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Corum Admiral’s cup leap second

Is extremely rare type of chronograph function as Rattrapante ( double chronograph ) measured two different time simultaneously and Foudroyante measures and displays on sub dial 1/8 of the second

CORUM 

Admirals Cup Leap Second 48

ref. 895.931.06 YEAR 2008

Foudroyante / Rattrapante

Admirals Cup Leap Second 48 in Titanium

On Black Rubber Strap with Black Dial - Limited Edition of 750pcs 895.931.06 0371 AN92

Love at first sight

Since the first Admiral's Cup, created in 1960, CORUM has been working to ensure that this famous collection, directly inspired by the world of competitive sailing, features a design entirely dedicated to its functions. Each year, the team working on the Admiral's Cup line pushes the envelope even further in terms of the performances relating to mechanisms, to technical innovations and to the use of ever more reliable and resistant materials. Love at first sight

Since the first Admiral's Cup, created in 1960, CORUM has been working to ensure that this famous collection, directly inspired by the world of competitive sailing, features a design entirely dedicated to its functions. Each year, the team working on the Admiral's Cup line pushes the envelope even further in terms of the performances relating to mechanisms, to technical innovations and to the use of ever more reliable and resistant materials.

Exclusive

Within its case beats the CO-895 movement specially developed by CORUM in cooperation with La Joux Perret. The dedicated oscillating weight is engraved with the name of the Manufacture. Featuring 40 jewels and a frequency of 4 Hz, the chronograph beats to the cadence of 28,800 vibrations per hour. The system includes two barrels, one of which is dedicated to driving the jumping seconds hand.

SECONDE FOUDROYANTE

Seconde foudroyante is a hand which completes one full revolution per second.

Most watches feature a seconds hand which rotates with a period of one minute. A “foudroyante” hand, in contrast, has a period of one second. Watches equipped with such a hand typically also feature a conventional seconds hand. The foudroyante hand can be central or in a subdial, and can be used for timekeeping or as part of a chronograph.

Most seconde foudroyante movements draw power from the main barrel, but this complication can rapidly drain the mainspring or cause issues with timing accuracy. For this reason, many manufacturers have turned to double barrel movements or other novel approaches. The F. P. Journe Centigraphe Souverain uses the barrel arbor to power the chronograph and foudroyante, essentially dual-purposing a single mainspring. In contrast, double barrel movements such as the Jaeger-LeCoultre Duomètre à Chronographe have a separate power source.

Seconde foudroyante dates from at least the 1870's and was developed for precise timing of sporting events, especially horse racing. “Foudre” is French for “lightning”, and this is the preferred name in English, along with “jumping seconds”. In German, this complication is known as “Blitzende Sekunde” (flashing second), while Italians call it “diavoletto”, meaning “little devil”.

Look at me

A sports watch to the core, the Admiral's Cup boasts an extremely readable dial on which the contrasts are further accentuated by the anti-reflective coating on the sapphire crystal. The flange is painted with 12 nautical pennant corresponding to the figures 1 to 12, as used in the maritime International Signals Code. Everything about this 48 mm model is well proportioned, including the 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock and the jumping seconds at 9 o'clock. Read-off is facilitated by the luminescent coating on the large Arabic numerals and on the applied hour-marker chevrons.

Just… a second

Like the numerals and hour-markers, the hour and minute hands, as well as the jumping seconds hand and the minute-counter hand, are all luminescent. The two large split-second and chronograph sweep seconds hands respectively match the color of the two aluminum counter hands: red for the split-seconds and jumping seconds; and silver-colored for the chronograph sweep seconds hand and the 30-minute counter hand. The jumping seconds hand performs one turn per second and displays the time measured off to within 1/8th of a second, a feat that involved reducing its weight to an absolute minimum.

Push me

The titanium crown incorporates the split-seconds pusher. The latter stops the split-seconds hand (a first press) to read off a split time and to restart it so it can catch up with the seconds hand (a second press). The two stylized lever pushers (at 2 and 4 o'clock), also in titanium, control the classic chronograph start, stop and reset functions. The new Admiral's Cup Leap Second 28 also embodies the distinctive qualities of this high-end sports watch line. It successfully manages to be stronger on every single level: content and container, form and function.

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