Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 288

"Pikto Smileday - Le Perpetuel - Automatique" Alain Silberstein, Architecte Horloger, France, "Pikto Smileday - Le Perpetuel - Automatique", No. 063/100. Made in a limited edition of 100 examples in the 1990s. Fine, rare and unusual, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel chronometer wristwatch with perpetual calendar and a stainless steel Alain Silberstein link bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, polished, straight lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, triangular winding-crown with white enamel inlay, sapphire crystals. D. White with painted baton indexes graduated to 12 hours, concentric date ring and the motto: ?Le vrai bonheur est d?avoir sa passion pour métier?. Multicolored geometrical hands with pictograms. On the back, off-centered subsidiary white Arabic 4-year dial. M. Cal. 2892-2 modified, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, gilt brass rotor with Silberstein design. Case and dial signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 14 mm.