Manufacturer
Corum
Also recorded as: Corum SA · Montres Corum
La Chaux-de-Fonds brand of unconventional designs: the coin watch, the Admiral's Cup and the Golden Bridge.
Corum was founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1955 by Gaston Ries and his nephew René Bannwart. It made its name with designs that broke with convention: the Admiral's Cup, with nautical pennants as hour markers, introduced around 1960; the coin watch, in which a movement is fitted inside a sliced gold coin, from 1964; and the Golden Bridge of 1980, a baguette movement on a single linear bridge suspended in a sapphire case, which the firm developed from the work of the independent watchmaker Vincent Calabrese.
Many Corum lots in the catalogue are Golden Bridge and Admiral's Cup variants; references and dates come from the auction records.
- Country
- Switzerland
- City / centre
- La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Founded
- 1955
- Status
- Active
- Key people
- Gaston Ries; René Bannwart; Vincent Calabrese (Golden Bridge concept)
Innovations & specialities
- Admiral's Cup (c. 1960)
- Coin watch (1964)
- Golden Bridge baguette movement (1980)
Works by Corum in the catalogue
All 49 records →
Wristwatches · c. 1960
Corum Time-Only Dress Watch, Silver Linen Dial, Manual Wind, circa 1960
Vintage Watch Specialist (dealer), United Kingdom
Wristwatches · c. 1990s
Corum wristwatch, circa 1990s
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Clocks · c. 2000s
Corum wall clock, Admiral's Cup Electric Wall Clock, circa 2000s
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · Sold in April 2009
Corum wristwatch, ref. 285.180.20, Bubble Chrono Automatic, Sold in April 2009
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 2011
Corum wristwatch, ref. 753.231.06.0371.AN12, Admiral's Cup 50 Lhs made in Limited Edition of 888 Pieces, circa 2011
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 2015
Corum wristwatch, ref. 020.100.20/0049, Admiral's Cup Legend 38 Lady White Mother-of-Pearl Dial Set, circa 2015
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 2015
Corum wristwatch, ref. 113.165.55/0002, Golden Bridge, circa 2015
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 2015
Corum wristwatch, ref. 395.119.98/0619, Admiral's Cup Legend, circa 2015
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 2016
Corum wristwatch, ref. 395.101.20/0F02AA12, Admiral's Cup Legend 42, circa 2016
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 2016
Corum wristwatch, ref. 404.100.04F/371AN10, Admiral 47 Skeleton Chronograph, circa 2016
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 2017
Corum wristwatch, ref. 113.000.69/0F03DB91G, Golden Bridge Diamonds Set Bezel and Lugs, circa 2017
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · c. 2018
Corum wristwatch, ref. 390.101.95/0371MB01, Big Bubble 52 Magical Matt Barnes, circa 2018
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
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