Corum · Family: Admiral
The Corum Admiral A395/04240 is a 42mm automatic steel watch with the Admiral line's signature dodecagonal case, the nautically-inspired collection Corum has produced since 1960 that marks each hour with a flag from the international maritime signal code. It runs the automatic Caliber CO 395. Cazador has no verified price observations yet for this reference. Its stand-out detail: the twelve hour markers aren't numerals or batons, but colored nautical pennants reproducing the international maritime signaling system.
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Corum was founded in 1955 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, when René Bannwart partnered with his uncle Gaston Ries to create the manufacture; the first Corum-branded watches reached the market in 1956. The house made a name for itself early on with unconventional design proposals, and the Admiral line, introduced in 1960, was one of the first to establish its own identity within the catalog: a twelve-sided (dodecagonal) case evoking naval signal flags, paired with a set of twelve colored nautical pennants replacing conventional numerals or batons as hour markers.
Each of those pennants reproduces the International Code of Signals, the visual system ships use to communicate via standardized colored, shaped flags. The layout isn't decorative: each hour position on the dial corresponds to the matching numeral flag within that code, a detail that has accompanied the Admiral line since its launch across various size and finish variants.
This reference, A395/04240, carries that identity into a 42mm steel case with a sunray blue dial and date, running the automatic Caliber CO 395 at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour. The caseback, in sapphire with double anti-reflective coating, reveals the movement's finishing. Sources consulted for this fiche disagree on the caliber's exact power reserve (40 or 42 hours depending on the source) and on this specific reference's water resistance (50 or 100 meters), so Cazador flags both figures as unverified until confirmed against Corum's official technical sheet.
This is the first Corum reference Cazador adds, an independent Swiss manufacture founded in 1955, extending the catalog with the Admiral line, the brand's most recognizable proposal alongside the historic Admiral's Cup.
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The twelve markers reproduce the International Code of Signals, the system of standardized colored, shaped flags ships use to communicate, a nod to the collection's nautical inspiration since its 1960 launch.
Corum introduced it in 1960, and the twelve-sided dodecagonal case has remained since then the collection's most recognizable identity marker.
In 1955, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, when René Bannwart partnered with his uncle Gaston Ries. The brand's first watches reached the market in 1956.
Sources consulted disagree: some list 40 hours and others 42 hours for this automatic caliber. Cazador flags this figure as unverified until confirmed against Corum's official technical sheet.
Sources consulted disagree on the exact figure for this reference (50m according to some, 100m according to others). Cazador flags this figure as unverified until confirmed against Corum's official technical sheet.
Yes, the caseback is sapphire with double anti-reflective coating, allowing the Caliber CO 395's finishing to be appreciated.