That unique piece will be sold in aid of charity, to the benefit of AMM, Monaco Association against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
AMM aims at collecting funds to finance research, organize scientific roundtables and improve the quality of life of the children, teenagers and young adults affected by the genetic illness. Progressively serious, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is characterized by a weakening of muscles and leads to lung and cardiac complications that become fatal with the onset of adulthood.
The Atmos is the world’s only clock movement that runs on thin air. The unique Atmos 561 by Marc Newson is completely balanced and simple in design, as unexpected as it is obvious, yielding a spare form that borders on a sketch.
Designer Marc Newson, who has always been fascinated by the Atmos clock, has designed its case as a Baccarat crystal bubble, which brings out its ethereal nature, lends it a futuristic elegance and catapults it into the ranks of today’s great designs.
For this unique Atmos piece, Baccarat customized its crystal using all its expertise and following numerous manufacturing operations.
The “unpolished” technique was applied first to the exterior surface of the crystal which was subsequently immersed into acid baths to obtain a sandblasted crystal effect.
During this operation, certain areas of the crystal were protected, which allowed to show several shades of the sandblasted crystal.
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos 561 by Marc Newson - Piece Unique will be auctioned by ARTCURIAL Briest-Poulain-F.Tajan on 29 November 2011.
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