Iron meteorite

Cape York

Also called Agpalilik (a major mass), Saviksoah / Meteorite Island irons

A large Greenland iron meteorite historically used by Inuit communities as a source of metal; several enormous named masses are held by museums.

The specimen

Classification
Iron meteorite, IIIAB
Event
ancient fall; first documented find
Where
Melville Bay area, northwest Greenland
When it fell
commonly estimated roughly 10,000 years ago; exact date uncertain
Found
1818; major masses documented in the 19th and 20th centuries
Known mass
58.2 metric tonnes
Still cut for dials
No longer (as of 2026-08-21)

Documented Corum examples are historical; no current production reference was verified.

Watches

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

  • Corum Meteorite PearyFull dial

    Meteorite / Peary

    61.450.56

    full meteorite dial

    Source

Sources