Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 173

JAEGER-LECOULTRE ATMOS Jaeger-LeCoultre, Atmos. Made in the 1950s. Fine, rectangular, gilt brass and glass Atmos clock wound by barometric pressure changes. To be sold without reserve

C. Gilt brass, 5 sides with glass in brass borders on a canopy locked by two pins, beveled base and fl uted door frame, leveling screws and spirit level in the base. D. White, applied gilt dart indexes. Gilt dauphine hands. M. Gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking lever above the pendulum disc, regulator at the top. Case (glass) and movement signed. Dim. Height 22 cm., width 19 cm., depth 14 cm.