But today what I will introduce is a particular one which could be considered as a symbol of an era of Corum. These watches utilize silver $1 coins as their bases.The Bubble collection of Corum has been well-known by its unique design while the Admiral Legend collection is popular by its classic aesthetics. This is naturally a tall order when talking about vintage collectorвЂ™s pieces such as early twentieth-century five-cent pieces. The criteria for choosing a coin to use is relatively strict: each coin chosen must be in mint condition without a scratch, a dent, or even sign of use. But they are also unique by motif, as Saburov, who has already produced a number of drawings for this purpose, will turn each one into one new Coin Watch.ДЄnd these will primarily be gothic, rock and roll, and disruptive in nature. A Russian living in New York, he creates twenty-first-century hobo coins by utilizing popular imagery, legends, demons, beliefs, and individual commissions to make unique works of micro art engraved on genuine early twentieth-century five-cent pieces.Д¬orum now utilizes SaburovвЂ™s unique talents and the interesting history of hobo nickels to co-create a limited edition of Coin Watches.ДЄs they are hand engraved, each one is unique by definition. Master engraver Aleksey Saburov specializes in the art of making new hobo coins. Most people likely know that the word hobo is another word for a vagrant, with the most classic image of a hobo riding freight cars and making a living (and a life) on the tracks instead of settling down.ДЄ unique piece Corum Hobo Coin Watch Preserving the art form of the original hobo with Aleksey Saburov вЂњHoboвЂќ is a bit of an unusual name, and it does need some explanation. Now Corum re-introduces its classic Coin Watch with a twist: the Hobo Coin. 21 st centuryВ Corum Coin Watch: transforming an eagle into a hobo These were particularly popular on the American market, becoming a symbol of both lasting value and a keepsake of the nationвЂ™s pioneering spirit (the eagle, the money, the freedom of enterprise, the gold rush).ДЄs of Baselworld 2018, CorumвЂ™s Gold Coin becomes something.

The early Coin Watches were made using the $20 American Double Eagle first minted in 1849. The resulting watch was almost as thin as the original $20 gold coin, an amazing feat.

Once assembled, the two halves of the coin were joined by an 18-karat gold case band that was carefully grooved to replicate the fluted edge of the original coin. In so doing, they made something akin to a movement sandwich, with the bread slices replaced by coin halves. These were the worldвЂ™s first wristwatches made using a coin to house a mechanical movement previous to CorumвЂ™s experimentation the style had only been used for pocket watches.Д¬orum, who was a master of funky advertising in the brandвЂ™s early days, first cleverly advertised these innovative timepieces with the tagline вЂњtime is money,вЂќ later changing it to вЂњtime in money.вЂќДЄnd itвЂ™s easy to see why this slogan was so apt: Corum founder RenГ© Bannwart and his team used one-half of an authentic, very carefully cut gold coin as a watch dial, placed an ultra-thin movement underneath it, and then closed it up with the other half of the coin. The Corum Coin Watch made its debut in 1964, with the first 12 examples sold out before they could even reach 1965вЂ™s Basel Fair.

Corum gold coin watch history