Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 277

CORUM METEORITE PEARY Corum, "Meteorite Peary", No. 719, case No. 496922, Ref. 61.450.56. Made in the 1990's. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with meteorite dial, date, moon phases and a yellow gold and stainless steel double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Corum case, Certificate of Cosmic Origin and attestation.

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 3,300 - 5,500 / EUR 2,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 6,250

C. Two-body, solid, polished, hooded lugs each bearing two blue enamel medallions, one with the number and the other one with a world planisphere, protected crown, correctors in the band, dedicated back with 6 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Made of a section of the Peary meteorite, with an outer blue ring dial for the date, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold Dauphine hands. M. Cal. 888, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 8.5 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

The dial of this watch comes from a meteorite found by Robert E. Peary in 1894 and is of cosmic origin. Scientifi c classifi cation: coarse octahedrite 1,8 mm. Impact point: 76°4' N., and 64°58' W. in Cape York, Greenland. Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) was an American admiral and explorer, born in Cresson Springs, Pennsylvania. He made 8 Arctic voyages to the Greenland coast, arriving on the East coast in 1891-1892 by crossing the ice. In 1909, he led the fi rst expedition to the North Pole, though his achievement was disputed by his fellow-explorer Frederick Cook, who claimed to have reached the Pole in 1908, a claim generally discredited.