This frankendial is a rip-off of the original Dunhill Memovox

Feb 19, 2024,09:03 AM
 

Whoever printed this dial made a pretty bad job qualitywise, and took obvious inspiration in the dial design of the Dunhill E855, which (as it should) didn't have any 'cut 3' nor colliding date window outline.
(and also had specific hands that were quite aligned stylewise with the Breguet numerals)


Very rare Jaeger LeCoultre Memovox for Dunhill Ref. E855, Cal. 825
Also to note : the Dunhill E855 dial / hands combo itself was the prolongation of a JLC Memoclock dial which never extended to wristwatch version under the JLC name

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One can always dream

 
 By: E in PA : February 18th, 2024-16:29
This is a reworked dial (thanks Nico for confirming). It looked too good to be true and of course it would have been a great design choice in retrospect, but full arabic numeral memovoxs don’t appear to be a thing back in the day. Though It would have bee...  

There are so many nice E 855, my friend.

 
 By: amanico : February 18th, 2024-17:04
And so many other nice references! ...  

I don't think it looks good at all...

 
 By: India Whiskey Charlie : February 18th, 2024-18:39
Especially considering the useless date and what it did to the "3." 😂

Have to agree there

 
 By: E in PA : February 18th, 2024-18:43

+1

 
 By: amanico : February 18th, 2024-19:22

Agreed.

 
 By: amanico : February 18th, 2024-19:22

This frankendial is a rip-off of the original Dunhill Memovox

 
 By: Clavi : February 19th, 2024-09:03
Whoever printed this dial made a pretty bad job qualitywise, and took obvious inspiration in the dial design of the Dunhill E855, which (as it should) didn't have any 'cut 3' nor colliding date window outline. (and also had specific hands that were quite ...  

Thank you!

 
 By: E in PA : February 19th, 2024-11:14
I’ve never dermal the Dunhill before. Fantastic

So rip-off! +1

 
 By: amanico : February 19th, 2024-11:30