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New York, Oct 17, 2008

LOT 5

White Fish Marina Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Atmos,? Ref. 5810. Made in the 1970s, sold in August 1973. Fine and very rare, rectangular gilt brass and perspex (lucite) mantel clock with ?aquarium? panels, wound by barometric pressure changes. Accompanied by the original guarantee and original fitted box. To be sold without reserve

USD 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,100 - 2,800 / CHF 3,300 - 4,500

Sold: USD 3,360

C. Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (lucite) panels 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.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

The Atmos clock was invented by Neuchâtel engineer Jean- Léon Reutter (1899-1971). In 1928 he succeeded in producing a clock that was wound by atmospheric fluctuations. Reutter?s patent was licensed to a French company until 1935. It was then acquired by Jaeger-LeCoultre. By 1979 there were half a million such clocks; they had become popular and were presented to heads of state during official visits to Switzerland.