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Period: 1960s
A Mid-Century Jaeger LeCoultre 'Marina' Mantel Clock Circa 1960
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A mid-century 'Marina' mantel clock by Jaeger LeCoultre. Lucite case with inset decoration featuring fish amongst coral with water drop numerals and original gilded hands. Set over a...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Imhof for Saks Fifth Avenue Circular Brass Desk Clock Switzerland, 1960s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stately, two-handed, Swiss 15 jewel, 8 day winding desk clock manufactured by Imhof for Saks Fifth Avenue- early 1960s.
Polished brass, splayed cir...
Category
Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Jaeger LeCoultre Mid-Century Marina Mantel Clock with Oriental Theme No. 349
Located in London, GB
Stunning Jaeger LeCoultre mid-century marina desk clock with an Oriental theme, number 349. The clock has a polished gilt brass and lucite case. It is beautifully decorated with an O...
Category
Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Walnut Bell Top Westminster Chiming Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Walnut Westminster Chiming Mantel Clock
Finely figured bell top walnut case standing on a stepped moulded plinth with block feet. Brass silk line...
Category
German Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Jaeger LeCoultre Gold Plated and Enamel Mid Century Mantel Clock
Located in Amersham, GB
A beautiful gold plated mantel clock by Jeager LeCoultre with an eight day spring driven movement. The gilt case of rectangular form with brushed and burnished detail has a pierced a...
Category
Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Imperial fireplace triptych in Louis XV style made of metal and ceramics
By Franz Hermle
Located in Torino, IT
Fireplace triptych
Imperial
in the Louis XV Manner
metal and ceramic.
FHS movement
Franz Hermle Sohn.
ORIGIN
Italy/Germany
PERIOD
Mid-twentieth century
MARK
Imperial structure, FH...
Category
Italian Louis XV Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Metal
Lorenzo Burchiellaro Wall or Mantel Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lorenzo Burchiellaro surrealistic wall clock.
Etched and patinated case
Key wind clockworks.
Category
Italian Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Metal
Jaeger-LeCoultre Mystery Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Jaeger-LeCoultre mystery clock in a Lucite case with beautiful chinoiserie decoration featuring a bird in flight and standing on a gilded stepped bas...
Category
Swiss Modern Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Lucite
Jaeger LeCoultre Mid-Century Marina Poissons Brass and Glass Atmos Clock
Located in London, GB
A stunning Jaeger LeCoultre mid-century Marina 'Poissons' Atmos clock with gilded fishes to the front and sides. This piece looks wonderful on a desk in a study, or on a mantelpiece ...
Category
Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Jaeger Le Coultre Tuxedo Atmos Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
JAEGER LE COULTRE
Tuxedo Atmos clock with Ruby jewelled movement signed ‘Jaeger Le Coultre’.
Silvered dial with baton numerals and original gol...
Category
Swiss Other Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate
Mid-Century Crescent Moon Shaped Crystal Clock by Daum
By Daum
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking crescent moon shaped, crystal mantel clock by Daum. This rare Mid-Century piece is in excellent working condition and makes an elegant statement in any room.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Crystal
Cast Nickel Table Clock by Werkstätte Carl Auböck III
Located in London, GB
A vintage Cast Nickel table clock designed by Auböck III, 1969. Incredibly striking in its design, the simplistic focus on geometry makes a strong presence in any room. The 4cm gauge...
Category
Balkan Modern Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Nickel
Midcentury Mantel Bronze Clock with Boy Figurine from France, circa 1960s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Victorian style gilded spelter figural mantel clock from the Mid -20th century.
Featuring a well-cast bronze figure of a young boy / child dressed in Victorian era garment, sheaves ...
Category
French Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
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1960s Atlanta Brass Zodiak Table Clock – Vintage Astrological Design
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Jaeger Lecoultre Atmos Watch
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jaeger Lecoultre Atmos Watch
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Rare IMHOF Bronze Enamel Alarm Travel Clock
By Arthur Imhof
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 15 jewels Swiss round clock. It depicts an enamel round frontal panel painted with a colorful beautiful bouquet of flowers framed by gilded bronze Roman numerals dial. In t...
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Bronze
Imhof Midcentury Gilt Desk Clock and Weather Compendium
By Arthur Imhof
Located in London, GB
A midcentury gilt desk clock and weather compendium by Imhof. A stunning vintage timepiece that captures the elegance and style of midcentury design...
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Allegorical Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock Depicting "Night and Day"
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Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Alarm Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
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Art Deco Jaeger LeCoultre Gilt Brass and Black Glass Eight Day Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
A stylish and unusual Art Deco Jaeger LeCoultre gilt brass and black glass eight day mantel clock. Presented by Societe Maritime J. Pequin in 1952.
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Brass
H 5 in W 4.75 in D 2.25 in
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A Mid-Century Jaeger LeCoultre Zodiac Mantel Clock Circa 1960
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A Mid-Century Zodiac mantel clock by Jaeger LeCoultre. Circular lucite case with original brass hands and inset zodiac decoration. Set over a gilded brass base with rounded feet. 'JA...
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Switzerland Jaeger LeCoultre “Atmos Vendome” bracket watch, Marble, bronze
Located in Valladolid, ES
Outstanding ATMOS VENDOME watch.
The 1962 Atmos Vendome watch from renowned Swiss watchmaker Jaeger LeCoultre is one of the most iconic and fascinating watches in the history of high-end watchmaking, with a rich connection both in terms of engineering and artistic design. It is an extraordinary timepiece, renowned for its near-perpetual movement, powered by minimal fluctuations in temperature. Its mechanism is housed within a square, transparent glass case, offering an unobstructed view of its intricate inner workings. The base and structural elements are made of green marble and bronze, following a neoclassical aesthetic: an architecture of geometric lines and subtle ornamentation. The dial is white, featuring simple Roman numerals and Breguet hands. Known as “the President’s watch”, the Atmos was for a long time the official gift of the Swiss Confederation and this watch graced the desk of the greatest personalities and numerous presidents of republics.
Origin and history of the complex mechanism
The origin of this clock is due to the Swiss engineer Jean-Léon Reutter (1899-1971), who dedicated his entire life to the search for the so-called perpetual movement. Jean-Léon Reutter surely studied the inventions of Charles Victor Hour, a Frenchman living in Paris who registered several patents, including that of a winding mechanism based on the expansion of gases depending on temperature variations.
It is not a recent invention, since the first clocks that used changes in temperature or atmospheric pressure as a source of energy date back to the 17th century. However, for various reasons, this type of clock did not continue, and it was necessary to wait until 1928, when the Swiss engineer Jean-Léon Reutter developed the Atmos clock mechanism as we know it today.
In 1928 he presented the first prototype, called Atmos 0, of his clock that obtains its energy from variations in temperature and the environment. This invention quickly had a great impact on the international scientific community and was the subject of numerous articles around the world. However, Reutter faced difficulties related to the mass production of his invention. The method of implementation in the 1926 patent was too delicate to be built, so Reutter invented another system in 1928 that enclosed a mixture of mercury and ammonia in a “U”-shaped glass tube. One end of the tube was thermally insulated, while the other was not. So, when the ambient temperature changed, the expansion of the gas and the weight of the mercury caused the tube to rotate to wind the clock.
In 1929, he addressed the problems related to the pendulum’s torsion wire. He further improved his clock and a new version was launched in 1930, two years after the previous one, and was thus the first to be marketed. The watches were not as successful as expected, and it was some time later that Jacques-David LeCoultre, grandson of the founder of the Jaeger-LeCoultre company, discovered this watch by chance in the window of a Parisian watchmaker. Intrigued by this invention that he had heard about but was wary of, he bought a copy and began to study it. This is how he got in touch with the inventor to discuss improvements to be made and to begin a collaboration in 1932 on an in-depth study of the Atmos watch between Jean-Léon Reutter and the watchmakers of Jaeger-LeCoultre.
This collaboration led to the creation of the new LeCoultre calibre 30A. On 22 May 1936, the Jaeger-LeCoultre manufacture bought the patents from Reutter and registered the production of the Atmos watch in its statutes. From 1939, the Atmos was fitted with a more water-resistant membrane. But it took ten years to produce, in 1946, the bellows perfectly sealed against the gas mixture: ethyl chloride C2H5CN. The new system uses a hermetically sealed vacuum capsule containing ethyl chloride. This gas expands in a membrane when the temperature rises, which has the effect of compressing the helical spring. When the temperature drops, the gas condenses and the spring relaxes. An Atmos can operate for years without human intervention. A simple variation of one degree (for a temperature between 15°C and 30°C) or a pressure variation of 3 mm Hg is enough to power the clock for more than a day.
To operate the clock with this modest source of energy, the mechanism is designed with the minimum possible friction, so it does not contain oil in its gears. Time is measured by a balance that consumes less energy than an ordinary pendulum. In fact, it makes only one oscillation per minute, which is sixty times less than a classic clock...
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Brass, Bronze
H 9.45 in W 8.27 in D 6.3 in
A Mid-Century 'Marina' Jaeger-LeCoultre mantel clock
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A Mid-Century Jaeger-LeCoultre mantel clock in a Lucite case. Inset brass decoration featuring wadding birds amongst foliage. Set over a gilded Brass stepped base. Eight day movement...
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Brass
Louis XIV style Boulle pendulum clock, FHS Franz Hermle Sohn movement
Located in Torino, IT
Pendulum Clock
Louis XIV-style boulle,
fHS movement
Franz Hermle Sohn.
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Italy/Germany
PERIOD
Novecento
MARK
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FHS
Franz Hermle Sohn
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Boulle pendulum clock
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Mid-Century 'Marina' Mantel Clock by Jaeger LeCoultre
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A mid-century 'Marina' mantel clock by Jaeger LeCoultre. Lucite case with inset brass decoration featuring fish amongst the reeds . Set over a gilded Brass stepped base. Eight day mo...
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Brass
A Mid-Century Jaeger LeCoultre Mantel Clock Circa 1960
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A Mid-Century mantle clock by Jaeger LeCoultre. Brass case with original glass rods and stylised roman numerals. Original 8 day movement, in full working order.
H 11cm W 25cm D 4cm
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Le Coultre Atmos 15 Jewels Swiss Shelf Clock Brass Case 9.25 in, x 8.25 in.
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare square face, Le Coultre Atmos 15 Jewels Swiss Shelf Clock.
Gold plated brass case that measures 9.25”h x 8.25”w and 6.38”d. Running as it should but we feel it should be taken ...
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Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
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Gold Plate, Brass, Enamel
H 9.25 in W 8.25 in D 6.38 in
Antique French Style Solid Brass Mantle Clock
By Brevettato
Located in London, GB
A stunning and beautifully made antique French style solid brass mantle clock. This was made by Franz Hermle in the 1960’s, the movement is German and the...
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Mid-Century Mantel Clock by Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A Mid-Century Jaeger-LeCoultre mantel clock in a Lucite case with original case. Inset brass decoration featuring a geisha amongst the lily pads with an overhanging branch above . Se...
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Lucite
Mid-Century Mantel Wooden Clock from FFR, France, 1960s
Located in Bastogne, BE
FFR Carillon Romanet Morbier (made in France) table clock made in the American style of the 50s with minimal decoration and elegant smooth silhouette lines - in a wooden case.
Fo...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass
Jaeger LeCoultre Mid Century Silver Skeleton Clock
Located in London, GB
Stunning Jaeger LeCoultre Inline skeleton clock, with a clean minimalistic design which would look stylish in any setting. The beauty of these skeleton clocks is that you can see the...
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Chrome
Viennese Enamel and Mirrored Hanging Wall Clock, Porcelain Face, Art Deco, 1960s
Located in Manhasset, NY
Viennese Enamel and Mirrored Hanging Wall Clock having a Porcelain Face
A stunning large and impressive decorative wall clock with a celeste blu ...
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Art Deco Vintage 1960s Mantel Clocks
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Porcelain, Glass, Mirror
