Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 324

CORUM, 700TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF SWITZERLAND, NO. 47/100 Corum, "1291-1991", No. 47/100, movement No. 503322, case No. 5564556. Made in a limited series of 100 examples to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Switzerland in 1991. Fine, rare and elegant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch inserted into a commemorative 22K gold coin, bearing the "Swiss Unification" and an 18K yellow gold Corum buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed,engraved graduated bezel, band engraved with "In Memoriam Helveticae Confoederationis, DCC Annos", Vendome type lugs engraved with the Swiss flag ang Corum logo, diamond-set winding-crown, back engraved with an allegoric effigy of Switzerland, sapphire crystal. Engraved with the "Swiss Unification" and date. Blackened gold baton hands. Cal. 9.5''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.