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learningtofly · 28 July 2012, 01:41 AM

JLC released the limited edition Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea about a year ago, in the process offering a very faithful homage to the original dating back to 1959. I adored it from the moment it was released and set my sights on owning one even then. In fact, my initial conversations with the then-owner of this latest addition to the collection took place some months ago.

I wasn't quite at the point where I was ready to say yes back then, and instead went on a quest to find an original 1959 vintage without success, and then any vintage Memovox in similar style. All came to nought (not many around and too expensive anyway) and a week or two ago I made the decision to try and land this one again.

Its been something of a long haul, but I got there in the end

wantonebad · 28 July 2012, 02:13 AM

Stunning, absolutely stunning!!

eric23 · 28 July 2012, 02:25 AM

Nice! Congrats!

subtona · 28 July 2012, 02:28 AM

thats really nice

HL65 · 28 July 2012, 02:46 AM

Very nice Tony and spectacular shot as always!

FeelingTheBlues · 28 July 2012, 03:01 AM

A stunning piece indeed, congratulations!

learningtofly · 28 July 2012, 03:15 AM

Thanks very much, guys, this could actually be my all-time favourite

p_mcgee · 28 July 2012, 03:46 AM

Congrats on an awesome timepiece. JLC really did a great job with all the Polaris reissues.

aboen · 28 July 2012, 05:26 AM

Awesome. My Fav of the two versions.

nick c · 28 July 2012, 05:41 AM

congrats!

TSW · 28 July 2012, 05:42 AM

Love it!!

Watcheroo · 28 July 2012, 07:29 AM

Congrats on a great addition!

Porsche · 28 July 2012, 07:41 AM

Wow, congrats.

Stunning watch and beautifully photographed.

T.S.Eliot · 28 July 2012, 08:17 AM

Indeed

wear it in good health.

ChiefOfSmoke · 28 July 2012, 10:19 AM

Wow.... I hope to get one of those one day. Until then I guess I'll have to admire them from afar. Nice piece and fly safe.

learningtofly · 28 July 2012, 05:55 PM

Thanks again, guys - much appreciated.

WatchTimes · 28 July 2012, 11:05 PM

Congrats!

avv092 · 29 July 2012, 05:28 AM

Great watch.

Here's mine

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onkyo · 29 July 2012, 05:55 AM

Congrats Tony... it a fantastic piece. I actually own the US version.

BH13GMT · 29 July 2012, 06:01 AM

Awsome watch Tony, I was lucky to see one at Salon QP and it looks the biz in the flesh too. I can see why you fell for it. Steve aka Diamond Jack bought one recently and loves it. You guys have great taste

learningtofly · 31 July 2012, 02:40 AM

It's still very firmly on my wrist, actually - can't seem to shake it off

AmbSteve · 31 July 2012, 04:13 AM

Congrats! What an amazing piece.

DiamondJack · 5 August 2012, 10:39 PM

Hey Tony....... Huge congrats

As you will know by now, it's an absolutely fantastic time piece and, like me, I'm sure you'll love it.......it immediately leaped into the favourites in my collection

The moment I saw it at Salon QP last year with Paul, Dan, Nathan and Dino.......I just knew I had to have it........ Took me about 4 months to track one down and have never looked back.......

Enjoy as I know you definitely will

learningtofly · 5 August 2012, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiamondJack

Hey Tony....... Huge congrats

As you will know by now, it's an absolutely fantastic time piece and, like me, I'm sure you'll love it.......it immediately leaped into the favourites in my collection

The moment I saw it at Salon QP last year with Paul, Dan, Nathan and Dino.......I just knew I had to have it........ Took me about 4 months to track one down and have never looked back.......

Enjoy as I know you definitely will

I absolutely love it, and it's also firmly in my favourites list.

Let me know if you guys go to QP again next time, will you?

DiamondJack · 6 August 2012, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by learningtofly

I absolutely love it, and it's also firmly in my favourites list.

Let me know if you guys go to QP again next time, will you?

That's the plan Tony and why we've arranged to GTG on the same day.

So last time we met up at about 12 at Salon QP and went on to the Dickins Inn after that...... A great day although can be expensive in the longer term......

Elementa · 6 August 2012, 06:12 AM

That's a nice looking watch - congrats.

Question, what's the other crown for?

DiamondJack · 6 August 2012, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elementa

That's a nice looking watch - congrats.

Question, what's the other crown for?

It's for the mechanical alarm - so to move the triangle shown at 12 in the photo to set the alarm time and then to wind the alarm up.

ocwatching · 6 August 2012, 08:28 AM

Great shots of one of the best tributes by JLC...
Congrats

28 July 2012, 01:41 AM	#1
learningtofly 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Real Name: Tony Location: London, England Watch: Hmmm... Posts: 2,483	A fitting tribute JLC released the limited edition Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea about a year ago, in the process offering a very faithful homage to the original dating back to 1959. I adored it from the moment it was released and set my sights on owning one even then. In fact, my initial conversations with the then-owner of this latest addition to the collection took place some months ago. I wasn't quite at the point where I was ready to say yes back then, and instead went on a quest to find an original 1959 vintage without success, and then any vintage Memovox in similar style. All came to nought (not many around and too expensive anyway) and a week or two ago I made the decision to try and land this one again. Its been something of a long haul, but I got there in the end __________________ Tony

28 July 2012, 02:13 AM	#2
wantonebad 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: USA Watch: 126600, 116500LN Posts: 12,849	Stunning, absolutely stunning!! __________________ "I'm kind of a big deal... on a fairly irrelevant social media site that falsely inflates my fragile ego"

28 July 2012, 02:28 AM	#4
subtona "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Real Name: gus Location: East Coast Watch: APK & sometimes Y Posts: 26,599	thats really nice __________________

28 July 2012, 02:46 AM	#5
HL65 TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: Ken Location: SW Florida Watch: One on my wrist. Posts: 64,006	Very nice Tony and spectacular shot as always! __________________ *SPEM SUCCESSUS ALIT*

28 July 2012, 03:01 AM	#6
FeelingTheBlues "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Real Name: Carl Location: Always moving Watch: If you wish... Posts: 22,039	A stunning piece indeed, congratulations! __________________ Mon corps c'est un pays en guerre sur l'point d'finir, Le général de l'armée de terre s'attend au pire, J'ai faim, j'ai frette, je suis trop faible pour me lever debout, On va hisser le drapeau blanc un point c'est tout. - André Fortin

28 July 2012, 02:25 AM	#3
eric23 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Real Name: Eric Location: Calgary Posts: 9,595	Nice! Congrats!

28 July 2012, 03:15 AM	#7
learningtofly 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Real Name: Tony Location: London, England Watch: Hmmm... Posts: 2,483	Thanks very much, guys, this could actually be my all-time favourite __________________ Tony

28 July 2012, 03:46 AM	#8
p_mcgee "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,150	Congrats on an awesome timepiece. JLC really did a great job with all the Polaris reissues.

28 July 2012, 05:26 AM	#9
aboen "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Here and there Posts: 935	Awesome. My Fav of the two versions.

28 July 2012, 05:41 AM	#10
nick c Banned Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 26,846	congrats!

28 July 2012, 05:42 AM	#11
TSW "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Real Name: TSW Location: Le Brassus Watch: Rolex & AP's Posts: 27,449	Love it!! __________________ AP Owners Club IG @swiss.watch.connection

28 July 2012, 07:29 AM	#12
Watcheroo 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: USA Posts: 3,927	Congrats on a great addition!

28 July 2012, 07:41 AM	#13
Porsche 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Real Name: John Location: ɹǝpun Watch: and learn Posts: 2,986	Wow, congrats. Stunning watch and beautifully photographed. __________________ Obey Gravity, it's the Law! ROLEX --- SEIKO --- HEUER TRF REHAUT T H E R O L E X F O R U M T H E R O L E X F O R U M T H E R O L E X F O R U M T H E R O L E X F O R U M T H E R O L E X F O R U M T H E R O L E X F O R U M

28 July 2012, 08:17 AM	#14
T.S.Eliot "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Real Name: K Location: KSA Watch: aholic Posts: 1,499	Indeed wear it in good health. __________________ "Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, / Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep seas swell / And the profit and loss. / A current under sea / Picked his bones in whispers. / As he rose and fell / He passed the stages of his age and youth / Entering the whirlpool. / Gentile or Jew / O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, / Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you." Cheers, K

28 July 2012, 10:19 AM	#15
ChiefOfSmoke Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 30	Wow.... I hope to get one of those one day. Until then I guess I'll have to admire them from afar. Nice piece and fly safe.

28 July 2012, 11:05 PM	#17
WatchTimes 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Real Name: JYogi/Jeremy Location: Metro Detroit USA Watch: It's a Rolex! Posts: 5,787	Congrats! __________________ "You won't rise to the occasion - you'll default to your level of training." Barrett Tillman Kentucky Colonel, Tennessee Squire & Combat Leprechaun

28 July 2012, 05:55 PM	#16
learningtofly 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Real Name: Tony Location: London, England Watch: Hmmm... Posts: 2,483	Thanks again, guys - much appreciated. __________________ Tony

29 July 2012, 05:28 AM	#18
avv092 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: London Posts: 2	Great watch. Here's mine

29 July 2012, 05:55 AM	#19
onkyo Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Real Name: Pav Location: Manhattan Posts: 11,495	Congrats Tony... it a fantastic piece. I actually own the US version.

29 July 2012, 06:01 AM	#20
BH13GMT "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Real Name: Paul Location: UK, Dorset Watch: and learn Posts: 2,636	Awsome watch Tony, I was lucky to see one at Salon QP and it looks the biz in the flesh too. I can see why you fell for it. Steve aka Diamond Jack bought one recently and loves it. You guys have great taste __________________ Rolex Sub 1680, Rolex GMT 116710LN, Rolex Datejust 16220 Salmon Dial (the Mrs), Tudor BB58, Tudor Pelagos Blue and Several Seiko's ************************************************ *************** "last one in the chopper is a rotten egg" Jonathan Quayle Higgins III

31 July 2012, 02:40 AM	#21
learningtofly 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Real Name: Tony Location: London, England Watch: Hmmm... Posts: 2,483	It's still very firmly on my wrist, actually - can't seem to shake it off __________________ Tony

31 July 2012, 04:13 AM	#22
AmbSteve "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Real Name: Steve Location: San Angelo, TX Watch: Rlx,Omega,JLC,Breg Posts: 1,699	Congrats! What an amazing piece. __________________

5 August 2012, 10:39 PM	#23
DiamondJack "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: London Watch: Quite a few Posts: 4,315	Hey Tony....... Huge congrats As you will know by now, it's an absolutely fantastic time piece and, like me, I'm sure you'll love it.......it immediately leaped into the favourites in my collection The moment I saw it at Salon QP last year with Paul, Dan, Nathan and Dino.......I just knew I had to have it........ Took me about 4 months to track one down and have never looked back....... Enjoy as I know you definitely will

6 August 2012, 06:12 AM	#26
Elementa "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Here and there Watch: Panerai, Rolex Posts: 289	That's a nice looking watch - congrats. Question, what's the other crown for?

6 August 2012, 08:28 AM	#28
ocwatching "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Phil Location: CA Posts: 5,374	Great shots of one of the best tributes by JLC... Congrats __________________ too much into watches...

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