CORUM - Admiral’s Cup Seafender 46 Chrono Dive

CORUM - Admiral's Cup Seafender 46 Chrono Dive

The Admiral's Cup DEEP HULL 48 was for me one of the most significant luxury dive watch releases of 2010. Not only had Corum entered into new and uncharted territory with the DEEP HULL 48, pitting themselves against the likes of Panerai, who already had a long tradition of producing ‘serious’ dive watches. But the DEEP HULL 48 heralded a new chapter in what would hopefully be CORUM's continued production of high-end professional divers watches. They had up until 2010 only been responsible for the CORUM Bubble Diver.

  
It would appear that CORUM are now in the business of producing professional dive watches. 2011 sees the release of the Admiral’s Cup SEAFENDER 46 DIVE & CHRONO DIVE, which will both be unveiled in Basel next week. The SEAFENDER with its 46mm case will no doubt find favor with those, who found the DEEP HULL 48 a little too large or for those, who might have considered it a little outside their budget. I’m not sure of actually pricing, but would imagine that the SEAFENDER 46 DIVE will be a tad more affordable than its predecessor.

From CORUM The extreme range of the Corum sports collection welcomes two new models: the Admiral’s Cup Seafender 46 Dive and the Admiral’s Cup Seafender Chrono Dive. Water-resistant to 300 meters, these sporty yet elegant watches are equally at ease worn over a diving suit as beneath a shirt cuff.

Corum clearly feels very much at home at great depths. Launched in 2010 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Admiral’s Cup collection, the Deep Hull 48 model marked a significant watershed in brand history by heralding the “extreme” range. Designed for extreme environments, this diver’s watch, the first of its kind within the Admiral’s Cup collection, is now joined by two new 46mm diameter variations that are both water-resistant to 300 meters: the Admiral’s Cup Seafender 46 Dive and the Admiral’s Cup Seafender 46 Chrono Dive.

Slightly smaller than the previously introduced version, they have been specifically designed and developed to delight divers and devotees of distinctive and sophisticated watches. These sporty and sturdy models feature powerful, taut lines that make them ideal companions for relaxing moments as well as exciting adventures.

Admiral’s Cup Seafender 46 Dive - With the new Admiral’s Cup Seafender 46 Dive, Corum achieves the perfect combination of sportsmanship and aesthetics. Reflecting the distinctive codes that have earned the collection its peerless success – a twelve-sided case and an inner bezel ring featuring 12 nautical pennants – it features a pleasing size at 46 mm in diameter and 16.05 mm thick. The subtle nature of its dial in shades of black and gray, as well as the purity of its lines carved in grade 5 titanium – the hardest material to machine make this Admiral’s Cup the most civilized of extreme watches.

 
































While this variation will be perfectly at home under the sleeve of a sports shirt, it is nonetheless a genuine diving instrument that meets the corresponding official standards. These include a screw-in caseback engraved in its center with the inscription “DIVE 300 METERS”, as well as the figure of a diver. The twelve convex sides of the case in grade 5 titanium guarantee absolute water resistance to a depth of 300 meters. The 120-toothed unidirectional bezel enables easy visualization of dive times, while the luminescent hands and hour-markers make this watch an authentic instrument panel that is perfectly readable in all situations.







































This Admiral’s Cup model with its unmistakably strong character is equipped with an automatic CO947 movement chronometer-certified by the COSC. It beats at 28,800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz), has a 42-hour power reserve, and drives the hours, minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock as well as a day/date display appearing through two small windows at 3 o’clock. To ensure enhanced comfort and perfect sturdiness, it is fitted with a black vulcanized rubber strap secured by a titanium pin buckle.

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Omega - Seamaster Aqua Terra GMT

Omega introduces the Seamaster Aqua Terra GMT. The Co-Axial calibre 8605/8615 is the first of Omega’s proprietary movements to be equipped with a GMT complication, meaning that along with the central hour, minute and seconds hands, there is a GMT hand which completes one rotation every 24 hours, making it possible to keep track of the time in two time zones. Find a wallpaper image inside.
The 43 mm case is available in a choice of metals: 18k red gold or stainless steel or, in a bicolor version in 18k red gold and stainless steel. The sapphire crystal on the screw-in caseback allows a clear view of the Co-Axial movement inside. The watch is available with either a bracelet in the same metal as the watch case or with a black, brown or blue leather strap.
The dial is distinguished by the teak pattern associated with the Aqua Terra collection. The vertical lines are reminiscent of the wooden decks on luxury boats. The applied 18k gold brushed and polished indexes are coated with white Super-LumiNova and the faceted hands are crafted from 18k white or red gold. Like the indexes, they are coated with white Super-LumiNova which allows ease of reading in all light conditions. The GMT hand’s red arrow makes it easy to distinguish the two time zones. The GMT hand can also be used for compass orientation: when the watch is held parallel to the ground with its hour hand pointed in the direction of the sun, the GMT hand, when it is adjusted to the same time on the 24-hour GMT display, will indicate north in the northern hemisphere.

At the heart of the Seamaster Aqua Terra GMT is the Co-Axial caliber 8605/8615. It is part of the family of movements Omega introduced in 2007 built around the first practical new watch escapement to be developed in some 250 years. The Co-Axial escapement in the Omega calibers is used in conjunction with a free sprung-balance and its function differs considerably from that of a conventional lever escapement with index. The watch’s rate can be adjusted by modifying the moment of inertia of the balance by means of two gold regulating micro screws embedded in the circular balance. This design avoids the disturbing effects of contact between the balance-spring and the index pins and therefore ensures that the stability of rate offered by the Co-Axial escapement is maintained over long periods of use. The result is reduced friction which means that there is almost no need for lubrication; the Co-Axial calibers have long service intervals and the Seamaster Aqua Terra GMT, which is also equipped with a silicon balance spring, is delivered with a four-year warranty.
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