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Some White Memovox

Some months ago, we spoke about what is certainly one of the nicest Memovox, the E 855 Black Dial:

Here's the link to the post:

jlc.watchprosite.com

After admiring the Memovox E 855 Black Dial, here are some other interesting white dialed variants:

Let's begin this trip in the Past with this lovely and special Memovox E 855 White dial.



Obviously, it is not as sophisticated as the Memovoxes which come with the long and thin " 5 minutes " indexes and with the Calypso hands, but it has a lot of charm, too, IMO.








Baton Hands, Applied Ebony Indexes, less dressy, maybe, more sporty, certainly:







It's a 37 mm case, which could be considered as the ideal size for a Memovox Vintage, at least for my average sized wrist.

A big pleasure to wear it, even if it was only for a few minutes, as I have to precise that IT IS NOT MINE, for those who would suspect me of a certain greediness..LOL.



Thanks to the Heritage Gallery to have let me spend some time with this Lovely Memovox.

In a more elegant presentation, with thinner and longer indexes, but quite the same hands ( Credit pics: World Of Time ) :







It is funny to see how a different layout can change the character of a watch!

Then, another early Memovox, so called " Wrist alarm ", which is the american name of the Memovox, which was made in the mid Fifties:



A lovely Memovox, housing the Cal 489, which was the first alarm movement used in a JLC Alarm Watch.

To be more precise and complete, the first Memovox is not the Wrist Alarm as shown here, but a Memovox which had Tubular Lugs.

Isn't it lovely with its round indexes surrounding the Alarm minute indexes?





The funny thing is that tthis is the first time I see this kind of Minute and Hour hands on a Memovox, which reminds me another of my favourite JLC Watch, which is also a Memovox, the Deep Sea Alarm ( 1959 - 1961 ).



When I looked a the hands of my D.S.A, I was wondering if the end of these hands was corrosed, or if it was a hint of long time gone Luminous material.

It seems that this Wrist Alarm gives me the answer, now...

Lovely, but quite small, as the case is only 33 or 34 mm, compared to the 37 mm of the E 855.

Some Memovox were not always so classicaly designed, nor systematically came with a round case.

Here are 2 well known examples:

The E 877 Snowdrop: ( Credit pic to Clavi ):



Between round and ovale, this special case needs time to be appreciated as it deserves.

A bit funky, terribly 70ies looking, but really interesting.

The movement used for this Snowdrop is the Cal 916, which is that reliable and well made that it was an excellent base for the Cal 918 used on the ...Memovox Compressor, and the Amvox I!

If you think that the E 877 is the Funkiest Memovox you've ever seen, wait a bit, I found something for you...









Let's say that this last one, with its thick, square and round case is not the most nicely inspired opus from JLC, but a good witness of the 70ies, indeed.

So, are you more white or black???





Best to All!

Nicolas This message has been edited by amanico on 2009-07-19 01:21:18 This message has been edited by amanico on 2009-07-21 21:19:48

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