Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 289

Alain Silberstein, "Cyclope", France, No 064/500. Produced in 1994 in a limited edition of 500 examples.Fine jump hour, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with a red leather fitted box containing: a tool to remove the bracelet, a plastic cylinder to set the time, a small screwdriver, an additional deployant clasp, a steel bracelet à grosses mailles, a certificate of guarantee, and a certificate of quality delivered by the "CETEHOR (Centre Technique de l'Industrie Horlogère in Besançon).

C. two-body, thick, transparent screwed-down case back, flat bezel, straight lugs, triangular lacquered white winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. black with outer minutes and seconds scale, mystery rotating disc with eye-shaped index pointing to the minutes on the outer scale with jump hours in the index's round aperture, center-seconds. "Serpentine" yellow hand. M. Cal. 2824, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorer, self-compensating flat balance-spring, gilt rotor.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm.