Corum : The tourbillon in daily life

Admiral’s Cup Seafender 47 Tourbillon Chronograph

Case : red gold or aluminum with anthracite ceramization Diameter : 47mm Movement: mechanical self-winding (45h power reserve) Functions : hours, minutes, seconds, date, tourbillon, chronograph Dial : gray, black or diamond-set, nautical pennants on the inner bezel ring Water resistance : 50m Strap : alligator leather

A preference for sporty, chic or perhaps complicated watches? The Admiral’s Cup Seafender 47 Tourbillon Chronograph has it all ways and solves the elegance issue by bringing Fine Watchmaking into daily life in a disarmingly natural manner. With this generously sized 47 mm model, Corum has opted to combine two apparently contradictory qualities, by associating the refinement of the tourbillon driven by a self-winding caliber beating at a frequency of 4Hz (instead of the usual 3Hz for most classic tourbillons) with a highly robust case. Available in red gold interpreted in several jewelry variations, the case also comes in an aluminum version with an anthracite grey ceramized treatment that ensures impeccable durability as well as a resolutely sporty appearance. A pleasing renewal for the iconic twelve-sided silhouette punctuated by the now legendary nautical pennants on the inner bezel ring.


Brice Lechevalier is editor-in-chief of GMT and Skippers, which he co-founded in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He has also been CEO of WorldTempus since it joined the GMT Publishing stable, of which he is director and joint shareholder. In 2012 he created the Geneva Watch Tour, and he has been an advisor to the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève since 2011. Also closely involved in sailing, he has published the magazine of the Société Nautique de Genève since 2003, and was one of the founders of the SUI Sailing Awards in 2009 and the Concours d’Elégance for motor boats at the Cannes Yachting Festival in 2015.

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