Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 444

Atmos, J.L. Reutter Patent Atmos, Pendule Perpetuelle, J.L. Reutter patent No. 4140, Model B6, Swiss. Made in 1934. Very fine and very rare, early, Art Deco, black and gray marble, "perpetual" clock wound by changes in barometric pressure.

C. Rectangular, black marble case with grey marble for the front and base, aperture to view the revolving pendulum. D. Matte silvered with painted black baton hour indexes. Black painted alpha hands. M. Chrome, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking lever in the base below the pendulum. Dial signed, movement numbered. Dim. height 22.5 cm., width 20.5 cm., depth 13 cm.