3,500 CHF
LECOULTRE PLEXI NOIR CHINOIS ATMOS LeCoultre, Atmos. Made in the 1970's. Fine and rare, rectangular, gilt brass and perspex (lucite) mantel clock with Chinoiserie panels and wound by barometric pressure changes. To be sold without reserve Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (Lucite) panels, those on the sides set with gilt Chinoiserie water landscapes, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base. Off-white with applied gilt brass faceted dart indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gilt brass dauphine hands with blackened tips. Cal. 526-5, gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular torsion pendulum, locking screw in the base below the pendulum disc. Dial, case, movement and vacuum signed. Dim. 23 x 18 x 14 cm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-11-11
