The Reason
An iconic Corum wristwatch that emphasises the beauty of the movement through the skeletonisation and hand engraving.
Functions
Manually wound movement with minute and hour hands time indication.
History
The Romvlvs watch line was first introduced in 1966, the name is a tribute to the founder of Rome and first king Romulus (753 BC). A later version introduced in 1976 would cause controversy as a well known Jeweller at the time threatened a lawsuit claiming his design had been stolen, however Corum had registered the design long before. The Romulus is a watch line that has been continued and of which there have been multiple variations. This skeletonised, hand engraged version was launched in 1994 and was a limited edition of 100.
Case size 32mm, 18k yellow gold.
The Roman numerals are hand engraved on the case bezel.
The case back has a Sapphire crystal, it is held in place by 6 gold screws.
The black seal around the movement and on the inside of the 6 threaded holes ensures the case back is water resistant.
The movement with its surrounding dial ring removed from the case.
The precious metal marks are hidden on the edge of the dial ring.
Dial ring removed from the movement. Engraved in Latin “Corum has designed and made only one hundred examples” No 5
The black 18k gold lacquered minute and hour hands removed from the Frederique Piguet movement.
The balance cock and balance wheel assembly removed from the movement revealing the Swiss anchor beneath.
The Swiss anchor and its bridge removed.
The train bridges removed leaving the wheels in place.
Summary
An intricately hand-engraved skeletonised timepiece, with the iconic Romvlvs case where the numerals are hand engraved on the case bezel, that makes the case, the movement ring and the movement all come together as the watch face. Both Sapphire crystals allow us to appreciate the skeletonised hand engraved movement in what is an iconic vintage Corum timepiece.
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