Atmos Marqueterie
Q5543302
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| Brand : | Jaeger-LeCoultre |
| Collection : | ATMOS |
| Model : | Atmos Marqueterie |
| Reference : | Q5543302 |
| Nber of pieces : | 10 |
| Complement : | Precious Wooden Marquetry |
| Year : | 2012 |
| Is not commercialised any more | |
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Brand : Jaeger-LeCoultre Collection : ATMOS Model : Atmos Marqueterie Reference : Q5543302 Nber of pieces : 10 Complement : Precious Wooden Marquetry Year : 2012 Is not commercialised any more List Price : 245 000 € Height : 171 mm Width : 321 mm Thickness : 257 mm Styles : Atypical High Horology Types : Mechanical almost perpetual Calibre distinction : Assembled by hand Complication : Months Indicator 24-Hour Indicator Perpetual Moon Phases Case material : Precious wooden marquetry Case peculiarity : Rhodiumed Shape : Rectangular Dial : Sapphire Diamonds Brass Mother-of-pearl Dial color : Gold-plated Transparent Silver Display : Blue varnished hands Indexes : Diamond-shaped Petrified wood hour-markers Glass : Crystal glass + More characteristics : Movement
386 parts
Annular balance
60-second oscillation period
Perpetual moon-phase indication (one-day difference every 3 821 years)
Dial
Hour dial in mother-of-pearl
Minute dial in mother-of-pearl with cushion-cut yellow sapphire at 60’. other hour-markers in petrified wood
Silver-toned brass month wheel
Moon disc in petrified wood set with diamonds. golden moon
Cabinet
Exterior cabinet in precious wooden marquetry work – over 1.200 pieces of inlaid wood – such as camassari boxwood. paolo amarelo. Andes boxwood. Ceylon lemonwood. madrona burl. tulipwood burl. ashwood burl. walnut. pearwood. maplewood...
Certain wooden parts are gold-leaf gilded
This cabinet opens automatically by pressing a button hidden within the motif
Decoration inspired by a work by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt:
'The Kiss'
Rhodiumed crystal glass inner cabinet
Rhodiumed base and feet
Crystal glass door
DESCRIPTION
- Atmos Marqueterie, the epic continues.
In 1904, a Belgian financier, Adolphe Stoclet, commissioned Gustav Klimt to create the mural mosaics of a luxurious mansion he was building in Brussels based on plans by architect Josef Hoffmann. Among the painter’s sketches was the famous painting “The Kiss”, in which he concentrated all his wealth of decorative creativity. Over a century later, Klimt’s work is as vibrantly alive and fascinating as ever.
Jaeger-LeCoultre is dedicating to it a new ten-piece limited edition of the Atmos Marqueterie clock, a perfect embodiment of the Art Nouveau values reinterpreted by the hand craftsmanship traditions of the Manufacture. The cabinet faithfully reproduces “The Kiss” and treats it to the virtuoso skills of rare crafts worthy to match the brilliance of the Austrian symbolist painter.
Over 1,200 tiny pieces of wood, individually cut and either left in their natural state or covered with gold leaf in the manner of Klimt himself, before being glued together, carpet the Atmos cabinet with a splendid entirely hand-made marquetry motif. The concern for detail cherished by the Grande Maison has inspired the artisan to associate various gold colours ranging from yellow to pink, in order to give life to the painting and accentuate its shimmering glow. The most precious varieties of wood mingle their veins and delicate hues in subtly graded shades of brown and orange, against a brown amboyna burl background. Camassari boxwood rubs shoulders with Ceylon lemonwood, and paolo amarela flirts with madrona burl. Maplewood meets pearwood, tulipwood burl is associated with walnut and ashwood burl with Andes boxwood. Above and beyond the technique itself which calls for several hundred hours of work, the artistic flair of the master-marquetry artist plays a determining role in the beauty of the completed work.
Equipped with a discreet mechanical system featuring a button concealed within the motif, the cabinet majestically opens to reveal time, the theme that occupies its every part. Housed within its protective crystal glass surround, the clock steadily marks off the time with unfailing regularity. The regulator-type display of the hours and minutes is accompanied by month and moon-phase indications. Entirely in harmony with the golden, woody tones of the painter’s original work, the details of the displays form a radiant tableau on the natural mother-of-pearl dials. A cushion-cut yellow sapphire sits majestically enthroned at 60 minutes to mark the celestial zenith, while the petrified wood lozenge-shaped hour-markers are a vivid reminder of the earth. The golden moon embodies a paradox, appearing on a petrified wood disc set with brilliant-cut diamonds shining like stars against its brown sky. The month wheel tops it with a silver-toned brass crown radiating a pure, contemporary spirit. The round curves of the dials, the intricate visible gear wheels and the carousel of golden browny colours exquisitely echo Klimt’s arabesques, cleverly linking past to present within the same stage-setting.
The Atmos clock is quite obviously intimately bound up with time. Firstly by its style, which has been finding its way unperturbed through the decades for over 80 years. And secondly by its almost perpetual mechanism, driven exclusively by variations in temperature. Today, while constantly perfected, the principle remains true to its origins: tiny thermal changes supply the energy that the clock requires to operate. The secret lies in an hermetically sealed capsule containing a gaseous mixture – originally mercury – hich dilates when the temperature rises and contracts when it drops. Associated with the clock’s mainspring, the capsule or “concertina” works like a mechanical lung breathing in and out to wind the barrel in step with atmospheric fluctuations. The slightest degree Celsius makes a difference and guarantees an additional 48-hour power reserve. Its ring-type or annular balance is a model of economy: by oscillating just twice a minute, it uses 250 less energy than a classic wristwatch which calls for an average 300 beats per minute. This mechanism that has been environment-friendly since before the term was even used, is so sparing that it would take 60 million Atmos clocks to match the consumption of a standard 15-watt light bulb!
- Atmos Marqueterie, the epic continues.
In 1904, a Belgian financier, Adolphe Stoclet, commissioned Gustav Klimt to create the mural mosaics of a luxurious mansion he was building in Brussels based on plans by architect Josef Hoffmann. Among the painter’s sketches was the famous painting “The Kiss”, in which he concentrated all his wealth of decorative creativity. Over a century later, Klimt’s work is as vibrantly alive and fascinating as ever.
Jaeger-LeCoultre is dedicating to it a new ten-piece limited edition of the Atmos Marqueterie clock, a perfect embodiment of the Art Nouveau values reinterpreted by the hand craftsmanship traditions of the Manufacture. The cabinet faithfully reproduces “The Kiss” and treats it to the virtuoso skills of rare crafts worthy to match the brilliance of the Austrian symbolist painter.
Over 1,200 tiny pieces of wood, individually cut and either left in their natural state or covered with gold leaf in the manner of Klimt himself, before being glued together, carpet the Atmos cabinet with a splendid entirely hand-made marquetry motif. The concern for detail cherished by the Grande Maison has inspired the artisan to associate various gold colours ranging from yellow to pink, in order to give life to the painting and accentuate its shimmering glow. The most precious varieties of wood mingle their veins and delicate hues in subtly graded shades of brown and orange, against a brown amboyna burl background. Camassari boxwood rubs shoulders with Ceylon lemonwood, and paolo amarela flirts with madrona burl. Maplewood meets pearwood, tulipwood burl is associated with walnut and ashwood burl with Andes boxwood. Above and beyond the technique itself which calls for several hundred hours of work, the artistic flair of the master-marquetry artist plays a determining role in the beauty of the completed work.
Equipped with a discreet mechanical system featuring a button concealed within the motif, the cabinet majestically opens to reveal time, the theme that occupies its every part. Housed within its protective crystal glass surround, the clock steadily marks off the time with unfailing regularity. The regulator-type display of the hours and minutes is accompanied by month and moon-phase indications. Entirely in harmony with the golden, woody tones of the painter’s original work, the details of the displays form a radiant tableau on the natural mother-of-pearl dials. A cushion-cut yellow sapphire sits majestically enthroned at 60 minutes to mark the celestial zenith, while the petrified wood lozenge-shaped hour-markers are a vivid reminder of the earth. The golden moon embodies a paradox, appearing on a petrified wood disc set with brilliant-cut diamonds shining like stars against its brown sky. The month wheel tops it with a silver-toned brass crown radiating a pure, contemporary spirit. The round curves of the dials, the intricate visible gear wheels and the carousel of golden browny colours exquisitely echo Klimt’s arabesques, cleverly linking past to present within the same stage-setting.
The Atmos clock is quite obviously intimately bound up with time. Firstly by its style, which has been finding its way unperturbed through the decades for over 80 years. And secondly by its almost perpetual mechanism, driven exclusively by variations in temperature. Today, while constantly perfected, the principle remains true to its origins: tiny thermal changes supply the energy that the clock requires to operate. The secret lies in an hermetically sealed capsule containing a gaseous mixture – originally mercury – hich dilates when the temperature rises and contracts when it drops. Associated with the clock’s mainspring, the capsule or “concertina” works like a mechanical lung breathing in and out to wind the barrel in step with atmospheric fluctuations. The slightest degree Celsius makes a difference and guarantees an additional 48-hour power reserve. Its ring-type or annular balance is a model of economy: by oscillating just twice a minute, it uses 250 less energy than a classic wristwatch which calls for an average 300 beats per minute. This mechanism that has been environment-friendly since before the term was even used, is so sparing that it would take 60 million Atmos clocks to match the consumption of a standard 15-watt light bulb!
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Brand : Jaeger-LeCoultre Collection : ATMOS Model : Atmos Marqueterie Reference : Q5543302 Nber of pieces : 10 Complement : Precious Wooden Marquetry Year : 2012 Is not commercialised any more List Price : 245 000 € Height : 171 mm Width : 321 mm Thickness : 257 mm Styles : Atypical High Horology Types : Mechanical almost perpetual Calibre distinction : Assembled by hand Complication : Months Indicator 24-Hour Indicator Perpetual Moon Phases Case material : Precious wooden marquetry Case peculiarity : Rhodiumed Shape : Rectangular Dial : Sapphire Diamonds Brass Mother-of-pearl Dial color : Gold-plated Transparent Silver Display : Blue varnished hands Indexes : Diamond-shaped Petrified wood hour-markers Glass : Crystal glass More characteristics : Movement
386 parts
Annular balance
60-second oscillation period
Perpetual moon-phase indication (one-day difference every 3 821 years)
Dial
Hour dial in mother-of-pearl
Minute dial in mother-of-pearl with cushion-cut yellow sapphire at 60’. other hour-markers in petrified wood
Silver-toned brass month wheel
Moon disc in petrified wood set with diamonds. golden moon
Cabinet
Exterior cabinet in precious wooden marquetry work – over 1.200 pieces of inlaid wood – such as camassari boxwood. paolo amarelo. Andes boxwood. Ceylon lemonwood. madrona burl. tulipwood burl. ashwood burl. walnut. pearwood. maplewood...
Certain wooden parts are gold-leaf gilded
This cabinet opens automatically by pressing a button hidden within the motif
Decoration inspired by a work by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt:
'The Kiss'
Rhodiumed crystal glass inner cabinet
Rhodiumed base and feet
Crystal glass door