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 ...

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 ...

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the automatic version of its iconic Memovox alarm watch, Jaeger-LeCoultre has unveiled the Master Memovox Boutique Edition, a contemporary riff on the Memovox ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...