RARE COLLECTIBLE JAEGER-LECOULTRE ATMOS MARINA BLACK FISH

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RARE COLLECTIBLE JAEGER-LECOULTRE ATMOS MARINA BLACK FISH:
$3850.00

FOR SALE IS THIS VERY RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY NICE JAEGER-LECOULTREATMOS MARINA BLACK CLOCK

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THIS IS A RARE AND HIGHLY DESIREABLE COLLECTIBLE JAEGER-LECOULTRE ATMOS MARINA BLACK FISH CLOCK. IT WAS A GIFTFROM MY FATHER TO MY MOTHER BACK IN THE EARLY 1970’S. THIS CLOCK HAS ALWAYSBEEN MAINTAINED INSIDE OF ITS CARRYING CASE AND NEVER PUT ON DISPLAY(MAINTAINED IN A SAFE). THIS CLOCK WAS INSPECTED BY A PROFESSIONAL CLOCK REPAIRPERSON AND FOUND TO BE IN EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITION. ALL OF THE PANELS ARE ALSOIN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE SALE OF THIS CLOCK INCLUDES ITS ORIGINAL CARRYINGCASE. THIS CLOCK IS BEING SOLD “AS IS”.

This clock was made in the 1960’s. This fine and rare mantelclock is rectangular in shape with gilt brass and lucite “Chinoiserie” panelsand wound by barometric pressure changes. The panels on the sides are set withgilt Chinoiserie angel-fish, star fish, coral and bubbles. The front panel opensto view the pendulum and the stepped plinth base. It has a white face with goldmarkers and gilt brass dauphine hands andArabic quarter-hour numerals.

It measures approx. 9\" tall x7\" wide x 5 ¼” deep.

The name “LeCoultre” is stamped onthe bottom of the clock. Also the handwritten label that identifies theuniqueness of this clock is on the bottom.

FREE SHIPPING. Will provide Tracking# when shipped.

GREAT RARE COLLECTIBLEITEM IN EXCELLENT CONDITION!

ITEM MUST BE PAID FOR WITHIN 72 HOURS OR THEITEM WILL BE RELISTED… NO EXCEPTIONS. If you receive the item broken, KEEP itin the ORIGINAL packaging so that we can recover the cost of the item.

The History Of The Atmos Clock

\"Living On Air\"

The History of the Legendary Atmos Clock:

In the late 1920s Jean-Leon Reutter, a youngParis engineer, experimented with a clock that needed no direct mechanical orelectrical intervention to keep it wound, in short a clock powered only byPerpetual Motion.

For centuries, many scientist includingLeonardo Da Vinci had experimented with the idea of Perpetual Motion - however,only J.L. Reutter eventually succeeded at incorporating that novel idea into anactual working clock.

Through out his life, J.L. Reutter\'s dream ofa Perpetual Motion timepiece led him to produce a clock with a timekeepingmechanism designed specifically to consume the smallest possible amount ofpower to keep the clock running satisfactorily.

After studying the design of the 400-DayAnniversary Clock -which was very popular during that era - Reutter madesignificant changes to that concept, to meet the small input power requirementhe was looking for in his new clock design.

Reutters modifications of the 400-Day Clockincluded changes to the escapement leverage to reduce the arc of the escapementas well as adding jewels to the bearings of the movement. His new clock ransafely and most importantly very reliably.

His new clock design included a special devicethat would power his clock independently, using a substance that would react tothe most sensitive changes in temperature and atmospheric conditions. Thatsubstance was mercury. He also designed a special glass tube similar to that ofa thermometer for the mercury and encased it all inside a metal cylinder, whichis now known as the Bellows.

The result of Reutters achievement was aningenious new clock unlike any other, past or present. A timepiece that couldrun independently and continuously and so incredibly sensitive, that it couldbe rewound by the slightest fluctuations in the atmosphere, or by the slightestchanges in temperature, hence the name: \"Atmos Clock\".

Later, due to dangers in handling andinstability, the mercury in the Bellows that powered the Atmos Clock waschanged to a special more stable saturated gas, known scientifically as \'EthylChloride\'. The technological concept of the Gas filled Atmos Bellows is aremarkable one: Inside a sealed capsule, a mixture of gas and liquid expands asthe temperature rises and contracts as it falls, moving the capsule back andforth like a tiny unseen accordion. This motion is used to constantly wind themainspring thus enabling the clock to run and keep perfect time. A smalltemperature variation of just one degree is sufficient for over two day\'soperation. Such variation occurs naturally in normal room temperature and thuswithout any additional sources of energy, the Atmos clock will continue to runif left untouched, \"forever\". Hence the term: \"Living OnAir\".

The Marriage of Atmos and Jaeger-LeCoultre

When Reutters Atmos was in its initialproduction in the early thirties, the lack of enthusiasm from manufactures ingeneral during that time made production of the Atmos clock difficult. ReutterAtmos was in production, but only in small numbers.

Legend has it, while Reutter struggled withproduction of his Atmos Clock, the manager of a famous Swiss watch makingcompany LeCoultre (a company world famous for fine Swiss watches located in theFrench Valley of Switzerland) was strolling down a street in Paris one day andnoticed one of Reutters Atmos Clocks sitting in a shop window for sale. The manwas so fascinated with Reutters Atmos; he walked in and purchased it from theshop merchant.

Later, after a chance encounter betweenLeCoultre and Reutter he (Reutter) agreed to sell the license and eventuallyhis Atmos Clock patent to the LeCoultre Watch Company.

At the time of LeCoultre’s acquisition of theAtmos patent, LeCoultre was in fierce competition with another Watch Company,Ed Jaeger of Paris. Eventually LeCoultre merged with Jaeger to form the famouswatch making company: Jaeger-LeCoultre.

With the combined knowledge and expertise oftheir newly joined Company, Jaeger & LeCoultre poured considerableinvestment collective research and development into Reutter\'s Atmos Clock. Justa few years later, major production of the newly revamped Atmos Clock waslaunched under the Jaeger-LeCoultre name exclusively.

The LeCoultre Atmos Clock soon became a veryfashionable, prestigious gift in Switzerland and eventually Worldwide.

As the success of both Jaeger-LeCoultre and the Atmos clockcontinued to grow, the company prospered and in 1979, the 500,000th Atmos Clockleft the Factory in Switzerland with much celebrated fan-fair, a half a centuryafter the first Atmos Clock patent was filed.