Iron meteorite

Canyon Diablo

Also called Meteor Crater meteorite

Fragments of the iron asteroid that formed Meteor Crater. It was among the sources used in Corum’s earliest meteorite-dial experiments.

The specimen

Classification: Iron meteorite, IAB-MG, coarse octahedrite
Event: impact-forming fall; later finds
Where: Meteor Crater, northern Arizona, United States
When it fell: about 49,000 ± 3,000 years ago
Found: 1891 cataloguing date
Known mass: about 30 metric tonnes recovered
Still cut for dials: No longer (as of 2026-08-21)

Only historical Corum dial use was verified; no current reference found.

Watches

No watch in this catalog is recorded as carrying a Canyon Diablo dial yet. The models below are what the research documents.

Corum 1986 meteorite-dial watchFull dial
Meteorite
No commercial reference was published for this model.
full meteorite dial; exact commercial reference not verified
Source

Sources

iwatchome.net — Corum historical exhibition report1986 Corum dial use of Canyon Diablo and Toluca
lpi.usra.edu — Meteor Crater age entry49,000 ± 3,000 year crater age
Lunar and Planetary Institute — Meteorite propertiesrelationship to Meteor Crater
Meteoritical Bulletin Database — Canyon Diabloofficial classification, Arizona and 30 t catalogued mass