Corum: LAB 02 Tourbillon

On the heels of launching its dynamic “Risk is the Reward” campaign, and the LAB 01 released in 2019, Corum unveils the new LAB 02. Equipped with a new movement that was two years in the research and development, the manual winding Calibre CO 300 features a flying tourbillon and a flying gear train.

The CORUM development team asked themselves the following question: “What if the movement doesn’t have bridges?” So the search began.

Two years later, Corum unleashes the LAB 02. Its caliber CO 300 consists of an impressive 416 individual components, each meticulously skeletonized and finely finished. Each piece is hand assembled in a unique format with a flying tourbillon at 6, with flying wheels that track the hours, minutes and seconds, and with the bridge set directly onto the mainplate.

Additionally, building a movement that is not sandwiched between the mainplate and bridge was a technical challenge that had to be overcome. The LAB02 required a much longer axis for the gear train, and, without having a top bridge, needed ball bearings instead of rubies on the mainplate to add strength and stability. The single mainplate has also been highly skeletonized. The entire movement is then placed on a fully transparent sapphire plate that allows for magnificent visibility and gives the appearance that the elements are all floating in space. 

LAB 02 is further equipped with a grand date function at 4 and its power reserve indicator “55 hours” is unusually placed so that it is visible via a sapphire glass on the side of the case at 8. 

Because of the extremely complicated nature of this 45mm gold watch, just 10 pieces will be made, each identified by a specific plate number on the barrel. Each LAB 02 can be customized, as well, enabling personal selection of the color of gold, the choice of diamond cuts and settings, or even of colored gemstones.  

The starting price of the watch, in gold, without diamonds, is € 180.000.