The Corum Golden Bridge watch is a true masterpiece, a legend, a best seller, where the baguette movement of the watch appears to be floating, either horizontally or vertically. The movement of the Golden Bridge is totally free, as if suspended in the air. The Corum Golden Bridge watch proposed a new way of creating and displaying time, far from the traditional chronograph-type of watches. And this is precisely what the Golden Bridge collection has achieved to do. Such iconic watches need to bring a real added value in order to stand out. Watches that people talk about for their design, the sophistication of their movement, their accuracy and level of finishing. Golden Bridge, a dial in the form of a baguette movementĪ watch brand can only really exist (and survive) if it has the capacity to design and produce outstanding, iconic watches. La Chaux-de-Fonds was therefore the birthplace of iconic watches such as the Admiral Cup watch (now the Admiral watch), the Bubble watch, the Coin watch and of course the Golden Bridge watch.
Under the guidance of Severin Wunderman, this inspirational watch brand, which has never openly claimed the manufacture status, has achieved to design automatic movements and dials internally, just as a traditional Swiss watch manufacture. Be it for their stainless steel cases or gold cases, their dials or their reliable automatic movements. The watch brand created by René Bannwart and based in La Chaux-de-Fonds has come to be recognized as probably the most creative Swiss watch brand of the last couple of years. Corum watches is a young watch brand, yet it leaves no one indifferent. Its blue-grey tones are judiciously paired with the piece's silver case and its blue sapphire crown.Īlmost 50 years after being the first brand in the world to turn the famous $20 US double eagle into a cult timepiece, Corum is boldly and unabashedly reviving the art of monetary watchmaking – impertinent, creative and unique.Corum: watchmaking creativity with no limitsĬorum watches is one of these few Swiss watch brands that has made a real difference in the luxury watch industry, bringing well-needed energy and creativity in a sometimes relatively dull environment. For the first time, this new “Coin” collection of unique pieces will be available on a denim strap. Aleksey Saburov has produced a number of original motifs for Corum, each of which will become the dial of a 43 mm timepiece powered by an in-house automatic mechanical movement. It captures a fragment of forgotten history and revives it through unique contemporary talent.”Įach entirely hand-engraved Hobo Coin will be a unique piece by definition. Creativity lies in transposing this art into the modern age. “Our role is to be its witnesses, its conveyors. “Popular art never dies it changes over the centuries,” explains Jérôme Biard, CEO of Corum. A Russian engraver living in New York, he produces 21st-century hobo coins, subverting popular imagery and its legends, demons and beliefs to create genuine unique works of art, micro-engraved on authentic early 20th-century five-cent pieces.Ĭorum gave the artist the chance to showcase his work in its well-known Coin collection, reviving the forgotten art of hobo coins specially for a very limited edition of unique pieces. Since 1992, an independent organisation, the Original Hobo Nickel Society has steadfastly preserved this heritage, determined to prevent this popular art form from falling into obscurity, given its involvement in a critical period of US and world history on the eve of the great crash of 1929.įreelance artist Aleksey Saburov is helping to promote its historic revival. Today, genuine hobo coins have become extremely scarce. They were the creation of travelling workers who crossed the continent in freight trains, soldiers bound for the front during the First World War, or penniless artists seeking a fleeting American dream. This earned them the name “hobo coins”, created from small change minted by the United States from 1913 onwards, serving as witness to a past of hope and roaming, creativity and popular crafts. They were worth so little that even vagrants would rework them to earn a miserly profit. Five cents, made from nickel, issued shortly before the Great Depression. Although normally based in New York, he will be in attendance at Baselworld, where he will be producing one of these unique pieces live for all to see. Originally a popular art form developed by vagrants, now the hobo coin is being revived by the exceptional and talented artist Aleksey Saburov. Corum is unveiling a new limited edition of its Coin collection: the Hobo Coins.
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