Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Nov 27, 2016
LOT 196
JAEGER-LECOULTRE REF. 5808 MARINA "CARAVELLE" Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Atmos", Ref. 5808. Made in the 1970's. Fine rectangular gilt brass and Perspex (lucite) mantel clock with "maritime" panels, wound by barometric pressure changes.
HKD 15,000 - 20,000
USD 1,930 - 2,579 / CHF 1,900 - 2,551
Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (lucite) panels with gilt caravelles and mountain views, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base. White with applied gilt brass faceted dart indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gilt brass dauphine hands with black tips. 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.
