Atmos 528M Swiss clock, Gold Plated shelf/mantel clock Start Price USD 50.00 Current Price USD 588.00 Time Left - Bid Count 22 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, October 06, 2008 End Time Saturday, October 11, 2008 Location san jose, CA See more about 'Atmos 528M Swiss clock, Gold Plated' Description         Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos 528M Swiss clock.  Clock is a 15 jewel. Gilded brass case with five viewing apertures, standing on a canted bracket foot style base, behind which is exposed movement escapement signed "Jaeger Le Coultre" "Atmos Swiss 15 jewelled" .Serial number 468916.  Below is a circular gilded brass pendulum. The clock timepiece has a front opening door for access to the movement, you push the arrow down and the glazed door comes out. To the centre of the base, at the front, inside below the movement, is a spirit level to adjust the levelling of the clock. It has a locking mechanism for movement of the clock, which locks the pendulum in place. It is wound by atmospheric pressure, the change in atmospheric pressure winds the main spring, this works via an aneroid barometer mounted on the rear of the movement. The clock and movement are very clean, having beautiful red ruby jewels. The clock, with its canted corner and rectangular body stands 9.25 inches high, has a width of 8.25 inches and a depth of 6.5 inches with a diameter across the bezel of 5.375 inches. Clock is very heavy, weighs over 10 pounds. All Atmos clocks are made by hand in Switzerland. Atmos clocks are based upon the design of the French engineer, "Jean-Leon Reutter". "Jaeger LeCoultre" perfected the design and patented it putting clocks on the market in 1936. Each clock is still hand-made in the traditional manner, requiring one month of time to build, and then undergoes five weeks of trial and adjustment before being released from the factory in the "Vallee De Joux in the Swiss Jura Mountains".  On Oct-07-08 at 04:57:14 PDT, seller added the following information:SquareTrade © AP6.0 Place a Bid!