Jaeger-LeCoultre & J. Forest. A fine, very rare and unusual 8-day Art Deco table clock with electric illuminated terrestrial globe
SIGNED JAEGER-LECOULTRE, REF. 163, "MAPPEMONDE", NO. 4'700, THE GLOBE GORES BY J. FOREST, 17-19, RUE DE BUCI, PARIS, CIRCA 1935
Jaeger-LeCoultre & J. Forest. A fine, very rare and unusual 8-day Art Deco table clock with electric illuminated terrestrial globe Signed Jaeger-LeCoultre, ref. 163, "Mappemonde", no. 4'700, the globe gores by J. Forest, 17-19, rue de Buci, Paris, circa 1935 Cal. 201 mechanical 8-day jewelled lever movement wound through the base, octagonal bakelite and chrome base with aperture for the revolving dial with white and gray indication for the day and night hours, Arabic numerals, surmounted by the minute divisions with 24 hour indication, silvered and red arrow-shaped pointers indicating the hours and minutes, glass globe overlaid with paper gores to a scale of 1:65,000,000, electrical connection for the globe in the base, case and movement signed Approx. 20 x 25 cm.
Jaeger-LeCoultre & J. Forest. A fine, very rare and unusual 8-day Art Deco table clock with electric illuminated terrestrial globe
SIGNED JAEGER-LECOULTRE, REF. 163, "MAPPEMONDE", NO. 4'700, THE GLOBE GORES BY J. FOREST, 17-19, RUE DE BUCI, PARIS, CIRCA 1935
Jaeger-LeCoultre & J. Forest. A fine, very rare and unusual 8-day Art Deco table clock with electric illuminated terrestrial globe Signed Jaeger-LeCoultre, ref. 163, "Mappemonde", no. 4'700, the globe gores by J. Forest, 17-19, rue de Buci, Paris, circa 1935 Cal. 201 mechanical 8-day jewelled lever movement wound through the base, octagonal bakelite and chrome base with aperture for the revolving dial with white and gray indication for the day and night hours, Arabic numerals, surmounted by the minute divisions with 24 hour indication, silvered and red arrow-shaped pointers indicating the hours and minutes, glass globe overlaid with paper gores to a scale of 1:65,000,000, electrical connection for the globe in the base, case and movement signed Approx. 20 x 25 cm.
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