A truly stunning vintage 1970's Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox alarm wristwatch in solid stainless steel with sharp factory printed original silver dials featuring a "mystery" style inner alarm indicator disk and date aperture at 6 o'clock. This watch has an awesome presence on the wrist with its massive case measuring 38.5mm wide excluding the original signed crowns by 45.5mm lug tip to tip. While large and impressive, the overall impression is actually quite soft and stylish with its wide brush finish bezel and sharp silver and black dial. It comes supplied with a 20mm NSA stainless steel bracelet and nicely matched grey blue leather strap. To me this watch just screams 1970's Eames era chic in a way only JLC could design. Such a cool looking watch on the wrist with a complicated and beautifully crafted, in-house caliber 916 automatically wound alarm movement within, freshly serviced here at Meticulous and in excellent working condition with our full 1 year mechanical warranty.
Circa: 1970's
Style: Alarm, Mid-Century Dress
Case: Solid stainless steel cushion shape case with wide brushed bezel and original oval shape plastic crystal. It measures 38.5mm wide excluding the signed original JL crowns by 45.5mm lug tip to tip with 20mm lug spacing. Superb cosmetic condition throughout and signed inside the case back LeCoultre Co, Swiss, Acier Inoxydable, E 872. The knob at the center of the case back is where the alarm hammer hits to amplify the sound. Supplied with both a generic NSA period correct stainless steel bracelet and new leather strap.
Dial: Beautiful factory printed original silver dials with applied steel/black hour markers and date display at 6:00, signed Jaeger-LeCoultre, Automatic, T Swiss Made T. Near mint condition with matching original steel hour/minute hands and black central seconds hand. The inner dial turns using the crown at 2:00 to set the alarm time. When the alarm mainspring is hand-wound and the crown pushed back into wind position after setting the alarm-time, the alarm will sound when the hour hand reaches the set time on the inner disk.
Movement: Superb in-house Jaeger-LeCoultre calibre 916 automatically wound movement with alarm feature and date display. Signed Jaeger-LeCoultre, Swiss, 916 with incabloc balance protection and blue steel screws on the automatic module. Superb cosmetic and mechanical condition, freshly serviced here at Meticulous and in excellent working condition.