Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011
LOT 341
Corum Twenty Dollars Coin Watch Corum, Coin Watch, case No. 360920, movement No. 182771. Made in the 1980s. Fine, very thin, 18K yellow gold wristwatch inserted in a $20 U.S. gold coin dated 1908 with an integral 18K yellow gold Corum bracelet. Accompanied by a original tag. To be sold without reserve
HKD 20,000 - 30,000
USD 2,500 - 4,000 / EUR 2,000 - 3,000
Sold: HKD 62,500
C. Two-body, solid, made from a $20 Dollar gold coin, bezel engraved with hour indexes, coin-edge band, cabochon diamond-set winding crown, snap-on case back. D. Twenty dollar coin dial. Black oxidized gold baton hands. M. 9???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, self compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 36 mm. Thickness 5 mm. Approx. overall length 170 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |