Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 11, 2012
LOT 314
JAEGER-LECOULTRE WHITE AQUARIUM Jaeger-LeCoultre, Atmos. Made in the 1960s. Fine and very rare, rectangular gilt brass and perspex (lucite) mantel clock with aquarium panels and wound by barometric pressure changes. To be sold without reserve
CHF 2,000 - 4,000
USD 2,200 - 4,300 / EUR 1,700 - 3,300
Sold: CHF 1,625
C. Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (lucite) panels with gilt angel-fi sh and water plants, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base. D. Off-white with applied faceted gilt 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 torsion pendulum, locking screw in the base below the pendulum disc. Case, movement and vacuum signed. Dim. 23 x 18 x 13.5 cm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |