CORUM Romvlvs collection has been replenished with a smart and useful novelty - Retrograde Annual Calendar watch featuring rather harmonious arrangement of working elements. Romvlvs Retrograde Annual Calendar is the first annual date watch in the history of CORUM. It enriches the Romvlvs line with a rare complication, but one which is of evident use to its fortunate owner: an annual date with retrograde date display as an additional exclusive touch.
Romvlvs Retrograde Annual Calendar is based on a self-winding Calibre (32 jewels, 55 hours’ power reserve) equipped with a personal engraved rotor. The matt black sun engine-turned dial is engraved with sixty rays setting out from the centre and impresses the observer with the understated modern design.
The day and month apertures, at 9 and 3 o’clock respectively, bordered by a white or red 18 kt gold chapter, open up in a trapezoidal shape against the edge of the flange. They are highlighted by two black cartouches bearing the words “Day” and “Month” in white capital letters. On another black cartouche, the silvered CORUM logo takes pride of place at noon while the minute circle indexes appear in white on the flange and the date figures from 1 to 31 on the arc of a circle running from 8 o’clock to 4 o’clock.
The function of the retrograde annual calendar movement is also indicated in white capital letters on the base of the flange at 6 o’clock. The hour and minute hands are plated with 18 kt white or red gold. Sand-blasted and diamond-polished finishes alternate on the sword-shaped hands. The date hand has an open worked arrow head. At the end of the month of 30 or 31 days, it automatically reverts in a retrograde movement to the first day of the next month.
The case features standard size of 41 mm in diameter is made of rose gold. Both front and back cases are protected with glare proof sapphire crystals. The case is curved to provide a perfect fit for a bezel that is also domed, bearing the famous Roman numerals that are the true signature of the ROMVLVS design. Production of the bezel by stamping requires more than fifty passes to obtain the desired accuracy and finish of the Roman numerals.
This model is worn on a superb crocodile leather strap, hand-stitched, with an 18 kt red or white gold tang buckle bearing the CORUM logo. The watch is produced in a limited edition of 90 pieces.
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