Jaeger-LeCoultre

The Atmos Marqueterie is an interesting piece of work. The images were formed by a very skillful artisan and require extreme patience to carefully piece up more than 1200 pieces of wood-veneers (likely to be 0.60mm thick) from various types of woods like ...  

Thanks Kong for the intriguing read on a horological product that is under-appreciated! Great effort and excellent visuals on how the Atmos works. Good stuff and research on the artistry on the marqueterie. The thermal shock demo is super!

thanks. And to think you ruined your nice Atmos just to make this post for us.....LOL ;-) best regards COD

This is of course an exceptional piece... While we saw it, with Jerome, during the last SIHH, there were also some other Stunning atmos: The Astronomique The Mark Newson And if I remember well, a very classic Art Deco one , in the room where we interviewe...