Hi erpin9,
Caught another good looking watch. I have 2 jlc but Mil. So my suggestion would be head over to classicwatch. zaf and the team there are experts. Zaf also posts on mwr for Mil question.
Memovox are very collectable. Just remembered the is a reference thread on watchpro that might be helpful too.
My absolute fav would be the dsa. Or an e855.
Cheers pat
Www.classicwatch.com
http://mob.watchprosite.com/?page=wf.forumpost&q=&fi=2&ti=681133&pi=4347718
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Memovoxes are quite collectible, though I think the one you showed seems to have a case that's in somewhat rough shape. Interesting patina though, definitely not a redial!
The puristpro link above is pretty helpful, and one on this forum is useful too. One of the Purists, hs111, has a pretty impressive collection of Memovoxes (search using this). Another forum member Blomman has posted many lovely vintage ads for the Memovox as well, which should give your a feel of the era when they were made. They're lovely watches, especially in the bigger cases.
I think the original color of your dial was blue:
I've seen a couple of these that haven't done well over the years.
Yours is an extreme example that is almost attractive.
Nice watch and a rather hard to find example.
gatorcpa
This watch never came with a gold dial?
The JLC model number for the Speed Beat is E875, if you would like to do additional research.
It also came with a white dial and two-tone (blue/white, gold/white):
Note that the seconds hand on this versions are not white like yours and the blue dial version. This is why I think that yours originally had a full blue dial.
I have never seen a full gold dial, and wonder if the one I just posted has faded just like yours. Here's a nice post that shows SpeedBeat dials that have faded from blue to grey.
http://www.watchprosite.com/page-wf.forumpost/fi-2/ti-900113/dv-true/wf.responses.open_bLoB_s-0/
Hope this helps,
gatorcpa
