Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 195

?Kronomarine? Alain Silberstein, France, ?Kronomarine - Automatique?, No. 034/500. Made in the 1990s. Fine and unusual, extra-thick, self-winding, water-resistant, PVD-coated stainless steel gentleman's chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, register date, revolving bezel and a matching Alain Silberstein bracelet.

C. Two-body, black, matte, revolving and graduated black bezel with raised red and white indexes, transparent case back, triangular green winding crown, round yellow and red chronograph buttons. D. Black with luminous round indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the 24 nocturnal and diurnal hours, outer graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Multi-colored triangular and "serpentine" fancy hands. M. Cal. 7751, 17 jewels, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 18 mm. Approx. overall length: 175 mm.