Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 148

Atmos White Marina Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Atmos?, Ref. 5810. Made in the 1960s. Fine and very rare, rectangular gilt brass and perspex (lucite) mantel clock with ?aquarium? panels, wound by barometric pressure changes. Accompanied by the original fitted box.

C. Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (lucite) panels, those on the sides set with gilt angelfish and water plants, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base. D. White with applied gilt brass faceted dart indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gilt brass dauphine hands with black tips. M. Cal. 526-5, gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking screw in the base below the pendulum disc. Case, movement and vacuum signed. Dim. 23 x 18 x 14 cm Property of Various Owners