Jaeger Lecoultre Memovox Ipso Vox – Gubelin – Cal 489/1 – 18YG

Beautiful Vacheron Constantin 7416 with round champagne dial and gold marks for Beautiful Jaeger Lecoultre Memovox with champagne dial and gold baton marking each hour. At 6 o’clock is engraved “Ipso Vox” and Gubelin at 12 o’clock. It is a double signed dial. It is a Swiss model. You have an inner blue ring to mark the alarm. Gold hands with Dauphine hands. Two 18K yellow gold crown at 2 and 4 o’clock for the time and alarm. It is a screwed 18K yellow gold case with engraved inside “18K - .750” and all poincons. It is a manual winding movement with caliber 489/1 and 17 jewels. The watch comes with a brown alligator. Width between lugs is 17mm.

History

The story of Lecoultre started in 1833 with Charles Antoine LeCoultre. In 1844 he invented the “millionometre” and then in 1851, he obtained a gold medal for his work and products at the universal exhibition. In 1877, LeCoultre built movement and between 1860 and 1925, it made 60,000 with various level of complication. 1925 is the merger with Edmond Jaeger. After this time came amazing pieces like the duoplan and the smallest caliber 101. Then came the Reverso in 1931, the Memovox in 1951, the Futurematic in 1953. In july 2000, the company became part of the Richemont group. 

Technical details

Manual winding JLC movement with caliber 489/1 with 17 jewels and 18,000 A/h. The power reserve is 54 hours. The movement was launched in 1949. The case number is 719225.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 35mm


Length including lugs: 44mm