Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 378

Corum Twenty Dollars Coin Watch Corum, Coin Watch, movement No. 146797, case No. 181180. Made in the 1980s. Fine, very thin, 18K yellow gold wristwatch inserted in a $20 U.S. gold coin dated 1900 with an integral 18K yellow gold Corum bracelet.

HKD 14,000 - 27,000

USD 1,800 - 3,400 / EUR 1,500 - 2,800

Sold: HKD 25,200

C. Two-body, solid, made from a $20 Dollar gold coin, bezel engraved with hour indexes, coin-edge band, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, snap-on case back with the head of Liberty surrounded by 13 stars. D. Twenty dollar coin dial. Black oxydised gold baton hands. M. 9???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 mm. Thickness 5 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original