This reliable workhorse runs at 28,800 vibrations per hour with a 42-hour power reserve. The Corum coin watch is powered by automatic calibre CO 082, based on the ubiquitous ETA 2892. The watch we had the opportunity to review is a crypto-currency skull watch featuring the bitcoin symbol. Each entirely hand-engraved watch will be a unique piece.
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The dial and the case back are made from 925 silver coins allowing Saburov to give free rein to his creativity. The crown is adorned with a blue sapphire cabochon. The case is coin-edged and features a slotted hobnail bezel. Measuring 43mm in diameter, the watch is fashioned out of 925 silver. The artist produces 21st-century hobo coins and has created a limited number of unique pieces for Corum. The Corum Heritage Artisan Coin Watch collection is engraved by Russian engraver Aleksey Saburov who lives in New York. Most of the time, the original lettering of the coin would be respected. The hobo coins are extremely varied but very often they feature “memento mori” – symbols of mortality, skulls or skeletons. If it has been a long-standing practice, it really developed in America during the Great Depression, when homeless or unemployed people were hand-carving coins, turning these into work of arts they could sell or trade. The Hobo coin – or Hobo nickel – is a popular art form consisting of altering coins with bas-relief engraving. At Baselworld 2018, the La Chaux-de-Fonds-based manufacturer added a cool, modern note to this timepiece by venturing into unexplored artistic territories. More than 50 years later, Corum still produces coin watches. If coin pocket watches had been produced for decades (usually ultra-thin watches concealed under a hinged cover), the brand’s coin wristwatch was innovative because of its novel construction with a coin sliced in two to encase the movement. The model is, without a doubt, one of its most iconic watches. Corum introduced its first coin watch in 1964.
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