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Hong Kong, Furama Hotel, Jun 07, 1999

LOT 156

Corum, Meteorite Peary, No. 528, Ref. 61.450.79, 1990's. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum and diamonds gentleman's wristwatch with date and moon phases, with leather strap and stainless steel deployant clasp.

HKD 75,000 - 85,000

USD 11,000 - 13,000

C. three body, massive, polished, bezel set with diamonds, hooded lugs set with diamonds bearing on each, two blue enamel medallions one with the number and the other one with a map of the world, dedicated back with screws. D. made out of meteorite and bears an outer blue ring dial for the date, aperture for the moon phases. "Dauphine" platinum hands. M. mechanical with automatic winding. Signed on the case. Diam. 34 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: *2

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

The dial of this watch, comes from a meteorite found by Robert E. Peary in 1894, of cosmic origin. Scientific classification: coarse octahedrite 1,8 mm. Impact point: 76°4' N., and 64°58' W. in Cape York, Greenland. Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) American admiral and explorer, born in Cresson Springs, Pennsylvania. He made eight Arctic voyages to the Greenland coast, arriving on the East coast in 1891-2 by crossing the ice. In 1909 he led the first 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 t a claim generally discredited.