Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 286

J.L. REUTTER PATENT ATMOS Atmos, Pendule Perpetuelle, J. L. Reutter patent, model RC2, No. 4352, Swiss. Made circa 1935. Very fine and very rare, early, Art Deco, chrome and glass, perpetual motion clock wound by changes in barometric pressure with early mercury in glass expansion device.

C. Rectangular, chromed frame and inclined base, beveled glass on four sides. D. Matte silvered with Art Deco Arabic numerals, inner minute track. Painted black and silver feuille hands. M. Chrome, vacuum chamber with rotating drum driven by a mercury in glass expansion device winding the going barrel by a blued steel spring and ratchet, lever escapement driven by annular torsion pendulum with large screws, locking lever in the base below the pendulum. Dial signed, applied plaque on the movement bar inscribed ?Brevets J.L. Reutter S.G.D.G?. Dim. height 23.5 cm., width 17.7 cm., depth 14.2 cm.