Marc Newson Designs Jaeger-Lecoultre Atmos Hybris Artistica Tellurium
Amy Duong — May 14, 2026 — Art & Design
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The Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Hybris Artistica Tellurium is a clock designed in collaboration with Marc Newson, built around the Atmos Calibre 590 movement. The piece displays the Earth, Moon, and Sun in three-dimensional form, with the Earth rotating on its axis over 24 hours to indicate day and night. The Moon orbits the Earth in a full lunar cycle and shows its phases as it moves, while the system also tracks seasonal progression through a yearly orbital cycle.
The clock is housed in a glass cabinet engraved with constellations visible from the Northern Hemisphere, with decorative sapphire elements representing stars. It uses a highly precise astronomical system where the Earth-Moon-Sun interactions are calibrated to extremely long accuracy cycles, including a moon phase mechanism that deviates by only one day over thousands of years. The Atmos system is powered by temperature-driven air expansion within a sealed capsule, enabling near-perpetual motion without manual winding.
Image Credit: Jaeger-LeCoultre
The clock is housed in a glass cabinet engraved with constellations visible from the Northern Hemisphere, with decorative sapphire elements representing stars. It uses a highly precise astronomical system where the Earth-Moon-Sun interactions are calibrated to extremely long accuracy cycles, including a moon phase mechanism that deviates by only one day over thousands of years. The Atmos system is powered by temperature-driven air expansion within a sealed capsule, enabling near-perpetual motion without manual winding.
Image Credit: Jaeger-LeCoultre
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Celestial Mechanical Displays — A renewed focus on three-dimensional Earth-Moon-Sun representations suggests high-precision astronomical mechanics could redefine luxury objects as immersive, time-accurate sculptures.
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Temperature-powered Perpetual Systems — The use of air-expansion-driven near-perpetual motion indicates opportunities for maintenance-free, low-energy mechanisms that maintain long-term calibration without external power.
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Sculptural Transparency in Timekeeping — Glass cabinets engraved with constellations and integrated sapphire accents point to a convergence of fine art and engineering that elevates functional devices into collectible, museum-quality pieces.
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