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St. Gaudens Watch

NorCalJackNorCalJack Posts: 550 ✭✭✭✭✭

Not sure of you have seen the St. Gaudens Watch that Heritage is selling. If you are a gold coin collector, this may be for you. I have never seen one, but I think it is cool

https://jewelry.ha.com/itm/timepieces/1924-twenty-dollar-gold-coin-wristwatch-with-piaget-movement/p/5363-95001.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Imagine doing this with one of Dan’s 1933s?

  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,399 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a tiny watch dial inside.

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  • AblinkyAblinky Posts: 626 ✭✭✭

    I bought a similar one with a 1904 $20 Lib instead of a Saint about a year ago, they aren't very expensive but they are a little cooler than your normal Corum coin watch.

    Andrew Blinkiewicz-Heritage

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What a shame that someone would ruin such a beautiful classic coin. I'll never understand some people but whatever floats your boat.

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  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭

    what a beautiful work of art!!

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,291 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There appears to be damage in the fields that someone made a clumsy attempt to smooth out. Pass.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting time piece.... however, I prefer the coin over the watch....Cheers, RickO

  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably cheaper than a Rolex.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder if Corum would make a watch with Dan's 1933 gold obverse?

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's cool, never saw a one before !!! B)

    Timbuk3
  • AblinkyAblinky Posts: 626 ✭✭✭

    @blitzdude said:
    What a shame that someone would ruin such a beautiful classic coin. I'll never understand some people but whatever floats your boat.

    I wouldn't say "ruin," most of the coins used are polished jewelry grade material. In today's market, these coins are just getting tossed in the melt bucket, this is actually saving coins if you think about it.

    Andrew Blinkiewicz-Heritage

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    thats pretty neat

  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For the man who has everything! ;)

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Several on eBay with a search for "Corum Gold Coin Watch."

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,291 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    Several on eBay with a search for "Corum Gold Coin Watch."

    Are any of them real?

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    These things, or similar without the fancy mechanism, were common items in wholesale catalog stores long ago. The makers would get 2 watch faces out of each coin, plus the scooped out gold, then sell the stuff as if there were an ounce of gold, plus the rest of the watch. (In Washington we had "Capital Jewelry and Tobacco" "W. Bell & Co" and others.)

  • Someone submitted a 1904 Double Eagle that turned out to be a watch a couple of years ago.
    No, we didn't grade it. But it was a neat thing to photograph.

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting object, and very nice photos BTW!

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