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Movado watch bands for free#
*** This item qualifies for FREE shipping! *** and, please read this article about the size of vintage men's wrist watches: Please look at the size information and the design and ask yourself, "Will this watch meet my requirements?" before you buy. Women's watches of this time period were much tinier. It is more decorative than many men's watches of today. It is smaller than men's watches of today. Please keep in mind that battery life is not predictable, and that when the battery needs to be replaced, it is the sole responsibility of the watch owner. This watch will be sent to you running and keeping time, with its quartz battery installed. The Swiss Made movement inside is signed Movado please see the photo for detail. Thus, this particular wrist watch would have been made before the late 1990's. In the late 1990's they switched to "SWISS MOVADO MADE". Movado has created numerous successful variations on it ever since, including versions with date windows, indices, artistic dials, and even chronograph functions.įor years Movado printed "SWISS MOVADO QUARTZ" on their dials. Heavily influenced by the Bauhaus movement in its spare, avant-garde design, the Movado Museum Watch got its name after the very first version was selected by New York’s Museum of Modern Art for its permanent collection in 1959.
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The design was adopted for a watch dial in 1947 (a watch actually produced by Vacheron Constantin, then known as Vacheron & Constantin, and Jaeger-LeCoultre, with Movado beginning series production of the model now known as the "Museum Watch" a year later, in 1948. The dot, according to Horwitt, was meant to symbolize the sun at high noon, an essential element in early timekeeping. completed the sale of Piaget business to VLG North America, Inc., for approximately $30 million.Īmerican industrial designer Nathan George Horwitt (1898-1990) came up with the idea of a simple black dial with no numbers or indices, and only a single dot at the 12 o’clock position, in 1946. In 2006, Movado celebrated its 125th year of watchmaking. The North American President of Movado is Alan Chinich. His son, Efraim Grinberg, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Movado Group, Inc. In 1983, the company was purchased by Gedalio Grinberg, a Cuban-born Jew, who fled Fidel Castro's Marxist Revolution in 1960 with his family. Movado’s use of quartz quickly proved that the most reliable, most accurate way to tell time was not with an intricate network of gears, but with a small crystal, a battery and some tiny motors, as in this vintage timepiece.Ībout Movado: Movado was founded as LAI Ditescheim & Freres SA in 1881 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, by Léopold Achille Isidore Ditesheim. Movement signed: Movado Swiss 579.005 7.90 M2.10 Six 6 Jewels.
Movado watch bands serial#
Movado Gold Plate Mens Quartz Watch, Model #87-D1-844, 1994593, Serial #1994593, Yellow gold PVD-finished stainless steel case, black Museum dial, gold-tone dot and hands, battery Installed, Crystal has fine scratches. ⭐️Furnished with a new genuine leather black band By purchasing a watch you affirm that you WILL be satisfied with the size of the watch. Most vintage watches are not as large as modern watches. Please READ THE TUTORIAL IN THE LINK, BELOW, and double check the size before ordering. ⭐️Size (approximately) 31 mm diameter, 40 mm lug to lug. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️MOVADO Watch, Gold Plate, Stainless Steel, Black Dial, Museum Watch, Vintage Men's Watch, Quartz Battery Watch, Circa 1986Ī handsome vintage example of Movado’s incomparable Museum Watch.
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