Jaeger-LeCoultre

LeCoultre Polaris 2nd generation – 1968 Version LeCoultre, "Memovox Polaris", Case No. 1134255, Ref. E 859. Made in 1968. Fine, center seconds, water-resistant, selfwinding, stainless steel diver’s wristwatch with date, alarm and 2 crowns. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. Two-body, polished, inclined bezel, the crown at 2 activates the central revolving alarm dial, patented Piquerez Compressor system, 16 holes for sound emission. Black with luminous Arabic and baton indexes, inner revolving disk with minute divisions for the alarm, outer dot minute divisions with 5-minute/ seconds markers and Arabic quarters, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. Notes Launched in 1965 as a successor to the Memovox DeepSea, the Polaris was Jaeger LeCoultre's response to the ever-increasing popularity of recreational scuba diving. Developed for the American market and designed in a massive 42 mm case, it featured an internal revolving bezel as well as an alarm function and a date. Equipped with the Jaeger caliber K825 that revolutionized the watch world a few years before as the world’s first automatic alarm watch, the Polaris offered divers reliability and endurance.The first generation was fitted with a plain full back and a dial with applied baton indexes, the second generation of 1968-70 were drilled for better sound emission and a dial with large luminous indexes. The first and second generations of the Polaris was made in a total of only 1714 pieces ove