15,340 CHF
"Hand Made Solid Silver Atmos Clock" Jaeger Le Coultre, "Atmos model C", Caliber 526, No. 5839, designed by Christopher Lawrence and made in an edition of 100 pieces in 1972. Fine and extremely rare, solid silver, hand-made Atmos clock wound by changes in the temperature. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate of authenticity and booklet on the history of the Atmos clock. Original design by Chistopher Lawrence, hand-made, solid silver, deeply textured "U" shape, four feet, glazed aperture to view the pendulum disc, the back secured by 14 screws. Polished silver with applied silver-gilt square hour indexes. Silver-gilt "baton" hands. Cal. 526, gilt brass, vacuum chamber winding the going barrel, lever-escapement driven by annular torsion silver pendulum, spirt level in the base. Dial signed, case with London city marks. Dim. 34 x 22 x 14 cm. Notes Christopher N. Lawrence One of the great master silversmiths of Britain, born in 1936. After completeing his apprenticeship he became a Freeman of the City of London and a Freeman of the Goldsmiths’ Company. He won the Jacques Cartier award for craftsman of the year an unparalleled thee times. His philosophy is that the designer must also be constantly involved with the production of the piece. For his series of Jaeger Le Coultre Atmos clocks, Christopher Lawrence worked the shapes and textures from solid silver, not molding it or assembling it from component parts. Five designs were made, each in a limited
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-05-13
