In 1950, when Jaeger-LeCoultre debuted the first Memovox watch, the model’s signature alarm functionality—derived from minute repeaters of yore, but considerably less fussy—distinguished the brand as ...

Jaeger-LeCoultre has released two next-generation Master Control Memovox alarm watches, carrying on its mid-20th-century legacy in the audible watchmaking specialty. The Master Control Memovox ...

Jaeger-LeCoultre has updated its mechanical alarm watch – the Memovox – with a new two-tone look. As well as being able to set a time-based alarm, the 40mm pink gold Master Control Memovox Timer also ...

As many discovered when Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced its latest reissue of the Memovox (sporting a deep blue dial) in November, it is a tough watch not to love. But for those more fond of collecting ...

One of the most common functions of a digital watch – the audible alarm – is among the rarest mechanical watch complications. To help bring some attention to this often-forgotten feature, ...

Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrates the 60 th anniversary of one of its most iconic and collectible models, the Memovox, with a special Boutique Edition. The watch is notable for its mechanical alarm function ...

A mechanical alarm might not seem like the most useful watch complication when your iPhone and Amazon Echo can easily take care of getting you to that morning meeting on time, but to many of us ...

The Swiss Grande Maison designed the Memovox in 1950 with the express purpose of helping businessmen remember their meetings through its chiming function. The Voice of Memory, as its name implied, was ...

Consider the mechanical alarm, like the Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox, an oddly neglected complication that is also as old as the hills. I mean, like, even before smartphones. Plato indeed had a water ...

The Polaris Memovox is, admittedly, somewhat of a sleeper within the realm of classic dive watches. An innovative version of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox alarm watch adapted for underwater use, the ...

It was 1950 when Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced the first Memovox, introducing the world to the mechanical alarm function. The watch has since become the reference in wristwatch alarms. A 1956 version ...

Though comparatively dressy variants of the Memovox first hit the market in the early ’50s (and the first automatic caliber variant in 1956), the Polaris II (produced from 1970 to 1972) was a bold ...