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Geneva, Nov 11, 2007

LOT 12

?Atmos Faux Lapis? Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Atmos", No. 619033. Made in the 1980s. Fine, rectangular, gilt brass, laquer and glass Atmos clock wound by barometric pressure changes.

C. Gilt brass, glazed on 4 sides and on the top, polished and brushed, the four corner pillars inset with laquer in imitation of lapis lazuli, stepped plinth base, leveling screws and spirit level in the base. D. Blue, square annular laquered to imitate lapis lazuli, gold painted upright Roman numerals, outer minute track. Gilt brass ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. 540, gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking lever above the pendulum disc, regulator at the top. Case and movement signed. Dim. Height 22.5 cm., width 20 cm., depth 15.5 cm. Property of a Swiss Gentleman