Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 221

Jaeger-LeCoultre Black Fish Marina Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Atmos,? Ref. 5806. Made circa 1962. Fine and very rare, rectangular gilt brass and perspex (lucite) mantel clock with ?aquarium? panels and wound by barometric pressure changes. Accompanied by its original fitted box. To be sold without reserve

C. Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (lucite) panels with gilt angel-fish and water plants, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base. D. Off-white with painted black radial Roman numerals. Black Breguet hands. 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 13.5 cm.