Corum Chronograph Tourbillon 47 Seafender: How the Admiral's Cup lost its ranking
Of the current Corum collections, my favorite is the Admirals' Cup. Based on the now-defunct rowing competition, the original Admiral's Cup watch began in the 1980s as the original yacht watch that could be worn on or off deck with rowing shoes and a captain's hat. The Admiral's Cup collection has long been marked by the use of coloured flags on 12 cases and hour markers. The latter has mostly depreciated as the color no longer exists on most new Admiral's Cup watches. Many of the new Admiral's Cup watches are still pretty cool. However, with watches like the Chronograph Tourbillon 47 Seafender (interesting in its own way), I feel like the original theme and personality of the Admiral's Cup collection has officially been abandoned.
We actually debuted the Seafender version of the Admiral's Cup when we released the Seafender 47 Tourbillon GMT in 2011. At 47mm wide, Corum decided to include it in the yacht watch collection for the production of an aluminium tourbillon. There is also an 18k red gold version. While these Seafender tourbillons are really interesting, I don't think it's necessary to put them in an Admiral's Cup case. The diamond model above is one of the weirdest characters I've seen in a year. Even if it doesn't work for me, it's not a matter of good or bad, it's more that it twists the DNA of the Admiral's Cup collection to the point that it almost loses its meaning.perfect replica watches
On paper, the Corum Admiral's Cup Chronograph Tourbillon 47 Seafender sounds like a good idea. It has so many interesting features and slick materials that the sum of its parts can actually be highly provocative. Instead, we have a watch built like a Cadillac that works with an Abrams tank. These worlds of aggressive luxury boating and high-end complications don't mesh well in my eyes.
Rather than pairing a tourbillon with a GMT complication, this Seafender combines a tourbillon and a chronograph - again with a date dial. Powering the watch is a pretty decent automatic movement CO 398. If you remember what I said about the first Corum Seafender, it was that the movement view was better than the dial. The CO 398 movement is rare, an automatic tourbillon, and most importantly, a tourbillon running at 4 Hz. The 60-minute chronograph is based on a column wheel and has a nice tourbillon window on the dial (with the Corum key logo on it). This dial is more composed than the Seafender GMT, but actually the version with the small round cut diamonds on the sub-dial didn't work for me. Let me ask you.replica watches for sale
The Chronograph Tourbillon 47 Seafender is the Admiral's Cup, just in case. Nothing about movement or presentation feels particularly like a logical extension of the Admiral's Cup DNA. Something like this would make more sense in a Romulus collection. It doesn't seem fair that the relative popularity of the Admiral's Cup series makes it a hotbed for just about every new concept Corum wants to release. If they want to examine their past, Corum will find that they are a brand with outstanding design creativity and aesthetic ingenuity. I really hope they return the Admiral's Cup to a place with a real marine or yachting character and create a new visual reference for the piece it wants to include a tourbillon chronograph.
I've never been a fan of aluminum case watches because they are flimsy. Corum claims that the aluminum version of the watch has some type of "ceramicization" as a coating to provide a dark gray tone. Does that mean there is some type of ceramic coating on the case to make it strong? I'm not sure, that's not what they said. Although I can say that I also don't like the matte grey finish of the case. In short, I think Corum really missed a design opportunity because of its high level of complexity. Preserve any character left by the Admiral's Cup collection and make it a great collection again. When it comes to tourbillons or the use of new materials and manufacturing practices, maybe it's better to design a new collection than to come up with a name like "Seafender", I'm sure most people would argue that there was nothing paired with a tourbillon from the start any business.replica Jacob & Co. EPIC X
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