Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 20, 2016

LOT 132

CORUM REF. 01.0037 ADMIRAL'S CUP SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONO LIMITED EDITION PINK GOLD Corum, "Admiral's Cup, Chronograph, No. 260 / 300, case No. 2252746, Ref. 01.0037. Made in a limited series of 300 pieces circa 2010. Fine and rare, oversized, heavy, dodecagonal, water-resistant, self- winding, 18K pink gold Chronometer wristwatch with square button split-seconds chronograph and an 18K pink gold Corum bracelet with carbon fiber center links and concealed double deployant clasp.

Two-body, solid, brushed and polished, dodecagonal bezel with carbon fiber inlay, lapidated lugs, screw-down gold and rubber case back, protected screwed down crown, button at 8 for the split-seconds function, sapphire crystal. Black with applied luminous pink gold indexes, outer minute divisions with nautical flags, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous pink gold dauphine hands. Cal. 7780, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.