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 in 1969 and is in beautifully original condition. The solid steel case is excellent condition with only the most minor signs of wear – this is the large model and measures 37mm across excluding the crowns (the circle above the ‘x’ or ‘Memovox’ is for the peg that is used to sound the alarm). We believe the original ivory/cream steel centre Jaeger signed dial is untouched and is in overall excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. I’m always happy to do more pictures or send a wrist video with What’s App. The Memovox comes with 2 crowns, one to charge the automatic movement (re-charges when worn) and set the time and the other to charge a separate spring and set the alarm (the small black arrow in the centre of the dial) – very rarely the crowns are signed ‘JL’; most of these have been replaced by non-Jaeger crowns. The very high grade Jaeger signed automatic ‘Bumper’ movement is again in excellent condition and has just been serviced by SHWR. The watch sits on a new black croco-grain strap with steel Hirsch buckle.

This is a stunning example of an iconic watch from one of Switzerland’s premier watchmakers.

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The solid steel case is excellent condition with only the most minor signs of wear – this is the large model and measures 37mm across excluding the crowns (the circle above the ‘x’ or ‘Memovox’ is for the peg that is used to sound the alarm). The outside case is signed ‘Memovox’ and the serial number is ‘1233648’. The inside case is signed ‘Acier Inoxyable’, ‘Le Coultre & Co Swiss’ and the case number is ‘655’.

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

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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 £500,000; 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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