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Master Memovox

7,500.00 € 7,500.00 €

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Brand: Jaeger-LeCoultre
Model: Master Memovox
Year: 1990
Reference: 144.2.94
Original Box: Not Included
Original Papers: Not Included
Overall Condition: Very Good
Case: Barely visible
Caseback: Barely visible
Dial: None
Crystal: None
Bezel: Barely visible
Bracelet Clasp: Barely visible
Movement Type: Manual winding
Caliber: 914
Power Reserve: 45 hours
Case Material: Rose Gold
Bezel Material: Rose Gold
Crystal: Sapphire crystal
Dial Color: Silver
Bracelet Material: Alligator skin
Bracelet Color: Brown
Clasp Type: Buckle

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Memovox ref. 144.2.94 is one of the most appealing late twentieth-century interpretations of the Memovox idea because it reduces the alarm watch to something unusually elegant and composed. In pink gold, with a 36 mm case, silver dial, and no date, it feels much closer to a refined classical dress watch than to the more assertive alarm watches that came before or after it. That restraint is precisely what makes it special. The central alarm disc remains the unmistakable signature of the Memovox, yet here it is integrated with such calm balance that the complication becomes part of the design rather than a disruption of it. The closed caseback and silver dial further reinforce that first-generation calibre 914 identity, giving the watch a more discreet and slightly more traditional character than the later black-dial open-back versions. Inside is the hand-wound calibre 914, one of the more unusual modern Memovox movements, with a power reserve of approximately 45 hours and a separate gong construction that marks an important evolution in the line. That movement matters because it preserves the intimacy of manual winding in a model family often associated with automatic alarm watches. The result is a Memovox that feels especially coherent to the informed collector: precious but understated, complicated but clean, and deeply rooted in Jaeger-LeCoultre’s alarm-watch heritage without becoming nostalgic or theatrical.