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amanico
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An " Air de Famille ", or a link between the Past and the Present.

I fell on a pic which inspired me this post.

3 Polaris with 2 Amvox.



The inspiration is obvious.

Of course we have the same diameter, and quite the same thickness if we compare the Polaris and the Amvox I, as the Amvox I was presented as an Hommage ot the Polaris.

But the inspiration is also evident when you look at the Amvox II, which is 2 mm bigger in size, and a few more mm thicker, too.

The shape of the case and of the lugs are very close,

So are the case back, too:



And what to say about the dials?

Not look a like, but very inspired, don't you think?



Here a decent macro of the Amvox I:



If the Amvox I and the Polaris are Alarm Watches, the Amvox II is deeply different, as it is a Chrono, not an Alarm watch.



But even in its case, you have some common points:

An internal ring, which is not corresponding to an Alarm function, as, once again, the Amvox II doesn't have an Alarm Complication, but it was used as an esthetical code.



An internal bezel, which doesn't turn, but, as for the internal ring, it was used as a link to the family.





Same observations with the Amvox III:





Not only the dial, but also the hands do have something in common:

Have a look on this special Polaris which was one of the latest produced, for the Italian market...



Seems that this controversial version was used by JLC as an inspiration for the minute hand of the Amvox I and II, and for the Hour hand of the Amvox III.

Same close look if you consider the Master Compressor Memovox...



Here, the painted numbers and indexes have the same shape than on the Polaris 68, but the hands of the MC Memovox are close to those used on the Polaris 65.

And what to say about the latest Navy SEALs Alarm?:



Same Triangular Indexes, same Alarm Indexes and plain dots, Numbers inspired from the Polaris, even if bigger.



When the design and the History meet...

Funny, and interesting.

You can find quite a lot of other examples in the JLC History...

Among them, the first Reversos, with the more modern ones, with the GT case.

Or the Memovox E 855 Black dial with the more recent Master Memovox, and so on...

Even other brands are linked to their past, as PP with some Calatravas or World Time, VC with the Chronos, AP with the Royal Oaks, etc...

Most often, this link is a good thing, don't you think?

Looking forward to your views,

Best.

Nicolas

This message has been edited by amanico on 2009-06-08 23:11:56