New Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Marqueterie Watch in honor of Gustav Klimt
The Swiss watch company Jaeger-LeCoultre presents a novelty this summer - a desk clock Atmos Marqueterie, dedicated to the Austrian painter, the founder of modern painting in the Austrian - Gustav Klimt. One of the main motives of his paintings can be called a woman's body, which is depicted by the artist with a marked eroticism.

New Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Marqueterie Watch in honor of Gustav Klimt
The novelty – rethinking of the Swiss manufacture masters of its famous clock: a wooden box in which the model is placed, is made based on Klimt's famous painting "The Kiss".
To recreate the paintings the masters had to use the technique of marquetry, which is a veneer mosaic - wooden plates. On the reconstruction of the image has been spent about twelve thousand pieces of wood of different species that make up the automatically opening its case, which hides the glass case of the watch.

New Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Marqueterie Watch in honor of Gustav Klimt
The basis of a novelty is an automatic manufacturing mechanism Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 582, consisting of 386 parts. The watch dial is made of mother of pearl and yellow sapphire, which is located at position of "60" minutes. Moon phase indicator is decorated with diamonds and gold. Time indexes are made of wood.
Official website of Jaeger-LeCoultre watches.
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