3,250 CHF
JAEGER-LECOULTRE REF. 5804, ATMOS MARINA BLACK CARAVELLE Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Atmos". Ref. 5804. Made circa 1971. Fine and unusual rectangular gilt brass and perspex (lucite) mantel clock with maritime panels, wound by barometric pressure changes. To be sold without reserve Glazed on 4 sides and on the top with perspex (lucite) panels with gilt caravelles and mountain views, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base. White with applied gilt brass faceted dart indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gilt brass dauphine hands with black tips. Cal. 526-5, gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever escapement driven by annular tension pendulum, locking screw in the base below the pendulum disc. Case, movement and vacuum signed. Dim. 23 x 18 x 14 cm. Notes Atmos The Atmos clock was invented by Neuchatel engineer Jean-Léon Reutter (1899-1971) in 1928. The patent for this clock, wound by atmospheric fl uctuations, was initially licensed to a French company and was subsequently purchased by Jaeger LeCoultre. After a diffi cult start, by 1979 these clocks had become popular and were often given to heads of state who were visiting Switzerland. Home aquariums became very popular in the 1950s; the use of tropical fi sh as decorative motifs has become associated with the 1950s and 60s. The Perspex panels have three-dimensional castings of fi sh and plants set into them. They were no doubt inspired by the famous Dunhill "aquarium" tab
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
