blomman Mr BlueAs you know I have a set of three Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox reference E 877 a.k.a Snowdrop. Of course, the Snowdrop should be a part of these Box Play posts! Before I show you the boxes I need to tell you the story behind them… One of my Snowdrops are NOS including box and papers. With the watch was a very odd-looking box which I never saw before… The watch I found in Portugal, confirmed with their tax stamp on the case. As mentioned, this was the first time I saw one of these boxes… Cool, almost psychedelic .....Story

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blomman Mr BlueI have started to share some boxes with you here in the JLC forum… Let’s continue with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox E 875 Speed Beat. The players: White, With and Blue, Blue and Blue turned into copper AFAIK, the E 875 only came in three colour combinations, White-White, With-outer Blue-inner and Blue-Blue. I have seen some Blue-outer with White-inner dial but not very confident that combination ever existed originally. Except for the different dial colours, there were at least three different case backs...Story

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amanicoSome pictures I could take thanks to our friend Holdemchamp I had the pleasure to meet after so many years exchanging points of view on the net! Bruce came with his Duometre à Chronographe, in platinum, which comes with an original grained grey dial, made in... Platinum, and a superb custom made blue strap, much better looking than the original black crocodile strap. The platinum Duometre à Chronographe is an old love for me, as I owned one like this with a different dial, though as mine was white grained ... ...Story

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amanicoThe Master Ultra Thin lived a quite long life, with a bit more than a 10 years of production. It was, by all meanings, a discrete watch, by its general allure, with a 34 mm case, its 4, 20 mm height, the sobriety of its dial with no other thing than a minutes and hours hands, and; last but not least, its GREAT movement, the manual winding Cal 849, born in 1994, which qualifies as a very thin one, with a height of 1, 85 mm only. I summed in 4 lines all the interest of this watch. Though, it was fully appreciated .....Story

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amanicoWhile having a look at the current collection and the models which were made since year 2000, I was wondering which was the most important watch the ever made... The following ones are my selection: 2004: Master Gyrotourbillon One. Which, for me, is the first attempt in the high horology segment from and for Jaeger Lecoultre, in the wrist watch category, of course. At that time, there were almost no multi axis tourbillons, so we can say that Jaeger Lecoultre is one of the very first to launch such a concept...Story

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amanicoYou like the Reverso Tribute Small Seconds and its awesome blue dial from this year's collection? Or were you more after the Grande Reverso Duo Blue from some years ago? But as you are very picky, maybe you also liked the Reverso Tribute Gyrotourbillon, but in a more affordable version? The new Jaeger Lecoultre Reverso Tribute Tourbillon unveiled a few days ago is for you, then. The case has some excellent ( from my point of view ) dimensions: 45, 5 x 27, 4 mm, and a reasonable thickness: 9, 15 mm. And good ... ...Story

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amanicoj Most probably one of my 5 favorite Reverso is this Septantième, along with the Reverso Tribute Duo from 2016, the Reverso Red from 2011, the Reverso Platinum Nr 2 and the Reverso Tourbillon Skeleton in platinum. When it was introduced in the catalog in 2002, unveiled in 2001 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Jaeger Lecoultre's rectangular icon, it was a first: First Reverso in platinum with the XGT case, which was also available in rose gold, First Reverso to use 18 Kt white gold for its movement, 18 ... ...Story

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blomman Mr BlueWe started to look into boxes for the Funky 70’s Memovox, but I thought it would be fun to take a detour and take a look at some 1940’s boxes… Let’s have a look at the reference E 109 (left) and the E 159 (right): Two watches sharing the same case, but with different movements inside. The E 109 sub-second, Calibre P469/A and the E 159 central second, Calibre P478. Yes, similar movements that are related to some more famous watches… The British W.W.W with the sub-second movement Calibre 479, central second, ... ...Story

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amanicoJerome Lambert left the Jaeger Lecoultre Manufacture in May 2013. Since his departure, there are some watches which were unveiled and which make me dream. Let's see which one, chronologically: 2014: The Duometre Quantième Lunaire White Gold Enamel. This one is a priority, just after another Duometre unveiled during Jerome Lambert's reign, the Unique Travel Time...Story

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amanicoUnveiled in 2006, it took me 1 year and a half to find a solution to get it, which I achieved to do on the 31th of July 2007. A quick trip in Belgium, to pick it, and a total excitement since the first minute. I don't count the times I played with the minute repeater, the hours I spent admiring the details of the dial. Sometimes, I had to refrain, because the family and friends wondered why I spent so much time looking at the dial.....Story

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