Watch Review|Corum Admiral's Cup

In 2010 Baselworld, Corum presented, the Admiral's Cup Minute Repeater Tourbillon 45 created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the the Admiral Cup collection. The Timepiece will be extremely rare, with only 10 pieces to be produced. The Admiral's Cup Model also introduces a new movement for the brand, the manually-wound CO 010, has a 72 hour power reserve and 30 meters water resistance. Creative and impressive , that is one way to describe the new movement , which combines a one-minute tourbillon regulator and a minute repeater with a sonorous chime sequence and an escapement and pallet lever in silicon. To highlight the movement behind it, Corum replaced the dial with a smoked PVD treated sapphire glass allowing the wearer to admire the extreme complexity of the minute repeater and Tourbillon mechanisms.

The Corum Admirals Cup Repeater Tourbillon 45 watch has a beautiful brushed and polished 5N 18-karat red gold case with a twelve-sided bezel. The interior of the bezel displays the signature nautical flags but in all black. The transparent grey sapphire dial have red gold hands. The tourbillon is revealed between the 4 and 5 o'clock positions. The company has revealed that the CO 010 caliber movement used in this amazing timepiece has been designed to perform with particularly impressive aural capabilities. Power (volume in decibels), precision of pitch, richness of sound, and reverberation have all been optimized through a careful balance between component design and material formulation. For example, the minute rack has been engineered to permit a greatest possible duration between strikes, and specially formulated gongs have been tuned to chime the Major 3rd note combination of A and C# for a cheerful musical sound. The watch has an alligator leather strap with red gold prong buckle that features the Corum logo.

Specifications:

Movement

CO 010, Manual-winding movement with minute repeater and tourbillon
Tourbillon escapement and pallets in Silicium
Frequency 3 Hz, 21,600 vibrations per hour
29 jewels
Special CORUM high-end finish, Côtes de Genève finish on bottom bridges
Power reserve of 72 hours

Functions

Hours, minutes, minute repeater, tourbillon
Ingenious mechanism to activate the minute repeater function by rotating the bezel

Case

45mm diameter
Typical twelve-sided 18kt red gold 5N case, satin-finish case with polished horns
18kt red gold 5N bezel, satin and polished finish
18kt red gold 5N crown protector
Crown in 18kt red gold 5N, engraved with Corum key
18kt red gold 5N 4-screw open back cover with anti-reflective treatment

Dial

Sapphire crystal dial with grey PVD coating, opening on the tourbillon cage at 5 o'clock
Red gold 5N coated minutes and minute chevrons
Monochrome nautical pennants representing the hours on the black fitted flange
CORUM logo, Minute Repeater and Tourbillon transferred on the dial
Red gold 5N coated faceted hour and minute hands with white Superluminova

Glass

Cambered twelve-sided sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating

Strap

Black crocodile leather strap, width 22/20 mm

Buckle

18kt red gold 5N tongue buckle, engraved with Corum logo

Water Resistance

3 atmospheres (99 feet / 30 meters)

Reference 010.101.55/0001 A012
Limited Production 10 pieces