Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Jun 28, 2020
LOT 111
J.L. REUTTER PATENT ATMOS
CHF 8,000 - 12,000
HKD 64,000 - 96,000 / USD 8,000 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 10,000
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.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Reutter
Model Atmos, model RC2
Year Circa 1935
Movement No. 4352
Caliber 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
Dimensions Height 23.5 cm., Width 17.7 cm., Depth 14.2 cm
Signature Dial, applied plaque on the Movement bar inscribed ''Brevets J.L. Reutter S.G.D.G''
Accessories Jaeger LeCoultre caring case, Jaeger LeCoultre repair guarantee certificate dated 2014