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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 149

?Cyclope? Alain Silberstein, "Cyclope", France, No 219/500. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1995. Fine jump-hour, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with wandering jump-hours.

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 eyeshaped index pointing to the minutes on the outer scale with jump-hours in the index's round aperture, centerseconds. Yellow "serpentine" hand. M. Cal. 2824, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, gilt rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.