Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 13, 2012
LOT 310
JAEGER-LECOULTRE ART DECO WOOD & CHROME ATMOS Jaeger-LeCoultre, Atmos Brevets Reutter, No. 10160. Made in the late 1940s. Very fine and rare, Art Deco, wooden and chromed "perpetual" clock wound by changes in barometric pressure. To be sold without reserve
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
USD 11,000 - 16,000 / EUR 8,500 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 13,750
C. Rectangular, detachable wooden case secured by two pins, chromed inclined base with leveling screws, chromed bezel. D. Brushed pink chapter ring with painted radial Art Deco Arabic numerals, inner minute divisions. Black Dauphine hands. M. Chrome and brushed steel, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel by a steel spring and ratchet, lever escapement driven by annular torsion pendulum, locking lever in the base below the pendulum. Case signed. Height 24 cm., width 19.2 cm., depth 14.3 cm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-24 |
Good Slightly chipped |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |