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The Bauhaus phrase defines exactly my feeling when i wear mine: a steel 855.
Perfect size, perfect patina on the silver dial, pure round shape, lovely historical piece, very 1960's...
I find it EXTREMELY elegant. And a very practical complication.
Just perfect.
Enjoy yours, Nicolas.

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A moment of poetry: Jaeger Lecoultre Memovox Parking, ref 3161.

 
By: amanico : August 27th, 2015-09:50
On a desert rose, which allows to find the best angle in order to find a good light. It is not the watch I wear the most, but that doesn't mean that I don't love it. By far. Pure poetry. One detail I appreciate a lot is its manual movement. Winding it eve...  

I have a fondness for this kind of crowns:

 
By: massi. : August 27th, 2015-12:08
relatively thin, with a good diameter and a vivid knurled. It seems that match perfectly the fingertips! Kudos to the strap, is enchanting. Best, my friend! massi

I'm not a connoisseur of these old JLC

 
By: Mark in Paris : August 27th, 2015-13:36
and my favorite is the E855 but the picture setup is a reference one, bravo on this one Nicolas. Cheers, Mark

When less is more

 
By: jml_watches : August 27th, 2015-23:49
Hi Looks really nice. A great restrained watch - definitely a case of less is more. Sometimes a watch doesn't 'shout' about itself and is all the better for it. Cheers JML

Less is more

 
By: passetemps : August 30th, 2015-11:53
The Bauhaus phrase defines exactly my feeling when i wear mine: a steel 855. Perfect size, perfect patina on the silver dial, pure round shape, lovely historical piece, very 1960's... I find it EXTREMELY elegant. And a very practical complication. Just pe... 

E 855 Ebene Dial. Cool. You should try to hunt a good set of crowns.

 
By: amanico : August 30th, 2015-12:25
They are flatter than these ones. And an alarm disc as well. Here is a good and nice one: ...  

1, 2 and 4 are E 855, but not Ebene dial which had a special dial and hand config.

 
By: amanico : August 31st, 2015-00:56
The pic Nr 3 features a E 853. The Nr 4 has a total correct configuration for a E 855, and correct E 853, even if I would love to see better pics of the upper crown. The Nr 1 is all correct, at the exception, maybe, of the crowns. Too thick, at least from... 

It seems difficult to find one's way among all the versions...

 
By: fborne : September 4th, 2015-22:53
And there is a lack of resources on the internet about the vintage Memovox models. One doubt, regarding the gold versions of E855: What do you think of a YG watch which has a 0,750 hallmark on the inside of the caseback but no hallmark at all on the case ... 

I particularly like the brown ostrich strap on this...

 
By: NT931 : August 29th, 2015-06:47
... goes well with the very light patina on the dial ... mmm, perfect!