James Stratton
Director
Lot 126
A fine and rare late 20th century Swiss rhodium plated 'Atlantis' atmos clock with moonphase Jaeger LeCoultre, No. 703808, Caliber 548
2 December 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £7,000
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Lewis Walduck
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A fine and rare late 20th century Swiss rhodium plated 'Atlantis' atmos clock with moonphase
Jaeger LeCoultre, No. 703808, Caliber 548
The wedge-shaped glass case with detachable front panel signed Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos, the base of triangular form with three conical rhodium feet supporting a rhodium platform with visible balance wheel beneath. The spiralled cream chapter ring with baton markers for hours and minutes with open centre revealing the moon phase, the blued steel hands counterbalanced with rhodium discs. The rhodium-plated (Atmos III) 13 jewel movement powered by a spring barrel wound by a temperature-sensitive drum and chain system, regulated by a large balance wheel oscillating once every thirty seconds. Sold with the original travelling box, guarantee and instruction booklets. 27cms (11ins) high.
The wedge-shaped glass case with detachable front panel signed Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos, the base of triangular form with three conical rhodium feet supporting a rhodium platform with visible balance wheel beneath. The spiralled cream chapter ring with baton markers for hours and minutes with open centre revealing the moon phase, the blued steel hands counterbalanced with rhodium discs. The rhodium-plated (Atmos III) 13 jewel movement powered by a spring barrel wound by a temperature-sensitive drum and chain system, regulated by a large balance wheel oscillating once every thirty seconds. Sold with the original travelling box, guarantee and instruction booklets. 27cms (11ins) high.
Footnotes
The Atmos Atlantis
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Atmos clock in 1988, Jaeger-LeCoultre commissioned Paris-based designers Kohler and Rekow to create a visionary new model. The result was the Atmos '88, a futuristic concept that remains part of the Jaeger-LeCoultre museum collection. Building on this concept, the Atmos Atlantis was introduced in 1995. Produced in very limited numbers between 1995 and 1999—fewer than fifty examples in total—the Atlantis is highly sought after today, with only a small number incorporating a moonphase complication.