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To be honestly blunt, I am sick of the vintage Omega Constellation and diver watches or the 60's. Virtually every other piece can be faulted. The least of the evils, the dial is tampered with or refinished. Next, it is a franken and the worst is, it is a fake.

I am just wondering, without the help of this forum, how many enthusiasts will become an owner of a watch that is neither authentic nor factory-original. It is just sickening.

I am now eyeing a brand-name, which I hope has never been tampered with, frankened or faked. Unfortunately at the moment, the price of this particular beauty is very uncomfortable for me. I am just toying with the idea of getting one, some while from now.

Please let me know, what you think of this watch. I know, Corum is not as popular as Omega or Rolex but one thing is assured, in view of its non-popular status, nobody cares to 'rubbish' this brand-name. If they do, there is no market for it.

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I had never heard of the brand, but what a great watch! Truly skeleton, and set out in a way that allows you to see and understand the movement. Stunning.

 

Respectable Member CanberraOmega

Indeed it is a beauty. However, I do not know how reliable the movement is, relative to Omega and Rolex. The whole movement is of 18k solid gold and as we know, it does not have the strength of steel.

Some while ago, I had two 22k Corum $10.00 coin watch of the US Bi-Centennial Celebration of 1976. The case of the watch is of 18k solid gold. Only 175 pieces were made for the world-market. It was very reliable and a real classic-looking piece - factory diamond-bezel and on the dial string-diamonds on the minute-track. Unfortunately when the rogue real estate agent tried to rob me of my home, I lost both of these watches, too. It is irreplaceable. Unfortunately, I do not have its picture with me. However and fortunately, I know who owns both of them, now.

Should any respectable forum members happen to have this watch, please share with us, its picture.

Thank-you.

 

Corum is a respectable brand but not very popular here in Indonesia. It is in my wish list. Your target is as good as it gets in the Corum collection line. I am eyeing in more affordable and popular Admiral Cup line.
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Oooooo, a Golden Bridge! That's a sweet watch. Sorry to burst your respectable bubble Seamonster, but there are TONS of fakes of those various models too.

My Corum was a late 90's Temps Mecanique with a Piguet 95x inside.




Nice watch. If it had a better calendar mechanism (like a day and month window) I probably would have kept it. Ended up trading it for my UG Polerouter.

 

Respectable Member Privateday7

Indeed Corum is not a popular brand-name in many countries, not only Indonesia.

The Admiral Cup line is quite popular and I have heard, some of them are very nice.

Thank-you.

 

Respectable Member dsio

It is good to suggest Longines as an alternative. I had done Longines before and somehow or rather, I love the Conquest range with Calendar. The power-reserve version is just alluring. Maybe, if there is something really nice and totally original, I shall consider.

Thank-you.

 

Respectable Member ulackfocus

Indeed it is a nice watch and it is a pity, not many people appreciate the beauty of this watch.

Some of the Polerouters are really very attractive and there are followers for this brand-name, unlike Corum.

Thank-you.

 

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You could say the Rolls Royce of Corum's, literally!

 

So that means you're forsaking your Royal Oak because AP made the limited edition Montauk Highway RO.

 

The best bit for me is "case converts to a cigar box" hehe

 

Respectable Member gatorcpa

It hits me badly, when you said Corum is destroying history. I just do not like anyone to destroy or change history, for whatever reason. I shall give Corum, a re-think.

I am sure there are many followers of some of the beautiful American vintage-watches, including Hamilton and a few others. All good vintage time-pieces will increase in price, some gradually.

Though I have restricted funds to purchase a vintage-watch, I still stick to the fact, it has to be totally original, in every respect, save for replacement of movement parts. When I had the money at one time, I would just grab any factory-original watch that I liked, irrespective of market value or what people may say. Market-value cannot stop me. I could not even care, if and when I had to re-sell I would lose a big chunk of money. After all I did not buy a vintage-watch to generate income - it is an activity for the dealers. If the price were to appreciate, it is a bonus.

However, when I do not have the extra funds to throw around like now, I will want to make sure, if and and when I had to re-sell my beloved piece, at least I would be able to recover my cost.

Hopefully one day, when I have managed to get even with the rogue real estate agent of Sydney, I shall be able to start my collection, once again. God willing.

Thank-you.

 

I've found some nice Longines and Omegas in the last year--not on Ebay, though. Maybe the price was a little higher, but any risk I took was definitely calculated. That said, I have gotten some sweet watches on Ebay, just not those brands recently. I guess the bar has risen. As to the more exotic, why look on Ebay?