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 - 1,300

TO 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”.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-6-8

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3 *
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

Bibliography

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.