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The Memovox Collection

The Jaeger-Lecoultre Memovox is our favorite vintage watch.  We've dedicated an entire page to the Memovox to share the love.
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The Birth of the Memovox
1950

Symbolizing the organization of time and efficiency of the post-war boom period, the Memovox, literally meaning “voice of memory” quickly became the watch of excellence for men. It’s striking mechanism gave a pleasant accent to the schedule of daily life: waking up, appointments, train timetables or parking meters.

The first Memovox models were hand wound, Jaeger-LeCoultre Caliber 489. Thanks to their exceptional quality Memovox Calibers continue their career today: representing exceptional longevity for the watchmaking world.  In fact, the Memovox inspires Jaeger-LeCoultres two most iconic watch lines made today, the Master Compressor and AMVOX.

Memovox Timelines

1949 - Jaeger-LeCoultre develops the Memovox resulting in the caliber 489 manual wind wrist alarm.

1950/51 - The Memovox is brought to market and initially called "Wrist Alarm" using caliber 489.  The watch is available in a variety of dial styles and case materials such as stainless steel, solid gold and gold filled.  The watch is notably recognizable with its dual crowns.  The top crown that winds and sets the alarm - while the bottom crown winds and sets the time.  The watch is also available in a version with shock protection (caliber P489).
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1953 - Caliber 814 is introduced.  Design changes to the 489 are
noted; however, mostly to facilitate more efficient production and ease of service.  With this new release came the addition of an additional shock protection option, caliber K814 which incorporated Kif shock protection.  Also around this time, a small number of caliber 601 was produced - these were transitional calibers as the 489 was being phased out but before the 814 was released.  These 601 calibers are quite scarce.

1956 - Jaeger-LeCoultre produces the first automatic bumper style Memovox, caliber 815 (no date) and caliber 825 (with date).  These watches were very popular and produced in a variety of dials and case materials.  The most famous use of these two movements was in the highly collectible and expensive divers watches. The 200m rated Deep Sea used the cal 815 and was produced between 1959 and 1961, with only 950 watches produced. The 42mm Polaris used both the alarm complication and JLC's super compressor technology, which was a precursor to today's Master Compressor watches. The Polaris used the cal 825 movement and was tested to 600m. It was produced from 1965 to 1969. 

1964 - Caliber 910 (no date) and Caliber 911 (with date) is introduced replacing caliber 814.  The new 910, still a manual wind movement, appeared to have incorporated Kif shock protection as standard equipment, removing other shock protection methods and the special shock protection designation as in previous calibers.  By this time, shock protections was standard on all Memovox watches.  

1969 - A huge milestone for Jaeger-LeCoultre is the development of the fully automatic bi-directional winding Memovox, resulting in the release of caliber 916.  The 916 was a date version movement, which required a redesign of the alarm mechanism to allow the rotor to swing freely through 360 degrees. The 916 was the first alarm movement in history to incorporate a fully automatic winding system to wind both the timing and alarm mechanism.  It ran at 28,800 beats per hour, compared to the 18,000 beats of all the previous calibers and is often called the "speedbeat", for obvious reasons. This movement developed into caliber 919, then caliber 918 - which was still used up to 2005 in the Master Compressor series. 


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SOLD - Vintage 1970s Jaeger-LeCoultre Automatic Memovox HPG Cal. 916

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Vintage 1950s Solid 14k Gold Jaeger-LeCountre Memovox cal. k814

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Vintage 1950s LeCoultre Memovox Alarm Watch Caliber 814 in 10k Yellow Gold Filled - 100% Original

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LeCoultre Memovox Wrist Alarm Caliber K814 in 10k Gold Filled Case Nice Fluted Lugs

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SOLD - LeCoultre Memovox Alarm Caliber K814 in Stainless Steel.  Item #3003

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SOLD - LeCoultre Memovox Alarm Caliber K814 Ref 3014 in 10k Gold Filled Case

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Unusual and Rare Vintage LeCoultre Memovox Pocket Watch Caliber K814 10k Gold Filled Case

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Vintage Memovox for Sale

Vintage 1950's Jaeger-LeCoultre Euro Market Memovox Desk Alarm Near Mint Box and Papers

$1,100.00 $995.00
A rare Memovox travel desk alarm with very nice enamel black hunter style cover.  The original silver dial is mint.  This Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox desk come with its original box, original paper instructions and original leather sleeve.  The movement is a P489/1 with shock protection - most uncommon movement. You'll notice the movement has lost most of its plating; probably dissipated.  The movement has been serviced and keeping excellent time and the alarm works perfectly.  This near mint example with box and papers is a truly magnificent find; especially with this stainless steel black enamel and perfect bake-light black edge surface example.  This model is very tough to find.  
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Rare Gubelin IPSOVOX LeCoultre Travel Memovox Cal. k814 Complete with Original Pouch

$1,800.00 $995.00
This particular original style of the travel memovox housing the k814 have become particularly rare and demanding much higher prices now, some i've seen selling at $2000.  We were able to get this for a bargain so we will pass that on to you.  In addition to the rare original model, you can layer on top of that the rarity of being a branded piece by Gubelin, the utmost in luxury. 100% original. 
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SOLD - LeCoultre Memovox Alarm Caliber K814 Ref 3025 in 10k Gold Filled Case

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Early Vintage Stainless Steel Jaeger-LeCoulltre Memovox cal. 814k Vintage 1950s

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SOLD - Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox cal 814 Parking Meter Dial vintage 1950s - RARE

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SOLD - Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox cal 814 Parking Meter Dial vintage 1950s - Extremely Rare

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SOLD - Early and 100% Original Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Cal 814 in 10k Gold Filled Case

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SOLD - LeCoultre Memovox Alarm Watch Vintage 1950s Caliber 814 in Stainless Steel - 100% Original

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SOLD - Vintage Stainless Steel Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox cal. K814 Manual Wind

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SOLD - Early Vintage Stainless Steel Jaeger-LeCoulltre Memovox cal. 814

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SOLD - Vintage 1950s Solid 14k Yellow Gold LeCoultre Wrist Alarm (Memovox)

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SOLD - LeCoultre Memovox Alarm Watch Vintage 1950s Caliber 814 in Stainless Steel - 100% Original

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SOLD - Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Reveil 144.8.94 Vintage Late 1990s - Rare

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