Baselworld 2010: Alain Silberstein
By Melvyn Teillol-Foo
Our Gallic friend Alain was orderly in his layout of watches to show.
I thought it was one of his more outrageous collections in years.
The tattoo theme was really cool and unique.
Alain preferred the SteamPunk version.
Note that the chronograph seconds hand has an ingenious ‘vernier scale’ to read the 1/8th divisions of each second.
Silberstein the Tiger
For the Year of the Tiger, there is an unusual model with arches for lugs and a stylised tiger jaws.
The One-Hand watch has only 48 divisions so each division is 15-minute resolution. This takes time-blasé further than the original Pikto that had 5-minute divisions! I guess Tiger-Year people just don’t care in their special year. Even if you are born under the other 11 Chinese Zodiac signs, this watch should be a must-have for Silberstein fans.
Clasp action sequence......
Conclusion
The whole 2010 collection looks like a winner.
My prediction is that the clear favourites will be the SteamPunk and Tiger.