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The clock appeared far before the watch
One one hand, Corum was founded in 1955 and the golden bride watch was offered in 1980 from a design by Vincent Calabrese. BTW, a commemorative version was proposed in 2005 for the 50th anniversary of Corum's founding.
On the other hand, we can find in 1938 several ads which show that Jeager-LeCoultre was already using a vertical and straight aligned movement for its clocks at that time.
Some model of these clocks are really beautiful and can still be found in good shape without too much troubles as only few people have interest in them.
JLC AND CORUM
Interesting indeed - the similar arrangement of the movements in the small JLC table clock and the Corum Golden Bridge watch Kong - do you have any more information on this range of JLC table clocks? Small table clock - 13 cm high front view - runs for 7 ...
JLC table clock
Spot on my friend! We don't see them any more in the shops nowadays. A real collectible.
i've seen a few on the bay and other sites and they hold their value very well
i can look at these clocks with safety as i'm not at risk of buying one. i've got a very old grandfather clock, a pre 1912 Gustav Becker torsion clock, my funky led roman numeral piece that Mike(cazalea) kindly found me and of course my 1980's Atmos so th...
The clock appeared far before the watch
One one hand, Corum was founded in 1955 and the golden bride watch was offered in 1980 from a design by Vincent Calabrese. BTW, a commemorative version was proposed in 2005 for the 50th anniversary of Corum's founding. On the other hand, we can find in 19...
interesting, so coincident!
thanks for the post, was not aware of such similarity, very interesting and sharp observation. stefan
Similar piece
562.... Similar to this, I am also looking for history on this piece ...