Jaeger-LeCoultre

Jaeger-Lecoultre White Chinois Jaeger-LeCoultre, "Plexi Opale Chinois, Atmos V", Ref. 5809. Made in the 1960s. Fine and very rare, rectangular, gilt brass and perspex (lucite) mantel clock with "chinoiserie" panels and wound by barometric pressure changes. Accompanied by the original fitted box and diagram of the Atmos mechanism. 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. 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 fluctuations, was initially licensed to a French company and was subsequently purchased by Jaeger LeCoultre. After a difficult start, by 1979 these clocks had become popular and were often given to heads of state who were visiting Switzerland.