Jaeger-LeCoultre

Howdee,

How many manual-wind movements for Memovox in the 50ies-60ies, were issued ?

Many thanks in advance,

Berny

Cal 489.

Cal 814.

Cal 910, and 911 ( 910, but wiht the Date Function.

There is a last one, but I quite forgot it...As I never saw it in the flesh but some here did. ( Clavi and Milan )

Best,

Nicolas This message has been edited by amanico on 2010-05-15 01:27:55

thanks in advance?

Berny

Cal 489 : 1950 - 1958.

Cal 601: Around the first half of the fifties: 2000 movements.

Cal 814: 1953 - 1964.

Cal 910, and 911: 1964 - 1979.

This message has been edited by amanico on 2010-05-17 10:13:22

The JLC caliber 601 alarm movement is often left out of production lists because few collectors have seen this movement. It was introduced after the caliber 489 and before the caliber 814. It was made in 1952 and only 2,000 examples were produced, according to the factory.




The most unusual aspect of the Memovox watches using this caliber is that they used an alarm pointer hand instead of the familiar rotating inner disc:







It would almost seem that JLC themselves forgot this caliber for a time, because the 601 caliber designation was re-used when they were later naming their quartz calibers. Odd.

I have only ever seen 4 examples of this unusual Memovox. I know that Clavi posted on another board that he had a couple in his collection and I also have a couple examples.

The cal 601 Memovox is a very small model. Only 32mm diameter and 37mm measured lug-to-lug. I've never seen any other case variants or different case materials for this scarce model. To the best of my knowledge, it was only offered in this 80 micron yellow gold plaque case.

Always good to learn about these “odd” models you don’t get to see very often!

 

Best

 

Blomman

Do you know when JLC stopped the proiduction of the Cal 601?

Yes, it is a weird story, because JLC could not necessarily consider the Cal 601, due to the presence of the 489 and the 814.

One day, I will have to ask them why they produced in such  short time and numbers this movement.

Best!

Nicolas

This message has been edited by amanico on 2010-05-17 22:33:30

Hi my friends.

 

Let me show you this:

http://www.relojes-especiales.com/foros/esenciales/sonidos-desde-grande-maison-los-calibres-despertador-de-jaeger-lecoultre-109967/

I could make it thanks to a lot of Nicolas' pics and knowledge that you will see in that post. It 's a little compilation of JLC alarm movements all along the Memovox's history.

Greetings.