Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, May 10, 2020
LOT 122
Jaeger-LeCoultre - Ref. “Borne”, Atmos “Style” clock; gilded brass and plexiglass
HKD 8,000 - 10,000
USD 1,050 - 1,300 / EUR 1,000 - 1,200 / CHF 1,050 - 1,300TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: HKD 6,875
Gilded brass and plexiglass, self-winding, vertical borne-shaped, mantel clock wound by barometric pressure changes; “repoussé” décor side. Base engraved “K.R.M / N A M FRIENDS / 12-14-64”.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-6-8 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3 * |
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Dial: 3-6-8-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched HANDS Original |
Brand Jaeger-LeCoultre, Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux)
Model Atmos “Style”
Reference “Borne”
Year circa 1962-1967
Case No. unnumbered
Material gilded brass and plexiglass
Caliber 526, with vacuum chamber winding the going barrel and lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum
Height 21 cm.
Width 17.7 cm.
Thickness 10.9 cm.
Signature dial, case and movement
Notes
Lebet, Jean, Vivre de l’air du temps, Histoire de la pendula Atmos, Editions Jeager-LeCoultre, Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux), 1997 (88 pp.), p. 69.