Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 78

Alain Silberstein, France, "Bolido Krono", No. 130/250 (4). Produced in a limited edition of 250 examples in the late 1990s. Fine, rare and unusual, rectangular, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with geometrical-shaped button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel link bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, polished, transparent case back with eight screws, mobile fluted lugs, round, triangular and square crown and buttons with colored enamel inlays, sapphire crystals. D. Black with round tritium-coated indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. "Fancy" tritium-coated red triangular hour and blue bâton minute hand, "serpentine" yellow sweep-seconds hand. M. Cal. FP 1185, satiné gray, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 33 x 48 mm.