Description
Fully Stripped Cleaned & Serviced
From our Atmos Clock collection, we are delighted to offer this early model Jaeger-LeCoultre Silvered Dial  Atmos clock. The Atmos clock a world famous time piece originally invented by Jean Leon Reutter and later bought by Jaeger-LeCoultre. With its ‘perpetual motion’ engineering and silent movement coupled with its timeless design the Atmos clock has become a staple at Jacksons Antique. We are pleased to present to you here a slightly earlier model with the full lift of case dating to the middle of the 20th century featuring the classic 519 design with full skeletal movement. This particular model features an earlier silvered dial with gilt numerals, blue steel screws and pin striped pendulum. The movement is signed ‘LeCoultre Adjusted Fifteen 15 VXN and the serial / reference number 19976. The Jaeger-LeCoultre Silvered Dial Atmos Clock dates to the middle of the 20th century and the late 1940’s circa 1947.
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.
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.
Measurements
23.5cm High x 21cm Wide x 16cm Deep
9.25 x 8.27 x 6.3 Inches
Condition
Great condition, minor surface wear and imperfections, small black line on dial just above ‘3’ all wear consistent with age only.
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.
