37,500 HKD
Jaeger-LeCoultre Marina White Chinoise Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Plexi Opale Chinoise, Atmos V", Ref. 5809. Made in the 1960's. Fine and very 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, set with gilt chinoiserie water landscapes, the front panel with aperture to view the pendulum, stepped plinth base. Matte off-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 torsion pendulum, locking screw in the base below the pendulum disc. Case, movement and vacuum signed. Dim. 23 x 18 x 14 cm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-06-25
