![]() Here are gathered some rare ( sometimes, very rare ) birds, very well known from us, but sometimes, pure and delightful discoveries. While, above, some more conventionally shaped Memovoxes found their place: Located at the bottom, the TV screen, the cushion, and the " round ovale " cases E 871 / E 872 / E 861 ( using the Cal 825, but the same watchexisted with the cal 916 under the Ref E 873 ) : The reign of Madness, excess, crazy and strong shapes, most of the time, and the introduction of a modern alarm movement, the Cal 916, which is not a bumper anymore. While the upper part is showing two different E 853 ( left side of your screen ) : And 3 Alarm movements ( Cal 489, and 814, which are manual, while the CAl 825 is Automatic ) : The down part of the display window is dedicated to the E 855. The E 855 came in 1959 / 1960 and is certainly the most popular Memovox Reference, the most produced, too ( 10 years ), and the model which received the most evolutions regarding its dial. ![]() It is a kind of milestone in the Horological History, since this is the first Automatic Alarm watch! The E 853 was indeed the first automatic Memovox, which appeared as soon as 1956. The Cal 815 and 825 are exacty the same at the unique exception of the Date ( Cal 825 only ). Here, only 2 references, the E 853, housing the Cal 815, and the E 855 ( Cal 825 ). The down part of the display window, showing the Memovoxes with classic ( straight or teardrop ) lugs:Īnd, above, the Memovoxes which came with the tubular lugs ( Ref 3150 only ) :Ģ/ The " Automatic " Memovoxes from the Sixties: ![]() There was also another manual wind movement, the Cal 911 ( Date version of the Cal 910 ), but we'll mention it later.Īll these watches have a 33 mm to 35 mm case, and as things are never easy, there were some variations in the color and style of the dial. Romain ( owner of the watch shop " Romain Réa " and watch expert for Artcurial ), on your left, Yves ( Ex Director for JLC French Market ) on your right:Īs expected, a lot of people came to the inauguration cocktail, friends, old and new, all sharing the Memovox fever: The event started with an interesting speech made by Yves Meylan and Romain Réa about the History and the importance of this model. I'm not happy at all with the pictures taken during this exhibition - Was it because of the bad light conditions, the excellent Champagne, or both? - but I managed to get a private photography session with the owner of these marvels, which I will post later.Īnyway, at least you'll have a first sight of this important event, here and now. From the 25th to the 28th of November, was held in Paris, at the famous auction house Artcurial ( 7, Rond Point des Champs Elysées ) one of the most impressive - if not THE most impressive - exhibition of Vintage Memovoxes.Ī collector - a friend - accepted to share some of his most interesting pieces for that occasion.Īll the Memovoxes which were made from 1950 to the early 80ies were not present, but an exhaustive collection of this iconic watch from our beloved Manufacture seems an impossible task to achieve.īut the big merit of this exhibition is that the current authentic models, side by side with some very rare and almost never seen treasures are gathered in 5 display windows, for our intense and biggest pleasure:
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