Friday, January 15, 2016

CORUM – Bubbliamonds

















CORUM Heritage Bubbliamonds High Jewellery Skeleton
Limited Edition NEW


Pre-Baselworld 2016

Bubble Dazzle for the New Year

Corum celebrates the triumphant revival of the landmark Bubble wristwatch with the Bubble High Jewellery Skeleton, a trio of wristwatches with open- worked, ultra-thin movements – each a one-of-a-kind creation set with exquisite gemstone: rubies, blue sapphires and black sapphires.

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The legendary Bubble is back with a burst of precious colors! Corum has created three unique pieces to mark the beginning of 2016, an especially effervescent year. With the acclaimed reintroduction of the Bubble the year before, 2016 is the time to reveal in the rebirth of an icon.
When it was first introduced in the year 2000, the Bubble was a phenomenon, a watch so successful it became emblematic of the era. Last year it was remade, preserving the same iconic form, with two exclusive limited editions. Now the Bubble is about to become even more exceptional, with three one-off editions paved with dazzling precious stones.

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Even in the rarefied world of haute joaillerie timepieces, the Bubble High Jewellery Skeleton is singularly rare. Only three will be made, with each a singular creation distinguished by baguette-cut diamonds and gemstone hour markers, all set by hand, a task that requires hundreds of hours.

Corum Bubble Dazzle for the New Year

The imposing white gold watchcase provides an ample canvas to which the master gem-setter applies his skills. Each watch is set with 131 brilliant-cut diamonds on the dial, and a further 42 on the bezel, totaling a stunning 5.7 carats of diamonds. What makes each timepiece utterly irreplaceable are the 12 baguette-cut gems that form the hour markers, being either rubies, blue sapphires or black sapphires.

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Past the dazzling gemstones on the dial, the CO 055 calibre is showcased under the monumental sapphire crystal, tall enough it serves as a loupe to magnify the delicate details of the movement. Positioned slightly off-center in keeping with the quirky spirit of the Bubble, the movement has been reduced to its bare essentials, with the bridges and base plate skeletonized by hand.

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What remains of the movement is then decorated with a floral motif, save for the barrel that is open-worked to form the Corum key logo. Executed entirely by hand, the engraving differs ever so slightly between movements, further enhancing the unique nature of each watch.

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Each Bubble High Jewellery Skeleton is fitted to an alligator hide strap finished in the same shade as the gemstone hour markers, and paired with a white gold pin buckle.

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Technical Specifications

Watch Name: 47 Heritage Bubbliamonds High Jewellery Skeleton

Reference:  L055/02979  White Gold - RUBIES Limited Edition UNIQUE PIECE
Reference:  L055/02978  White Gold - BLACK SAPHIRES Limited Edition UNIQUE PIECE
Reference:  L055/02980  White Gold - BLUE SAPHIRES Limited Edition UNIQUE PIECE

MOVEMENT
Skeleton Movement     
Calibr number: CO 055
Winding: Hand-wound
Functions: 
Hour & Minute
Power reserve: 40 hours
Frequency: 3 Hz, 21'600 vph
Movement finishes:
CORUM Diamond Set decoration
DIAL
White Gold Skeleton
Diamond Set decoration   
131  DIAMONDS 2.25 Ct
  • 12  Rubies3.60 Ct
  • 12  Blue sapphires3.60 Ct
  • 12  Black sapphires3.60 Ct
Material: White gold
Hands: Black coated
CASE
Material:  White Gold round case  
Diamond Set with sapphire case back
Crystal:  Domed sapphire crystal with antireflective treatment

PAVED BEZEL WITH 42  DIAMONDS3.45 Ct
Back:  Screwed in open back cover in
white gold with glare proof sapphire
Water-resistant: 50 M / 5 ATM
Diameter: 47 mm
Height: 16.76 mm
BRACELET
Material: Leather alligator with rubber lining strap
Strap width: 24 mm / 20 mm
Buckle: White gold tongue buckle

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

ORIS – Bronze Diver Carl Brashear Limited Edition
















ORIS Divers Sixty-Five Bronze Diver Carl Brashear Limited Edition NEW

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A man of honour
Oris commemorates the life of
Carl Brashear

Oris is extremely honoured to introduce its first bronze watch remembering the extraordinary life of Carl Brashear, the U.S. Navy’s first African American master diver.

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The Oris Carl Brashear Limited Edition is based on Oris’s hugely successful Divers Sixty-Five and celebrates a man who conquered not only challenges of race, but also of disability.  

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Brashear joined the Navy in 1948 as a 17-year-old, and despite facing discrimination on account of his race he graduated from the Navy’s diving programme in 1954. In 1966, he lost the lower part of his left leg in an accident during a mission to salvage a hydrogen bomb.

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After an exhausting period of rehabilitation, he became the U.S. Navy’s first amputee diver in 1968, and then qualified as a Master Diver in 1970, the first African American to do so.

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Carl Brasher graduated from the U.S. Navy Diving & Salvage School in 1954
At that time diving helmets were made of bronze

After a distinguished career in the U.S. Navy that lasted more than 30 years, Brashear retired in 1979. He died in 2006 aged 75. His extraordinary story was the inspiration for the 2000 film Men of Honour, in which Brashear was portrayed by Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr.

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The watch marking Brashear’s life and character is the first Oris watch to be made in bronze, a naturally aging material used in deep-sea diving helmets of the 1950s. It takes its aesthetic from the Oris Divers Sixty-Five, but at 42mm in diameter.

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The new Oris Carl Brashear Limited Edition commemorates Carl Brashear’s legendary achievements.

Bronze is initially bright and shiny, and then darkens as its copper content reacts with carbon dioxide and moisture. This means each of the limited run of 2,000 pieces will develop a unique patina over time – and a unique relationship with their owner.

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The unidirectional rotating bezel is also made of bronze, with a raised minute scale for tracking dive times, a look that recalls a number of diver’s watches in the Oris archive.

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The stainless steel case back of the Oris Carl Brashear Limited Edition shows Brashear’s diver helmet with his claim It’s not a sin to get knocked down, it’s a sin to stay down.

The stainless steel case back shows Brashear’s helmet and his very personal claim. Under the watch’s dark blue dial is an automatic mechanical movement, and the watch is water-resistant to 100 metres.

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Product Features

Model: Oris Divers Bronze Diver Carl Brashear Limited Edition  to 2,000 pieces

Reference No. 733 7720 3185 LS   Dark brown leather strap

Movement
Automatic movement Oris Cal. 733 (based on Sellita SW 200-1)
With date window at 6 o’clock
Dimensions:    Ø 25.60 mm, 11 1/2’’’
Functions 
Centre hands for hours, minutes and seconds, date window,
Instantaneous date, date corrector, fine timing device and stop-second
Winding:    Automatic winding, bi-directionally rotating red rotor
Power-Reserve:    38 hrs
Vibrations:    28’800 A/h, 4 Hz
Jewels:    26
Case
Material:    Multi-piece bronze case and screw-in bronze crown
Size:   Ø 42.00 mm
Top Glass:     Sapphire, domed on both sides, anti-reflective coating inside
Case Back:    Stainless steel, screwed, special engravings and printings
Operating Devices:    Stainless steel screw-in security crown
Water Resistance:    10 bar (100 m)
Interhorn Width:    24 mm
Diver’s unidirectional revolving bronze top ring with 60-minute timer.
Zero marker filled with Super-LumiNova®
Screw-in case back with special illustration and engraved limitation number
Crystal
Bubble-curved sapphire crystal domed on both sides and with anti-reflective coating inside
Dial
Dark blue, curved dial with applied rose gold plated indices, filled with Super-LumiNova®.
Hour, minute and second hands rose gold plated and filled with Super-LumiNova®
Strap/Bracelet
Dark brown leather strap with bronze pin buckleExtras
Special box, certificate, limited to 2000 

Price
Swiss Retail Price: CHF 2,600.00
Edition
Limited edition 2000 pieces

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