Jaeger Le Coutre - Launches Two Memovox Models
JLC Launches Two New Memovox Models!
Celebrating The Sound Maker, Jaeger-LeCoultre launches two new Memovox models in the Master Control collection Driven by a passion for innovation, together with deep respect for its watchmaking heritage, Jaeger-LeCoultre this year reinterprets the chiming complications that have been a defining part of its long history: the minute repeater and the Memovox alarm.
Despite being one of the most useful (and charming) of all complications, the alarm remains surprisingly rare in horology. In the 70 years since Jaeger-LeCoultre launched the first Memovox, it has become the reference in wristwatch alarms, appearing in timepieces designed for both urban lifestyles and underwater sports.
The Memovox story dates back to the late 1940s. As the post-war economy recovered, the world experienced a great burst of energy and inventiveness: technology gave rise to entire new industries, cities expanded, and the businessman-on-the-move personified the mood of optimism and confidence.
Check out the wonderful complication and oh yes, that sound!
Against this backdrop, Jaeger-LeCoultre harnessed its mastery of chiming mechanisms to develop an alarm watch – an immensely practical timepiece that seemed perfectly suited to the times. While an alarm mechanism draws its inspiration from minute repeaters, its particular challenge is that the hammer must strike the gong multiple times at very high speed.
