Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2014

LOT 228

ALAIN SILBERSTEIN KRONO DE NOË "NOIR" PVD STEEL Alain Silberstein, France, "KRONO de NOË Noir" , No. 099/100. Sold on June 28th, 1996. Fine, rare and unusual, astronomic, PVD-coated stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, 24-hour indication, triple date and moon phases. Accompanied by a box, certificate, COSC certificate, instruction manual and tools.

Two-body, black, polished, transparent case back, triangular winding-crown with green enamel inlay, buttons with red and yellow enamel-inlay, straight tubular lugs, sapphire crystals. Black with luminous round indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the 24 nocturnal and diurnal hours, outer graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Luminous green baton hands, serpentine seconds hand. Based ETA 7751, black coated, 17 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator.