Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 12, 2019
LOT 231
ATO PAIR OF TABLE LAMP CLOCKS
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
HKD 32,000 - 48,000 / USD 4,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 6,875
Léon Hatot, Fabricants, Paris, (ATO), No. 67845. Made circa 1935. Fine and rare, pair of skeletonized, chrome,
glass and composition, electric, Art Deco table lamp clocks. Chrome drum case and arms for the light fitting,
stepped rectangular composition base, domed demi-lune shade. The dial is a skeletonized chrome chapter ring
with Arabic Art Deco numerals on the front glass. Black painted Art Deco hands. Movement exposed frame,
half-second electromagnetic pendulum activating the electrical contacts, large micrometer adjustment nut, coil
and Foucault regulator tube, the battery mounted behind the movement.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Léon Hatot
Year circa 1935
Dimensions 38 x 19 x 11 cm
Signature Dial and Movement.
Notes
movements for all the top Parisian firms, including Van Cleef, Boucheron and Mauboussin. He made electric clocks
under the name of ATO, invented the ‘Rolls’ self-winding movement licensed to Blancpain, and took over the
business of the famous Paul Garnier. At the outbreak of World War II, the firm closed its jewelry business and the
remaining stock was kept in a bank vault until it was sold at auction in Geneva in 1989. Leon Hatot died in 1953.