Rise and shine watch nerds. Today on Fresh from the Showcase,
we've got a JLC with an alarm clock complication.
Today at Fresh from the Showcase, we have a beautiful looking Jaeger Lecoultre Amvox. Now,
Amvox is what they call the limited edition Memovox watch. And well that will probably require
some explaining. The Memovox is the JLC line, which comes with a very special complication.
It's an alarm clock. It's actually a little clock that you can set and intellectually sort of make
a noise kind of similar to a minute repeater or something like that. But this is a bit more of
a loud jarring sound, which is, I guess, meant to possibly wake you up in the morning if that's what
you want to use your watch for, or to set some other different sort of time-based response that
you want your watch to help you time. It will work great as a kitchen timer too, by the way.
But that is something that they've made a lot of. The Memovox has been around for quite some time,
but this watch is a little more special than that because this is also a limited edition that they
did in combination with Aston Martin believe it or not for a long time JLC and Ashton Martin had
a very close relationship and they made limited edition Amvox watches from about 2004 leading up
to a few years ago when Aston Martins now official watchmaking partner is Richard Mille, but for
the longest time they made some fantastic watches and we have one of the rarest and one of the most
special of the Amvox watches, which is the Aston Martin JLC with the alarm clock complication.
And this might be the coolest one. This almost doesn't look like a JLC when you look at it. And
you could tell that if you love this watch, you really need to get your hands on it, because this
is a limited edition of only 500 pieces. And I have not seen another JLC that looks like it just
right off the bat. The first thing you'll notice is fascinating green color. They call it Aston
Martin Green. I'm not sure if that's going to be indicative of an interior of an Aston Martin car,
because I'll be honest. I've never been inside of one, but it is a beautiful looking forest,
green color. And the first thing you'll notice is these bizarro Arabic numerals
that are on this. This is a, I'm going to say downright wacky watches for especially a very
traditional watchmaker like JLC. You have Arabic numerals, which is already a very modern look,
but then we also have alternating font sizes, which is not something I've seen
in a lot of watches outside of like a Franck Muller or something like that.
And I think it's just a ton of fun. This is almost like a watch that doesn't take itself
too seriously, which I love, because again, this is one of the oldest and most historical European
watchmaking brands in all of history and look at this crazy race in watch that they came out with
with again, the even numbers are just so much larger than the odd numbers on this,
and it is just a ton of fun. It's going to be a huge conversation starter for the moment someone
sees it on their wrist. The white color of course is a great, is really the only color
these markers should be in relation to this deep dark forest green dial. You also have a rotating
chapter ring on the inside. These chapter rings, both rotate both on the inner and the outer ring,
which does again, while this is a pretty easy going and fun watch, it is still very complicated.
JLCs never really forgot what they were doing when it came to making these watches. So we actually do
have two rotating chapter rings. The inner one in a beautiful yellow color, which does again,
give you that great contrast with the forest green. And it gives a pop of brightness that
you wouldn't have otherwise. I think of white and forest green are the only two colors that you see
on this dial. It's going to look a little dark. It's going to look a little serious. That little
splash of yellow, I think is going to be the real difference maker between making this
more of an austere type of racing watch with big numbers and something that's a lot of fun
and sporty and something you're going to want to match with a lot of different colors there too.
We do have a small date window here at three, but I do want to move this hour hand because
I realized that's not where it should be to really look at the detail of this date window.
They actually have sort of a raised border here along the edge, leading up to this rotating
chapter ring. And I think it is a particularly beautiful detail. Most people would just put some
sort of metal border around their date window. Whereas this JLC, they actually it's sort of,
I guess you would say sort of a gradient slope on the actual watch itself, which is sort of where
they denote where the dial stops and the date window begins. It's really cool. And I don't
know if I've seen anyone else do it like this. By the way, we do have Jaeger Lecoultre written
down here at six o'clock very subtle placement, but I like that it takes up a good bit of space
and it's not on the top where you would expect it again at six o'clock. It's a little unusual
and I absolutely love that. You do have three different crowns here on the side.
So this is going to look a lot like a chronograph watch at first glance,
but that's not what it does. The lower one here is going to, uh, change the time as you see
the upper one here I believe is actually going to adjust the time of this alarm. And then
the middle one is actually going to adjust the inner chapter ring as opposed to the upper one,
which controls the outer one, along with the alarm setting as well. Uh, secondly, this is a titanium
case. I can't believe I've gotten this deep into the video without mentioning what the case
material is. So this is a very lightweight watch, definitely in keeping with being a race car watch,
even though I don't know how practical this would be if you were actually in a racing cockpit, but
let's be honest, you're not taking your dive watch 600 meters below the surface of the ocean either.
So there's no need to take yourself too seriously. There. 44 millimeters is pretty large though,
especially for a traditional brand like JLC, but it's a great looking risk presence,
uh, and a really fun sporty watch. That's gonna, you know, give you a lot of space to play with
and a lot of room to take up for people to notice all these fascinating dial features
on the back. We do have a solid case back, no exhibition on this one,
but I do love the pair of rivets. There are a lot of rivets here for getting this case back open.
And I think that does add a nice little subtle look to it. And we also do have a limited series
number one 50 of 500, which is what this is. And of course the Aston Martin logo on the back,
it really wouldn't be complete without that, to let you know, this was a true collaborative watch.
And one that I think both JLC and Aston Martin could be very proud of. Lastly, we do have this
beautiful, beautiful green strap, which is more of a darker forest green, but does offer just enough
contrast with that of the dial. But I think it is a ton of fun. And what is most important about all
of this is you are not going to find this watch unwarranted it's I believe this particular one
was produced in 2008. So that was 12 years ago has not seen a risk. This might be as much time as it
spent in any one person's hands, just because I'm shooting this video right now, it's a remarkably
reasonably priced watch considering how exclusive it is and considering how just prestigious the
brand JLC is. But they're fantastic values for how complicated the watches can be. And I don't think
we've done a ton of JLC videos on this channel. I'm hoping we can change that soon because they
really are one of my favorite watchmakers for a great reason. If you don't agree with
me or agree with that last statement, it doesn't matter. Cause we have dozens of brands across the
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