CORUM Monogram, 1970s

— A key to the hours —

Corum: a Swiss house with both originality and manners. On a deep navy dial, the key monogram that serves as the maker's emblem answers itself in miniature.

— 1970s taste, kept quiet —

A rounded TV-screen case gives the watch the elegant, well-finished air particular to the 1970s and early 1980s.

An applied key at twelve, slim pencil hands and fine radiating markers: an aesthetics of subtraction, precisely judged. A black cabochon set into the crown raises the dress-watch register another notch.

— Craft, layer by layer —

Inside is the well-regarded calibre Peseux 7001 with 21 jewels, beautifully decorated with perlage and adjusted in three positions. The care does not stop at the surface.

— A story the buckle finishes —

With every movement of the wrist the cabochon returns a little light, and the original key buckle completes the story. A vintage dress watch for an owner who would rather enjoy time than decorate it.