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.Ĭorum now utilizes Saburov’s unique talents and the interesting history of hobo nickels to co-create a limited edition of Coin Watches.Īs 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.Ī unique piece Corum Hobo Coin Watch Preserving the art form of the original hobo with Aleksey Saburov “Hobo” 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 century 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 nation’s pioneering spirit (the eagle, the money, the freedom of enterprise, the gold rush).Īs of Baselworld 2018, Corum’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 world’s first wristwatches made using a coin to house a mechanical movement previous to Corum’s experimentation the style had only been used for pocket watches.Ĭorum, who was a master of funky advertising in the brand’s early days, first cleverly advertised these innovative timepieces with the tagline “time is money,” later changing it to “time in money.”Īnd it’s easy to see why this slogan was so apt: Corum founder René 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 1965’s Basel Fair.
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