$6,555
Alain Silberstein, France, "Bolido Krono Titanium", No. 111/250. Produced in a limited edition of 250 examples in the late 1990's.Fine, rare and unusual, rectangular curved, water-resistant, titanium gentleman's wristwatch with fancy-shaped button chronograph, registers and date. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. two-body, satiné, transparent case back with screws, mobile and fluted lugs, round, triangular and square crown and buttons with black enamel inlay, sapphire crystals. satiné gray with applied white dot markers, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, aperture for the date. "Fancy" black triangular hour and Bâton minute hand, "Serpentine" yellow sweep seconds hand. Cal. FP 1185, satiné gray, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance ajusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 36 x 48 mm. Notes Alain Silberstein A born and bred Parisian, has an unusual background: trained as an interior architect and designer, he became a watch-architect when he created his own watchmaking firm in Besançon at the end of the 1980’s. At a time when the disappearance of mechanical watchmaking was considered inevitable, he joined the ranks of a very special group of Swiss makers who were behind the renaissance of the mechanical watch. In 1986 he received an award at the "Tokyo International Gift Show", and in 1988 he won a prize for his watch
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-09-24
