Στάλθηκε από: george_
« στις: Ιανουάριος 18, 2012, 00:31:13 πμ »
Atmos Marqueterie: technical characteristics
Movement:
• mechanical, almost perpetual, Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 582, crafted and assembled by
hand
• 386 parts
• annular balance, 60-second oscillation period
Functions:
• regulator-type display of the hours and minutes
• 24-hour indication
• month indication
• perpetual moon-phase indication (one-day difference every 3,821 years).
Dial :
• hour dial in mother-of-pearl, petrified wood hour-markers
• minute dial in mother-of-pearl with cushion-cut yellow sapphire at 60’, other hourmarkers
in petrified wood
• silver-toned brass month wheel
• moon disc in petrified wood set with diamonds, golden moon
Hands:
• blue varnished
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
Dimensions:
• 321 mm x 171 mm x 257 mm
• numbered 10-piece limited series