Alain Silberstein / Krono

Alain Silberstein Krono

Collection profile

Alain Silberstein’s Krono family is the brand’s signature chronograph line, pairing mechanically ambitious calendar or timing layouts with the designer’s Bauhaus-inflected language of primary colours, geometric hands, and playful dial graphics.

Why it matters

Krono is the clearest expression of Alain Silberstein’s identity in wristwatches: complicated Swiss chronograph mechanics presented through instantly recognizable architectural graphics, playful symbolism, and bold primary-colour hands that made the brand collectible far beyond conventional tool-watch design.

Key references

Krono Bauhaus

Krono Bauhaus — Limited-edition automatic chronograph documented by Christie’s as a 40 mm titanium model, numbered example 127/250, circa 1995.

Krono 2

Krono 2 — Sotheby’s lists Krono 2 as a limited-edition automatic annual-calendar chronograph with moon phases, circa 1993, using caliber 7751.

Sotheby's

Krono Bauhaus2

Krono Bauhaus2 — Sotheby’s editorial feature highlights the Bauhaus2 as a later expression of Silberstein’s signature primary-colour and geometric-hand chronograph style, illustrated with example no. 576/999 circa 2000.

Sotheby's

Collection timeline

• 1993 — Krono 2 appears in auction documentation as a limited-edition automatic annual-calendar chronograph with moon phases.
• 1995 — Christie’s documents the Krono Bauhaus as a limited-edition titanium automatic chronograph, showing the family’s mid-1990s expansion.
• 2000 — Sotheby’s illustrates the later Krono Bauhaus2, showing the continuation of the collection’s colourful Bauhaus design language into circa 2000.

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