Lecoultre Memovox Polaris – Ref E859 – 05/1968

This watch features its original LeCoultre dial, hands, and bezel from 1968. During a service performed in January 2000 by Swiss Watch Service Centre Pty Ltd., an authorized service center in Australia, several components were replaced with factory-original New Old Stock (NOS) parts, including the dial, chapter ring, alarm-setting components, hands, bracelet, and balance and hammer springs. To preserve the watch’s authenticity and original vintage character, I subsequently had my watchmaker reinstall the original 1968 components, returning the timepiece to its configuration as it was when first sold. All factory-original NOS replacement parts are included with the watch. (See photos). 1714 watches have been made from 1965 to 1970. Beautiful original and collectible vintage timepiece.

Mint Jaeger Lecoultre Memovox Polaris with reference E859 with black round dial and Arabic numerals for 6, 9 and 12 and large batons for other hours. The patina of the dial is magnificent turning black to brown. The window date is at 3 o’clock. It is a “T Swiss T” model. The watch has an outer rotative bezel. The hands are in stainless steel with baton style. Pushers at 2 and 4 o’clock. It is a stainless-steel screwed back case that requires a special tool to open it. The watch comes with an automatic movement with caliber K825 and 17 jewels. The case number is 1128303 and the movement is 1966266. The watch comes with a stainless-steel bead of rice service bracelet signed Jaeger Lecoultre and double clasp. The watch comes with the “Watch Certificate” of the Swiss Watch Service Centre Pty in Australia dated January 2000, owned by Jaeger Lecoultre. 

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

Automatic movement with caliber K825 with 17 jewels, 18,000 A/h and 38 hours of power reserve. The base caliber is the Jaeger Lecoultre 815. The movement is numbered 1966266.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 42mm


Length including lugs: 47mm