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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 111

Atmos Regulateur Jaeger LeCoultre ?Atmos Regulateur?, No. 41, movement No. 709986. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples, circa 2000. Very fine and very rare, amarello, ebony inlaid, gilt brass and glass Atmos mantel clock wound by barometric pressure changes, with regulator dial, epicyclic gearing and 24-hour day and night indication. Accompanied by the leather-covered fitted display box.

C. Amarello wood inlaid with ebony, glazed on 4 sides and on the top, block feet, leveling screws concealed in the feet and spirit level in the base. D. Regulator-type with eccentric brushed silvered chapter-ring for the hours with Roman numerals, large outer chapter-ring for the minutes with Arabic five-minute numerals and outer minute track, inner gilt brass chapter for the 24-hours and day and night indication supported on two rollers, blued steel pointer, the minute hand and 24-hour chapter epicyclically geared from the hour wheel. Blued tapered baton hands with circular counterpoises. M. Cal. 580, gilt brass, 30 jewels, exposed vacuum chamber coils winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking lever above the pendulum disc, regulator at the top. Dial and case signed. Dim. Height 24.5 cm., width 20 cm., depth 15.5 cm. Property of a European Gentleman