Refurbished OTIS Elevator - 48 Rue Victor Schoelcher, Fort-de-France, MQ, FR

Another low cost French OTIS elevator from the 1970s, but this one has been refurbished probably in the 2000s with new car interior and strange looking fixtures. Seems like the controller is still original as the elevator starts and stops abruptly, similar to many old two speed AC traction OTIS elevators.
This is in an apartment building with some doctor's offices on the 1st floor, so the front door is unlocked during working hours.
📝 Quick elevator review
➕️ Pros:
• Interesting looking fixtures
• Decent size for a residential building
➖️ Cons:
• Abrupt start and stop
ℹ️ Info
• Brand: OTIS
• Manufacturer: Otis Elevator Company
• Installed by: OTIS S.A.
• Type: Overhead traction, geared
• Usage: Passenger
• Capacity: 7 Persons / 575 kg
• Floors served: 0, ES, 1-7, 8° (10 floors)
• Year installed / refurbished: 1970s / 2000s (?)
• Control type: Relays (?)
• Number of elevator car(s): 1
• History: Refurbished
(°) Locked floor
📍 48 Rue Victor Schoelcher
🌐 Fort-de-France, Martinique, France (FR)
🏢 Residential
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🗓 21 November 2023
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[@thefrenchelevatorchannel]

This elevator looks nice even after the mod, I like those fixtures. Those button panels are called Otis Alto, and are also quite rare in continental France, I haven't found many of these.

[@idl3k_elev]

Is the flat stainless steel variant also part of OTIS Alto? Any sources that prove these fixtures are known as Alto? I couldn't find brochures or publications of these fixtures on Wayback Machine sadly :(

[@thefrenchelevatorchannel]

@@idl3k_elev I’ll ask this question to a lift engineer, he knows all Otis fixtures. I’ll let you know of his answer