Important Collector's Watches, Pocket...

Geneva, Nov 11, 2007

LOT 8

?Atmos, Louis XVI? Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Atmos", No. 524410. Made in the 1980s. Fine, curved rectangular, gilt brass, laquer and glass Atmos clock wound by barometric pressure changes. Accompanied by the original fitted box and operation manual.

C. Gilt brass, bowed sides, glazed on 4 sides and on the top, polished and brushed, stepped plinth base, corner pillars inset with black laquer, leveling screws and spirit level in the base. D. Black, gold painted radial Roman numerals and fleur-de-lys half-hour indexes. Gilt brass ?fleur-de-lys? hands. M. Cal. 528-8, 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 19.5 cm., depth 16 cm. Property of a Swiss Gentleman