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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 myrtlewood burr, madrona burr, yellow wood, yellow heart, Andean boxwood,
East Indian satinwood and lemon wood.
This important project was entrusted to the winner of the 'Best French Craftsman" award, Jerome Bouttecon.
Atmos Marqueterie was introduced this year to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Atmos and pay tribute to the Austrian Symbolist
painter, Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918). Only 10 pieces will be built.
On the Atmos Marqueterie is the 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I ' . Klimt painted her portrait on a 138 X 138 cm canvas with gold and oilpaint.
Adele Bloch-Bauer was the wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer who was a wealthy industrialist who sponsored the arts and supported Gustav Klimt.
Klimt painted her ( Austria's Mona Lisa) in twice.
According to press reports the portrait was sold for US$135 million to Ronald Lauder for his Neue Galerie in New York City in June 2006.
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt. (Credit to Wikipedia)
And now presenting the Atmos Marqueterie ................
A close-up shot of the concealed 'secret button' to open the Atmos.
Upon depressing the 'secret button' the cabinet door will slide open gracefully from the middle revealing the clock cocoons in a
crystal glass case. This piece is a Regulateur with a perpetual moonphase... (from spec, its accuracy is 1 day discrepancy
every 3,821 days) and month display. The hand assembled 242 components-movement is a Calibre 582.
Notice the mother of pearl (MOP) dial with wood minute-markers. For the 60-min clock marker, is a cushion-cut sapphire.
A side shot. Notice the secret wooden button directly below the moon phase display.
The cabinet is fully decorated on all 5 sides... not sure if the base is too...could not lift it up.
2 sides of crystal glass case were rhodium-plated to reflect, flanking right & left of the movement...even the bottom too!
A top view.
Back view, displaying the massive expansion chamber...the live-force of the Atmos.
Adele Bloch-Bauer by marquetry instead of paint and canvass.
Upon closing the overall size is 321 mm X 257mm X 171mm.
Simply charming !
Some fun with the temperamental metallic expansion chamber ...
The chamber contains a gas of high coefficient of expansion, ethy chloride.
When temperature rises, the chamber expands and contract when the temperature falls. The lateral displacement will indirectly
charged up the mainspring. Timewerke published a well document booklet, 'The Secrets of Eternal Life' which explains the detailed
story of the Atmos.
The setup, from the left, the brass cover (which houses the metallic chamber), the metallic chamber & a bucket of ice.
Note the chamber height (taller than the brass cover) at the current room temperature.
Next will subject it to a thermal shock to quickly demonstrate the response of the chamber to a drop in temperature.
Dropping the chamber into the ice.
After 30 seconds, the chamber has contracted.
Note the height of the chamber now at about half the brass cover height !
Some pics of the partially-stripped Atmos ....
A drawing for easy referencing (Credit Timewerke)
The Spiral Spring
This is the booklet, 'The Secrets of Eternal Life'... a very good concise read.
I will leave you with the other beautiful Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II by Gustav Klimt.
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II by Gustav Klimt. (Credit to Wikipedia)
Kong
** Dje's previous review of the Atmos Marqueterie and other signatures Atmos, please click here to read.
Added info of the Marquetry artisan...
This message has been edited by Kong on 2008-07-24 11:24:12
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 interviewed Jerome..Lambert.
Jerome made a very nice review of all these new Atmos.
Even if I admire the work on this clock, which is also a true piece of Art, I fell in love with the others...
1/ The Astronomique, for its gorgeous view of the sky, with all the zodiacal signs
2/ The Newson, because it is so weird, so design that it's a very niteresting piece of contemporean Art.
3/ The one with saw in Jerome's room, for its classicism, its pure, sober beauty...
Good idea to remind us that JLC is not only watches, but also Clocks, and one of the nicest!
Best.
Nicolas
Atmos Marqueterie
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 myrtlewood burr, madrona burr, yellow wood, yellow heart, Andean boxwood,
East Indian satinwood and lemon wood.
This important project was entrusted to the winner of the 'Best French Craftsman" award, Jerome Bouttecon.
Atmos Marqueterie was introduced this year to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Atmos and pay tribute to the Austrian Symbolist
painter, Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918). Only 10 pieces will be built.
On the Atmos Marqueterie is the 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I ' . Klimt painted her portrait on a 138 X 138 cm canvas with gold and oilpaint.
Adele Bloch-Bauer was the wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer who was a wealthy industrialist who sponsored the arts and supported Gustav Klimt.
Klimt painted her ( Austria's Mona Lisa) in twice.
According to press reports the portrait was sold for US$135 million to Ronald Lauder for his Neue Galerie in New York City in June 2006.
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt. (Credit to Wikipedia)
And now presenting the Atmos Marqueterie ................
A close-up shot of the concealed 'secret button' to open the Atmos.
Upon depressing the 'secret button' the cabinet door will slide open gracefully from the middle revealing the clock cocoons in a
crystal glass case. This piece is a Regulateur with a perpetual moonphase... (from spec, its accuracy is 1 day discrepancy
every 3,821 days) and month display. The hand assembled 242 components-movement is a Calibre 582.
Notice the mother of pearl (MOP) dial with wood minute-markers. For the 60-min clock marker, is a cushion-cut sapphire.
A side shot. Notice the secret wooden button directly below the moon phase display.
The cabinet is fully decorated on all 5 sides... not sure if the base is too...could not lift it up.
2 sides of crystal glass case were rhodium-plated to reflect, flanking right & left of the movement...even the bottom too!
A top view.
Back view, displaying the massive expansion chamber...the live-force of the Atmos.
Adele Bloch-Bauer by marquetry instead of paint and canvass.
Upon closing the overall size is 321 mm X 257mm X 171mm.
Simply charming !
Some fun with the temperamental metallic expansion chamber ...
The chamber contains a gas of high coefficient of expansion, ethy chloride.
When temperature rises, the chamber expands and contract when the temperature falls. The lateral displacement will indirectly
charged up the mainspring. Timewerke published a well document booklet, 'The Secrets of Eternal Life' which explains the detailed
story of the Atmos.
The setup, from the left, the brass cover (which houses the metallic chamber), the metallic chamber & a bucket of ice.
Note the chamber height (taller than the brass cover) at the current room temperature.
Next will subject it to a thermal shock to quickly demonstrate the response of the chamber to a drop in temperature.
Dropping the chamber into the ice.
After 30 seconds, the chamber has contracted.
Note the height of the chamber now at about half the brass cover height !
Some pics of the partially-stripped Atmos ....
A drawing for easy referencing (Credit Timewerke)
The Spiral Spring
This is the booklet, 'The Secrets of Eternal Life'... a very good concise read.
I will leave you with the other beautiful Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II by Gustav Klimt.
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II by Gustav Klimt. (Credit to Wikipedia)
Kong
** Dje's previous review of the Atmos Marqueterie and other signatures Atmos, please click here to read.
Added info of the Marquetry artisan...
This message has been edited by Kong on 2008-07-24 11:24:12
Fascinating!
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!
The team that comes up with the Atmos booklet is more super... mine is..
just a snapshot.
More stuff inside the booklet.
Kong
More stuff inside the booklet.
Kong
intersting post....
thanks.
And to think you ruined your nice Atmos just to make this post for us.....LOL ;-)
best regards
COD
Very nice post, Kong!
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 interviewed Jerome..Lambert.
Jerome made a very nice review of all these new Atmos.
Even if I admire the work on this clock, which is also a true piece of Art, I fell in love with the others...
1/ The Astronomique, for its gorgeous view of the sky, with all the zodiacal signs
2/ The Newson, because it is so weird, so design that it's a very niteresting piece of contemporean Art.
3/ The one with saw in Jerome's room, for its classicism, its pure, sober beauty...
Good idea to remind us that JLC is not only watches, but also Clocks, and one of the nicest!
Best.
Nicolas
Well said Nicolas...
Yes, our Jerome has reviewed it before, added the link to his post at the end of my post above 
Kong
Kong