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20 October 2026
The Quirky Backstory Of The Corum Buckingham
When Corum introduced the Buckingham in 1965, its oversized square proportions were considered radically large for their time. But that generous surface would eventually become something even more interesting: a canvas for experimentation.
Corum had already begun experimenting with genuine feather dials in 1970.
It was an extraordinarily delicate material, requiring each dial to be carefully assembled by hand.
Some later Buckingham Feather models combined peacock feathers and diamond indexes with an 18K gold case and the hand-wound, 21-jewel Corum calibre 4001.
And the experimentation didn't stop there. Buckingham models appeared with hand-painted mother-of-pearl dials depicting tigers and other animals, surrounded by white gold and diamonds, some produced in editions as small as 50 pieces.
From relatively restrained gold dress watches to skulls, feathers, gemstones and miniature paintings, the Buckingham became one of Corum's most wonderfully unconventional playgrounds.
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