https://www.scmp.com/rss/327522/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com [Featured Article] The birth of an icon The Swiss Grande Maison designed the Memovox in 1950 with the express purpose of helping businessmen remember their meetings through its chiming function. The Voice of Memory, as its name implied, was its first alarm watch.  An 1950 advertisement touted the manually wound mechanic watch as “Memovox reminds, notifies, and wakes up.” The timepiece, with its sleek, classic lines, and an additional crown to control the alarm function made such a mark that the... https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/topics/jaeger-lecoultre-memovox-adventure/article/2150998/voice-memory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/topics/jaeger-lecoultre-memovox-adventure/article/2150998/voice-memory?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Jun 2018 09:00:00 +0000