Golden Bridge Classic
The baguette movement that made the calibre the dial.
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Story & heritage
Launched by Corum in 1980, the Golden Bridge is the house's clearest act of watchmaking theatre: a linear baguette movement suspended vertically so that the calibre becomes most of the dial. Corum's current copy still calls the construction unrivalled in Fine Watchmaking.
The Classic keeps the original proposition pure. Instead of hiding the movement behind decoration, it makes the gear train, bridge and case transparency the object of attention.
Materials & craft
The current Classic B113 references use the hand-wound CO113 calibre with 19 jewels and a 40-hour power reserve. The B113.02890 is housed in a 34 x 51 mm 5N 18K gold case with open back cover, double anti-reflective sapphire crystal, no conventional dial, leaf skeleton hands, and an alligator strap.
How to choose & style
The Classic is formal but not conservative. It works best as the one surreal object in a simple look: black tailoring, a fine-gauge knit, or a white dinner jacket. Brown alligator warms the rose-gold case; black keeps the white-gold version severe.
