Christopher N. Lawrence One of the great master silversmiths of Britain, born in 1936. After completeing his apprenticeship he became a Freeman of the City of London and a Freeman of the Goldsmiths? Company. He won the Jacques Cartier award for craftsman of the year an unparalleled thee times. His philosophy is that the designer must also be constantly involved with the production of the piece. For his series of Jaeger Le Coultre Atmos clocks, Christopher Lawrence worked the shapes and textures from solid silver, not molding it or assembling it from component parts. Five designs were made, each in a limited edition of 100 pieces; they were featured in the Jaeger le Coultre catalogue until 1975 and were regarded primarily as objets d'art.

Atmos The Atmos clock was invented by Neuchâtel engineer Jean-Léon Reutter (1899- 1971). From his youth, he was preoccupied by the idea of industrially producing a clock that could be wound by atmospheric fluctuations, and in 1928 he succeeded. Reutter?s patent was first licensed to a French company who exploited it until 1935. Subsequently, it was purchased by Jaeger LeCoultre. After a difficult start, by 1979 there were half a million such clocks. They quickly met with success as prestigious gifts for heads of state during their visits to Switzerland.