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 Posted: Thu Dec 25th, 2008 11:23 am
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oagaspar



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 That was Judah Perlstein Pres. of Sterling Time who is the distributor of Invicta/S.Coifman that used to appear with Tim...I speak with Tim weekly and the only info is that it is a fabled company created by Invicta...remember TV shopping shows are geared for the non-WIS who will buy into most any story:D

...regardless it is a great watch although I haven't seen any of the newer generations but they were made by Antigone S.A in Switzerland who make some very high end brands...you will find that most of the early few hundred members here at 3T came here from the old Invicta forum at WUS along with the entire moderating staff and have been following the Invicta brand from good to bad and everything in between since 2000 ....Congrats again...it is a sweet watch yourock.gif

cfoster wrote:


I first saw S. Coifman when Tim Temple was with Shop NBC, before Invicta bought S. Coifman. Occasionally one of the vendors and I must admit that I can't remember who would get an occasional S. Coifman or two. These were always very limited edition of only a few and were vintage movements that were NOS surplus from other watch companies. S. Coifman would then design a watch around that movement and the size of the edition was dependant on how many movements they had.  I don't know if they produced anything else at that time.

As I recall they were rather expensive and well over my budget, so I never got one.  They were truly hand crafted works of art, as was the packaging which they still use. I remember hearing that Invicta had bought the brand and wondered what would become of them. I am happy to report that the quality is still there. This is beautifully crafted for a mass produced product.

Once again, Tim could fill in the blanks in my memory.

Clyde

 

oagaspar wrote:
Congrats on a Awesome watch Foster...very cool vintage stylings hand6.gif 

I would like to see where you found the info on pre-Invicta Coifmans?:?

....it has always been known that Invicta created the fabled S.Coifman and was at one time considered Invictas Swiss flagship run by Eyals sister...I own a few 1st generation models but have never seen one prior to Invicta creating the brand or as they say ressurected the brand about 5-6 yrs. ago yourock.gif