Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Date Alarm Jumbo Ref. E855
Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Date Alarm Jumbo Ref. E855
Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Date Alarm Jumbo Ref. E855 with an automatic bumper JLC K825 calibre movement, approx. 50 hrs. of reserve power and functioning alarm.
This watch also features it's original box which is in absolute amazing condition inside and out.
Case diameter 37mm excluding crown, 40mm including. This measures 48mm lug to lug with a 18mm lug width and the watch is 13.2mm thick.
This watch is on a vintage black sharkskin strap and a authentic period-correct JLC gold buckle. This will accommodate a wrist size of up to 7-1/2".
The 8078XX serial dates this watch to approximately 1967.
And now for some history, JLC engineered quite a feat introducing the Memovox Automatic as it is actually the world's first automatic alarm watch!
In 1959, the Memovox Automatic (model E855) received a date display with the automatic caliber K825. This calibre consisted of 241 individual parts and was built in a quantity of about 45,000 over the course of ten years. The K825 was used in the models of the E855, the E859 (also referred to as Polaris, in two versions of 1965 and 1968), and the E861.
The watch cases of the European version of the E855 were manufactured in stainless steel, in 14 carat yellow gold with stainless steel back, in 18 carat yellow gold and in 18 carat red gold. The dials of the European E855 existed in silvery-white, black, gold-colored (only in cases of gold), red or lapis lazuli-like printing. The indices of the European E855 appeared in alternating forms over the ten years in following order: short and thin, long and thin, rectangular with three broad stripes, short with black middle line (French ébène for 'ebony'), or short without a middle line. The first form of the indices of the European E855 came with attached Arabic numerals "12" instead of the "JL" logo on later models.
