This very slim, manual wind Corum watch has not had a hard life – the leather strap is still the original!  Model reference 57555.

HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?

Corum were founded in 1956, as an uncle and nephew combination.  The uncle had been running a watch workshop for a number of years, whilst the nephew worked as a watchmaker for Patek Philippe and Omega.  Ever since 1956 they have been an exclusive supplier, and you don’t see many of their watches out in the wild.  However there doesn’t seem to be a database for when their watches were made.  Given that the movement that this watch has was launched in 1965, we don’t see any possibility of the watch being older than this.  If you have any more evidence then please do contact us.

CONDITION

Since we mentioned the movement, let’s start there.  Corum have taken a Peseux 7000 movement and improved it in several ways. You have anti shock protection on all the running gear wheels, as well as the standard for the balance.  The finishing is a big jump up too, and the bespoke movement spacer also providing the thin movement with extra strength.  This 21 jewel movement is running well, and is a pleasure to wind.  The dial is clean, with a linen finish, and the hands are straight.  The case is gold plated to 80 microns – most good watches would be 20 microns – and shows no damage or heavy wear.  The leather strap is the original, and has the Corum signed gold plated buckle still fitted.

This watch will be supplied with the original presentation box, and our Certificate of Authenticity.

Please see the HD video for more detail.  All photos and videos are part of the description and are of the actual watch unless mentioned.  We do not photoshop any pictures, and the images are copyright of birthyearwatches.com and should not be used without permission.

​SIZE

Width with crown  31.8 mm

Width without crown  30.0 mm

Between lugs  21 mm

Lug to lug length  34.0 mm

Case Thickness  5.8 mm

All sizes are approximate.  The watch is photographed on a wrist of 190mm/7.5 inches.

Included with this watch is a 3 month guarantee and free delivery to UK addresses.  If you live outside the UK we can still deliver to most countries.  Please see our Worldwide Shipping information, or Contact Us.   Payment can be made by most credit or debit cards, bank transfer or PayPal.

From 1st September 2021 we will be planting a tree for every watch we sell, working with the International Tree Foundation (Est 1922) to make this business positive on carbon.  By buying anything pre owned you are effectively reusing what already exists, but this takes it further and makes us feel good.

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