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Lot 2856 In the Vallé de Joux, sits the venerated Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre. Since its founding in 1822, it has given life to some of the most respected movements in the horological world - the legendary Reverso, an Art Deco icon invented in 1931 to withstand the elegant rigours of a polo match; Duométro, which houses two separate mechanisms for the time display and another complication, each with their own source of energy so as to guarantee chronometer-worthy precision; Master Control, with its classically round case paying emphasis to the high complications within; the extreme conditions Master Compressor equipped with a special shock-absorbing system that can protect the movement from 50 of the effects of shocks and vibrations; the sleek AMVOX that epitomizes the refinement and precision of Aston Martin automobiles and last but not least, the Atmos that has been literally running on air since 1928.
JAEGER-LECOULTRE, ATMOS DU MILLÉNAIRE TRANSPARENTE STAINLESS STEEL AND GLASS BAROMETRIC DRIVEN CLOCK WITH 1000 YEAR CALENDAR AND PERPETUAL MOON PHASE DISPLAY
CIRCA 2005
Closed2 June 2010
Price Realised
HKD 100,000
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Specialist note
US$ 3,000-5,000
EUR 2,300-3,800
With Jaeger-LeCoultre product literature.
The first Atmos prototype was invented in 1928 by Jean-Léon Reutter. The Atmos is a source of fascination to many as it is a mechanical clock that is powered by changes in temperature and atmospheric pressure; it can run autonomously for long periods of time without any manual winding. Whilst the very first one used a mixture of mercury and ammoniac in the winding system, today's clock uses ethyl chloride, a temperature-sensitive gas that expands and contracts to wind the mainspring.
EUR 2,300-3,800
With Jaeger-LeCoultre product literature.
The first Atmos prototype was invented in 1928 by Jean-Léon Reutter. The Atmos is a source of fascination to many as it is a mechanical clock that is powered by changes in temperature and atmospheric pressure; it can run autonomously for long periods of time without any manual winding. Whilst the very first one used a mixture of mercury and ammoniac in the winding system, today's clock uses ethyl chloride, a temperature-sensitive gas that expands and contracts to wind the mainspring.