Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 433

ALAIN SILBERSTEIN KRONO BAUHAUS LIMITED EDITION 028/999 Alain Silberstein, Architecte Horloger, fabriqué en France, No. 928/999. Made in a limited edition of 999 examples in the late 1990's. Fine and rare, thick, self-winding, water-resistant, rubberized stainless steel wristwatch with geometrical button chronograph, register, day and date, on original rubber strap with stainless steel double folding Alain Silberstein buckle. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, black rubber-coated, transparent screweddown steel case back, polished straight tubular lugs, triangular red winding-crown, yellow round upper chronograph button and blue square lower button, sapphire crystals anti-reflective on both sides. D. Black with round and triangular luminous indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour register and the 24 hours, outer chronograph minute graduation in 5-minute Arabic numerals, aperture for the day and the date. Red triangular hand for the hours, blue baton hand for the minutes, blue lozenge hand for the seconds, red and yellow serpentine hands for the chronograph. M. Cal. 5100 customized by Alain Silberstein with a blue bridge and a yellow snake, rhodium-plated with matte finish, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balancespring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 16 mm. Approx. overall length 186 mm. From The Arman Collection