Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 28

Paul Buhré, "Alarm". Produced circa 1960.Amusing and unusual, center-seconds, stainless steel and yellow gold-plated gentleman's wrist-watch with alarm.

C. two-body, bicolor, double steel case back with acoustical membrane and screwed-down ring, yellow gold bezel, band and concave lugs, push-button on the band to stop and set the alarm.D. matte silver with applied yellow gold dart indexes in relief on ring, fancy aperture for the jump alarm in red Arabic numerals surmounted by an applied gold symbol. "Dauphine" tritium-coated gold hands. M. Cal. AS 1475, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.