Description
Professionally STRIPPED CLEANED & SERVICED
From our Atmos Clock collection, we are delighted to offer this early model Jaeger-LeCoultre Baby Atmos clock. The Atmos clock a world famous time piece originally invented by Jean Leon Reutter and later bought by industrial time keeping powerhouse Jaeger-LeCoultre. With its ‘perpetual motion’ engineering and silent movement coupled with its timeless design the Atmos clock has become a staple in the Jacksons Antique collection. We are pleased to present to you here a smaller ‘Baby’ cased model with a front hinged access door and four glass skeleton gold plated case. The Atmos clock pendulum lock on this model is located to the inside of the clock just above the swinging pendulum and can be unlocked and locked when the door is open along with time adjustment and regulating. The front door of the Atmos clock has a small pull tab located at the bottom left for access along with two feet adjusters to the inside of the front door and a central spirit level for adjusting when setting up. The Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos reference number is 129354 located on the top bridge which dates it to the second half of the 20th century during the mid-century modern period circa 1962.
SERVICE
All our Atmos clocks have been meticulously stripped, cleaned and serviced by our in house Atmos clock expert to give you complete peace of mind knowing that you can buy with true confidence. This service ensures that all our clocks are guaranteed to run when purchased and correctly set up. All clocks will be sent with a step-by-step instruction guide on how to unpack and set up correctly in your chosen location. If you are looking to sell your Atmos clock or Atmos collection please contact us via the contact us page where we will be more than happy to discuss purchase opportunities. For more information on the operation of Atmos clock see our article Insight | Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Clocks.
JAEGER-LECOULTRE
were founded in 1833 by Antoine LeCoultre and have grown to become one of the world’s leading luxury watch and clock manufacture from Switzerland. The company has hundreds of inventions, patents, and more than one thousand movements to their name, including the world’s smallest movement, one of the world’s most complicated wristwatches (Grande Complication), and a timepiece of near-perpetual movement (the Atmos clock).
ATMOS CLOCK
founded in 1928, the clock is driven by a mainspring which is wound by the expansion and contraction of a liquid and gaseous ethyl chloride in an airtight chamber called bellows. When the temperature rises the ethyl chloride vaporises and expands compressing a spring and, when the temperature falls the gas condenses and the spring expands. The continuous motion winds the mainspring giving enough energy to run the entire clock. A 1-degree change in temperature is enough to run an Atmos clock for 4.3 days!
For timekeeping, a torsion pendulum is used as it consumes far less energy than that of an ordinary pendulum as it twists on the end of the wire instead of swinging left to right. The motion is 30 times slower than that of a typical long case clock pendulum. Other than very occasional servicing due to wear the clock runs itself without any human intervention making them extremely hassle free with a totally silent movement.
MEASUREMENTS
22.25cm High x 18cm Wide x 14cm Deep (8.76 x 7 x 5.5 Inches)
CONDITION
Good condition, minor wear consistent with age
With every purchase from Jacksons Antique, you will receive our latest product guide, certificate of authenticity, full tracking information so you can monitor your shipment from start to finish and our personal no-hassle, money-back policy giving you that extra confidence when purchasing.