Jaeger-LeCoultre returns to the art of the travel clock with the Memovox Travel Clock by Marc Newson, unveiled during The Perpetual Timekeeper at Milan Design Week, 21 to 26 April 2026. It is compact in hand, clear in purpose, and confident enough to wake you without disturbing the entire hotel corridor.
At its core is a new, fully in-house, manually wound calibre 256. Two large barrels drive timekeeping for 12 days, while a third barrel is dedicated to the alarm. The choice is practical and elegant – long reserve for journeys, reliable separation for the chime.
The dial riffs on classic Memovox language – circles within circles, a central mobile disc with triangular alarm pointer – while adding a patented power reserve display. Twelve slim apertures form a broken ring around the Arabic numerals. Fully wound, all segments glow orange; as power wanes, indicators turn blue, moving anti-clockwise from 12. Beneath the apparent simplicity lies a mechanism of two intertwined helicoidal rings, one mobile in orange and one fixed in blue.
Legibility is modern and unfussy. The palette is orange and blue, with SuperLuminova on the hands and alarm triangle. Minutes sit on a fixed ring, the bezel stays narrow, and visual clutter is politely shown the door.
The case is titanium – light, tough, and shaped to a 69 mm sphere with an 18 mm profile. A folding stand integrates into the caseback for desk or bedside use. Winding, time setting, and alarm setting are managed by a peripheral crown hidden under the bezel, guided by an integrated function selector. On the back, an alarm power reserve indicator mirrors the front logic, shifting from orange to blue as it runs down.
Production is limited to 100 numbered pieces per year. Each clock travels with bespoke leather accessories designed by Marc Newson and crafted by the Modena atelier Schedoni – a pouch for the clock, a larger pack that also holds three wristwatches, plus a display stand and a small kit of tools including a loupe, strap tool, and screwdriver.
This collaboration continues a dialogue that began in 2008 with Newson and the Atmos. Here, the same restraint applies: function first, form in service of clarity, and a quiet respect for the Memovox lineage that began in 1950 with a clear promise to remind, notify, and wake.
Prices: Germany 33.400 EUR; Austria 33.600 EUR.
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