 12-sided case and nautical pennants [...]

This year Corum will present two new Golden Bridge models, the Corum Miss Golden Bridge and the Golden Bridge 2010.  Both pieces honour the 30th Anniversary of the resplendent Golden Bridge, first launched in 1980 and perhaps the most elegant of Corum’s Four Pillars. The Corum Miss Golden Bridge The Miss Golden Bridge is unusual [...]

First released in 1960, the Admiral’s Cup watch was to shed its beautifully crafted Carré skin in the early 1980’s as part of a radical new design when Corum became commercial sponsors of yacht racing.  The re-birth of the piece featured a now instantly recognisable  rounded 12-sided case with brightly coloured nautical pennants decorating the [...]

From the earliest days of the Corum brand, it was evident that instead of opting for the ‘safe’ direction of conventional design, which many watch houses preferred, Corum were daring to be different, and it was this difference which made their watches stand out from their contemporaries of the time.