New Release
Dje presents an exciting overview of Jaeger-LeCoultre's new Atmos clock releases from SIHH 2008, celebrating the Atmos's 80th anniversary. The article showcases stunning new versions, including the exquisite Atmos Marqueterie dedicated to Gustav Klimt's 'Adele Bloch-Bauer' and the futuristic Marc Newson design.
The Atmos clock
is 80 years old in 2008. Jean Leon Reutter invented this amazing piece of
watchmaking history in 1928! More than 750 000 Atmos clocks have been
produced so far!
Quite obviously
the Jaeger-LeCoultre Manufacture is offering this year several new amazing
versions to please us.
I'm more
than pleased in fact.
Adele Bloch-Bauer, Austria's Mona Lisa by Gustav Klimt
The first and
the most beautiful piece of new Atmos is the Atmos Marqueterie. This second
Atmos Marqueterie after the Mucha in 2000 is now dedicated to Gustav Klimt's
portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, known as the Austria's Mona Lisa. This Art
Nouveau portrait is realized in a series of 10 Atmos clocks.
A hundred years old and still so beautiful
Displaying hours,
minutes, months and the moon phases, this clock is decorated with more than
1200 pieces of wood and gold leafs.
The new Marqueterie Atmos
The 12 hours marker
is a cushion-cut yellow sapphire. The other markers are made of petrified wood
on mother of pearl.
A glorious cabinet of more than 1200 pieces of wood
The numerous essences of wood bring the various colours:
amboyna burr, tulipwood burr, myrtlewood burr.
Many pieces of wood are covered with yellow or pink leafs of gold
This cabinet is
truly amazing of beauty if you are appealed by the Art Nouveau.
Let art touch you
The wooden cabinet
opens by itself by touching an hidden button.
or touch art in the middle of the bottom part
The spring
opening the cabinet rewinds when you close it back.
The nicest Atmos a Regulateur inside
Unfortunately
this Atmos will remain out of the reach of many of us, but it is in the reach
of anybody ready to buy a platinum Master Repeater! I would choose quite easily
between the two!
The nicest JLC piece this year perhaps
The most
affordable new Atmos comes in the form of a Boutique Edition called Pavillon. It
is made of glass, carbon fibre and aluminium. The calibre gets a quite modern ruthenium
colour for an overall modern design.
The new Atmos Pavillon Boutique Edition
The new Atmos Astronomique
is inspired by the Atmos CHI of 1934. On top of the hours and minutes it
displays a view of the Northern sky on a rotating disc. It also displays the
month and the equation of time.
The new Atmos Astronomique
The two lateral
glass wings reproduce fragments of sky maps inspired by the Harmonia Macrocosmica,
the cosmographic atlas published in 1660 by Andreas Cellarius.
The amazing Atmos Astronomique dial
I've kept
the dream Atmos for the end!
This new Atmos
was designed by the well known 44 year old Australian creator and designer Marc
Newson.
Atmos 561 by Marc Newson
The designer
voluntarily proposed his collaboration to Jaeger-LeCoultre as he is himself a
fan of the Atmos clock.
Simple and gloriously amazingly beautiful
This limited
series of 888 pieces is housed in a Baccarat crystal bubble that brings us back
to the industrial design of the 50s, the furniture piece as a work of art!
A Baccarat crystal cabinet
This transparent
and simple design is eminently modern while reinventing a classicism from the
past. This is what I would call an obviously appealing design.
The irreal world of Marc Newson
The clock shows
the hours, minutes, the month and the moon phases.
Do you like crystal
The hands are made
in blued aluminium.
No you're not drunk
Believe me this
is the JLC piece in 2008!
Atmos 561 with the calibre 561
The true spirit
of Jaeger-LeCoultre: return to the spirit of the invention, design, historical background and experience! This
new iteration of the Atmos clock is a landmark in the Atmos history!
I love it
I hope you
loved it but please let me one! 
Dje
It was my most favorite thing JLC put out this year. Absolutely beautiful! Cheers, Anthony
Well done to MJLC for contacting outside designer talent to put a new spin on the movement. Brilliant and a clock that I am looking to buy. Excellent - since the 1950's design was taken out, I had removed the Atmos from my wish list. The clock is back!!!! Thanks for the excellent photos Jerome - love it! Andrew H
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should have an Atmos to qualify! I'm not yet ready to accept the Marc Newson until seen in-person. I like the idea of a moonphase function because an almost perpetual power supply seems logical for such a slow display. None of my moonphase watches are worn enough to maintain the display. As you said, the marquetry piece is way out of reach to nearly everyone but the Pavilion Boutique may be tantalising. Thanks for the report. Regards, MTF
Yes, my friend, these one are axcellent! Then, and most important, thanks a lot for your write up. I never considered to buy a clock since a recent time, when I pay a little attention to the Atmos . Yes, I have to confess that even if I of course knew that Atmos Clocks existed, I thought that they weren't for me. And seeing them many time, discovering them each time more and more, made me love them. A simple one, a Designer one, or with an astronomic complication... Just one, well chosen, an,d t
Hi my friend, You already have enough watches to buy! Forget about the clocks. Cheers Dje
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