-
Skeleton Watches – Seeing through time at Baselworld 2017
Because the concept behind a skeleton watch is to strip away as much metal as possible in the caliber, without compromising its strength or integrity, these are among the more time-consuming types of watch to create. The beauty of these see-through skeleton watches typically lies in the intricacy of the movement parts — with engravings…
-
Innovation – Floating on air
Like all good sleights of hand, the illusion is both perfect and intriguing. A movement floats in the middle of a watch case that is generously transparent so as to heighten the sense of mystery. Magic is generally about tricks, cables, professional deftness, whether in watchmaking or on stage. Conjurers capable of these incredible tricks…
-
Corum – Snow Polo Worldcup in Kitzbühel
The Snow Polo Worldcup took place last January in Kitzbühel, Austria. For the first time, Corum Watches Good sponsored a polo team. You can discover the whole event in this video. There is a lot of discussion on the topic of watches as artwork. Although a watch should not be art to be of note,…
-
Corum – Bubble 47 Skeleton
Back in 2016, we had a chance to go hands-on with the Corum Golden Bridge Round that was a departure from previous Golden Bridge watches by using a round case as opposed to the angular cases the collection had been known for. To get Baselworld 2017, designer Dino Modolo helps return the Golden Bridge into…
-
Corum – Big Bubble Magical Matt Barnes
Matt Barnes is a photographer based in Toronto. Fascinated by all pop culture influencers, vintage and modern alike, he has notably photographed Snoop Dogg, Bradley Cooper, Nick Wooster and Lexi Belle, among others. Matt Barnes also produces films as part of his visual media activities. Coincidentally, he filmed a video starring Elisabetta Fantone, who is…
-
Christmas gifts – Ladies’ watches, over 50,000 Swiss francs
The majority of women’s watches above the price of CHF 50,000 are heavy on diamonds and other precious stones, and many can be categorised as jewellery watches, with the inevitable eye-watering price tag. But there is also a growing choice of haute horlogerie timepieces for women, some with grand complications. Chopard – Gardens of Barbados…
-
Corum – New Bubble designed by artist Elisabetta Fantone
Exploding in the mind of this late Severin Wunderman, the Corum Bubble watches defied expectations upon launch. The profile of the watch remains remarkably towering, with among those highest-domed crystals I have ever seen. The impact that has on the dial is not possible to ignore. That is appropriate in terms of style fidelity, as…
-
Christmas gifts – Great value watches: under CHF 5,000
The watch market is structured by price segment. Above the CHF 2,000 threshold you start to see the appearance of watches in exclusive categories and from prestigious brands. Climbing further up towards the CHF 5,000 mark, you are in the biggest, most diverse and most hotly contested price segment of all. Almost all the big…
-
Corum – Swimming upstream
No one would think of comparing Corum Watch Resale Value with Cartier. They have no shared heritage, completely different histories, dissimilar ranges, and very little in common stylistically. And yet both companies share an astonishing ability to create form within form, to design cases whose geometry is fluid but mastered to perfection. Alternating current The…
-
Corum – A happy winner
The lucky winner of the WorldTempus-Corum contest of January 2018 is: Mrs Adella Gonzalez, from Covington, USA She won the Corum Bubble 47 Digital watch, worth CHF 1,500. Congratulations! The winner will be contacted by e-mail. If we do not receive a reply within 7 days we will draw another winner. Try your luck in our current…