Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 243

Corum Admiral's Cup - Tides Corum, Automatic,"Admiral's Cup Tides", case No. 2224507, Ref. 01.0005. Made circa 2005. Fine and unusual, large, dodecagonal, astronomic, centerseconds, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium and black rubber wristwatch with high and low tide indication, date, moon phases, 24-hour day and night indication and a Corum black rubber strap with oversized titanium buckle. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, brushed, black rubber case back with Corum Admiral?s Cup logo medallion, dodecagonal black rubber bezel, protected screwed-down winding-crown, correctors on the band, lapidated lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Black with polychrome nautical flag hour indexes, luminous inner indexes, Arabic 60 and 30, subsidiary dials for the low and high tide indication, the 24-hours and moon?s age, aperture for the date. Luminous steel tapered baton hands. M. Rhodium plated, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, hacking feature. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46.5 mm. Thickness 18 mm.