Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 206

Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Plexi Noir Chinois, Atmos V?,case No. 150171, Ref. 5805. Made in the 1960s. Fine and rare, rectangular, gilt brass and perspex (lucite) mantel clock with ?Chinoiserie? panels and wound by barometric pressure changes. Accompanied by fitted box and a Jaeger-Le Coultre Repair Guarantee Certificate dated May, 2009.

C. Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (Lucite) panels, those on the sides set with gilt Chinoiserie water landscapes, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base. D. Off-white with applied gilt brass faceted dart indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gilt brass dauphine 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 14 cm.