Atmos Designer
568 by Marc Newson
OVERVIEW
AN ICONIC OBJET D’ART DESIGNED BY MARC NEWSON
DESIGN
A PURE OBJECT OF ART
Marc Newson's design for the Atmos Calibre 568 masterfully combines lightness, transparency, and purity, presenting a movement that appears to float freely within its hand-crafted Baccarat crystal cocoon. An entirely monochromatic palette further accentuates the sophisticated mechanical complexity of its sunrise-sunset times and Equation of Time displays.
BACCARAT CRYSTAL
Marc Newson chose crystal for its unique aesthetic and finish, selecting Baccarat, a traditional French crystal manufacturer founded in 1764, for their unparalleled expertise. The hand-crafted cabinet, a square with rounded corners, evokes a melting ice cube, showcasing absolute transparency and apparent fragility that belies its structural strength, essential for supporting the movement.
CRYSTAL CABINET: ENGINEERING THE ILLUSION
Achieved through nearly four years of R&D, the cabinet is a single, solid crystal piece, meticulously contoured to just 13mm in places. Its crucial strength and stability, ensured by precise cooling, support the movement while creating the illusion of it floating within. Four rear attachment points provide symmetry and highlight the finished components.
CALIBRE
PERPETUAL TIME
Jaeger-LeCoultre's in-house Calibre 568, designed by Marc Newson, is a complex movement centered on lightness, transparency, and advanced functionality. Developed with Jaeger-LeCoultre's artisans and encased in a technically complex Baccarat crystal cocoon, it offers advanced functions: monochromatic sunrise-sunset times, Equation of Time displays, and moon phases with an accuracy of one day in 4,087 years. As any Atmos movement, the Calibre 568 doesn’t need any human intervention to perfectly tell the time.
MOVEMENT
FUNCTIONS
AN OBJET D’ART OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL REALITY
Appearing as a concentric ring between the months and hours, the times of sunrise and sunset are marked on a sapphire crystal disc. The Equation of Time, representing the difference between mean and solar time, is depicted by an ellipse surrounding the hand arbour, moving to precisely display the +/- minutes on its scale.
4,087 YEARS OF UNWAVERING PRECISION
The moon phases, displayed on a smoothly finished disc at 6 o’clock, achieve an impressive precision of one day of discrepancy every 4,087 years. This ensures that, if left unattended, the Atmos's displays remain correct for this entire period, requiring only bi-annual adjustments for Daylight Savings Time.
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