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LeCoultre Memovox Ref E 3072.

Here is another original Memovox from the 70ies, the Ref E 3072.

When the brand entered the Seventies, some funky Memovoxes saw the light, such as the Snowdrop, the Polaris II, the TV screen, and ... this one.

All these funky Memovoxes share one common point, an all new high beat ( 28 800 vibrations per hour ) Alarm movement, the Cal 916, which replaced the Bumper movements ( Cal 815 / 825 ), and which was introduced in 1969.

Here you have an original variation in the ovale shapes.

While the dial and the sapphire are clearly shaped like a rugby balloon, the case is somewhere between the ovale and the rectangle.





The case back is screwed in, as you can see:



The blue dial is awesome, very vibrant, with some original applied round hour markers.





Original, this is the word I used the most to describe this watch which can be considered as a faithful witness of the Seventies.

I have to say that it is much more interesting in the flesh than in pictures.

There is something attractive, pleasant, in this Memovox, which drives me very seriously to think about getting one.

That is the pain, but also the pleasure with Memovoxes: They are so many, so diverse, so unique in their kind, that it is very difficult to limit ouself to only one.

One last word about the crowns: On the pictured watch, the crowns are not correct, as they should be like those on Blomman's one, mounted on a bracelet:



Best to all,

Nicolas.