Sonning Vintage Watches

We are working with a UK based collector who has asked us to market a selection of his watches. As part of the offer each watch has had a full service and refurbishment by the UK’s leading watchmaker, Steven Hale Watch Restoration. Each watch will come with a 2 year guarantee from Steve Hale and a lifetime guarantee on the authenticity by Sonning Vintage Watches.

Jaeger le Coultre are one of the most famous names in watch and clock making with a history stretching back to 1833 and began making their own movements in the 1860’s. In the early 1900’s Jacques David Le Coultre joined forces with Edmond Jaeger to create Jaeger le Coultre. They are the most innovative of watchmakers starting with the famous ‘Reverso’ through to the Wrist Alarm and Memovox. Using the ‘bumper’ style automatic movement with one of the largest cases from the 1960’s (37mm excluding the crowns; the style was for 34/5mm watches) and the inner alarm dial they created a genuinely iconic piece.

This Memovox was made around 1962 (very difficult to be precise on Jaeger and we use a mixture of the case and movement details – movement number 1542134 and case 1030774) and is in beautifully original condition. The solid steel case is in excellent condition with only the most minor signs of wear – this is the large model and measures 37mm across excluding the very rare (these are usually replaced by non-Jaeger crowns) ‘JL’ signed crowns (one for the movement and one to charge/set the alarm). The original steel Jaeger signed dial is untouched and in overall very good condition but there are some signs of patina across the dial – these are hard to see with the naked eye and I’m always happy to send a WhatsApp video. The Memovox comes with 2 crowns, one to charge the automatic movement and set the time and the other to charge a separate spring and set the alarm (the small arrow under the ’1’ of the dial). The very high grade Jaeger signed automatic ‘Bumper’ movement is again in excellent condition and has just been serviced Steven Hale. The watch sits on a high quality new black crocodile skin strap with steel buckle.

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The solid steel case is in excellent condition with only the most minor signs of wear – this is the large model and measures 37mm across excluding the very rare (these are usually replaced by non-Jaeger crowns) ‘JL’ signed crowns (one for the movement and one to charge/set the alarm). The case measures 37mm across, excluding the JL signed crowns and 45mm long including the lugs. The outside case carries the reference of 1030774 and the inside is signed ‘Acier Inoxyable’ and ‘Le Coultre Swiss’.

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The very high grade Jaeger signed automatic ‘Bumper’ movement is again in excellent condition and has just been serviced by Steven Hale. The movement is signed ‘Jaeger le Coultre’, ‘Fab Suisse’ and ‘Swiss’. The inside case number is 853855.

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As with the majority of pre-owned watches that are 10 years or older, this particular watch does not come with its original box (we are including a genuine Jaeger box from the 1960’s) or paperwork. The watch is 100% genuine and rest assured we provide a lifetime guarantee on the authenticity and provenance of all the watches we sell.

Although there is no original paperwork, we do provide a written invoice and 3 page insurance valuation with the pictures of the watch and all available reference numbers. We also give a 12 month warranty on all our watches. We also stock a good selection of vintage watch boxes to help complete your purchase.

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Sonning Vintage Watches are one of the largest prestige brand vintage watch retailers on the Internet carrying stock of around £800,000; we’ve sold over 3,000 vintage watches across the world since our formation in 2009. We’re based in Berkshire and Nottingham and spend 1- 2 days a week in London. Whilst we’re an Internet business we do ‘show’ 90% of our watches prior to sale and travel across England to meet prospective buyers.

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We provide a lifetime guarantee on the authenticity and provenance of all our watches and come with a full printed Receipt of Sale and Insurance Valuation. Purchasing from SVW gives you the protection and reassurance of buying from an incorporated company with outstanding customer testimonials.

We provide a high quality box and use the Royal Mail Special Delivery for the UK and DHL for overseas sales. They are insured for the full purchase value.

See what our customers say – 100% positive feedback on all our sales sites and over 40% of our customers buy again or refer us!

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We use the Royal Mail’s Guaranteed next day service for UK sales and DHL for all overseas shipping. All our watches are fully serviced, but prior to couriering each one will undergo a 3 day pre-delivery check to ensure the watch is in perfect condition.

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This is a beautiful example of a watch from one of horology’s most famous names and will, if history is any judge, provide an excellent financial investment as well as a possession to treasure and enjoy. I will provide an insurance valuation in excess of my asking price. Please appreciate the difficulty of photographing this piece, it looks even better in real life. Subject to your location I’ll happily show the watch.

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