MOVADO
UNIQUE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF TIMEPIECE
VERY BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE WATCH CA 1920’s
VERY BEAUTIFUL MECHANICAL WORK.
 I am pleased to offer for sale this truly a gorgeous timepiece a men’s MOVADO Watch.
BRAND/MAKE:MOVADO 1920’s.
MODEL NAME: WRISTWATCH converted from pocket watch. UNIQUE VERY RARE!!!
CASE MADE OF:
The three-piece two-hinged case is in very good condition, as are the lugs that are solid and secure. The outer case back is stamped by famous Movado Mark with serial number #860665. What’s nice about this particular dust cover is how it’s decorated with engraved medals with exquisite miniature detailing. This was to commemorate MOVADO awards at the Watch Fairs. And further signed “MOVADO”.
Serial number # 860665 repeat on the outer and inner case lids.
DIAL COLOR: The repaired dial with white color arabic numerals. Excellent-Very good condition.
GLASS/CRYSTAL: NEW DOME PLASTIC GLASS.
CASE SIZE: This watch is measures:
41mm – dial size, 48mm – case wide, 52mm – wide with crown, 57mm – long from lug to lug, 22mm – band size, 11mm – thickless; is in perfect working order and in excellent-very good cosmetical condition.
CASE BACK: Very good condition with some small scratches.
MECHANISM: ORIGINAL RARE Swiss made MOVADO powered 15 ruby jewels movement with gold chatonnes. Signed “MOVADO 4 FOUR ADUTS 15 FIFTEEN JEWELS SWISS MADE”. Working very good, very clean. This beautiful wristwatch has the original movement in an excellent status which was very well saved, considering age of this watch. Mechanism has been recently serviced to ensure it winds and sets smoothly while keeping great, accurate time.
BRACELET/STRAP: BEAUTIFUL HIGH QUALITY new leather band 22mm.
ABOUT WATCH: EXCELLENT working, rare, vintage and collectible. Very good cosmetic condition.
Very rare and a pride for every collector!
UNIQUE AND RARE TYPE OF WATCHES
VERY BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE WRISTWATCH
VERY BEAUTIFUL MECHANICAL WORK
Getting such thing you do good capital investment. Every year the price for them will increase only!
This thing also can be a good gift or a personal worthy subject for you.
A nice addition to your antique Wrist Watch.
All mechanisms are serviceable new oiled and adjusted. Very rare and a pride for every collector!
This beautiful military wristwatch has the original movement in an excellent status which was very well saved, considering age of this watch. Mechanism has been recently serviced to ensure it winds and sets smoothly while keeping great, accurate time.
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Short history:
Movado Watch is a renowned watch company whose name denotes “always in motion” in Esperanto. The company started its expedition in 1881 and later went onto become a leading brand in watch manufacturing. It was a small workshop in La Chaux-de-faunds, Switzerland, from where it saw the light of the day. It was the gifted Achille Ditisheim along with the group of his six employees who initiated the grand move to establish Movado Watch.
Initially, the entire fleet of Movado watches was fabricated, accumulated and manufactured by means of hand. Shortly after putting the valiant act on the roll, their stiff effort and grit got the huge and anticipated dividends. By the year 1899, they were rewarded with nearly six “first-class Official Rating Certificates” in their category. The subsequent years came with even better results and they were honored with the ‘Silver Medal’ at the Universal demonstration in Paris.
By the year 1905, the Movado name had put the company into the reckoning and it had started reaping benefits by the name. To meet the customer’s demand and expectation, it embarked onto the path of practicing distinction in the design and utility of the products at disposal. Later years saw them prevailing over their arch rivals at some grand exhibitions: be it the 1910 trade fair in Paris, Rome, Brussels or Rio de Janeiro. They convincingly brought the glory for themselves by launching of 8 Ligne wristwatch collections. The bringing in of the “Polyplan watch” in the year of 1912, almost created havoc and stunned the entire watch community. These watches were so outstanding that they are exceedingly hunted nowadays at any watch auction.
Movado Digital Watch was launched in the year 1930. At the same time, the Calendomatic, exhibiting month and day markers on the dial, was rolled into the market in 1946 to capture the whole market at one go. The unique “Museum Watch” which displayed a solo dot at the number 12 on the dial, took the market by storm. This inimitable characteristic of the watch symbolized innovation unheard of before. It was profoundly accepted as well as preferred to be put as an enduring set in the “Museum of Modern Art” in the year 1969. It was the result of the teaming up with designers of the likes of Andy Warhol, who collaborated with the production process of “one-of-a-kind watches”, which are now an integral feature of museums, galleries, and watch collections.
Presently, Movado Watch is revisiting its splendid past by introducing the KingMatic series. This series of watches were initially launched in the 1950’s. The current KingMatic is made of stainless steel and sapphire crystals and is water defiant. Movado commemorated its 125th year of watch making only last year. In the midst of its resounding watches, put in the museum collections roughly all over the world, Movado Watch has created a huge impact and left its mark of triumph on the world. Its recurrent exposure in celebrated publications further complements the saga of its achievements.
Presently, the company’s watches make use of both quartz and mechanical movements in their timepieces and also markets other luxury watch brands like Coach, Tommy Hilfiger, Lacoste and many more.
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Recommendations for the owner of antiquarian watches:
All Antique watches are mechanical. Many repairs will not be cheap, as most likely they will require replacement of non-standard parts (unlike most late model watches).
– Antique watches should not be beaten or dropped – because repairs may be expensive.
– Antique watches are generally NOT waterproof. This is because waterproofing was not in general production until the middle of the 20th century for most watches. Therefore you should protect your antique watch from exposure to moisture.
– If your watch becomes wet it should be dried off quickly. Carefully open all covers and use a hair drier to blow dry the movement, dial, covers, crown. This will reduce the amount of rust.
– If your watch becomes wet with any kind of salt water you should immediately immerse or spray your watch with fresh (no-salt) water to remove all the salt from the works before drying the watch completely. Any salt left in the watch will combine with moisture in the air to rust metal components of the movement, case etc.
– Winding any mechanical watch tight may break the mainspring. If you can avoid it do not wind the watch hard.
– When adjusting the hands of your watch, move them in a clockwise direction only. Counter-clockwise adjustments may damage the movement.
– If you must adjust counter-clockwise make it for small adjustments only (i.e. for minutes, NOT hours).
– Be careful and gentle when adjusting the movement speed (faster or slower). Don’t make sharp movements, and don’t touch other components in the movement especially the pendulum mechanism.
– Every 2-3 years it is necessary to service and oil vintage watches.
– IF the watch is dirty – allow the watch to run down, don’t wind it again until you have it serviced by a qualified watch repair expert. Dust will absorb and remove important lubricants and cause the movement pieces to wear down.
– To clean the case, dial and crystal you should use a cloth that does NOT leave fibers as these may get caught up in the movement. Check with your Watch repair expert to get an appropriate cloth.
– Keep your antiques watch away from magnets. Strong magnetic fields may affect the accuracy of your watch since some vintage watches were made with iron based components in the movement.
– Most Cases and Covers are fine components and will not handle abuse well. The watch should not be shaken, beaten, or stressed.
– Antique watches generally experience an error of up to 5-7 minutes a day. Any accuracy of +- 5 minutes is very good.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE BIDDING:
Vintage watches are very delicate and I package to the highest degree to prevent damage.
High altitude flights can be hard on watches due to extreme temperature changes. This can cause the oil viscosity to decrease (gum up) and prevent a watch from ticking (the balance moving freely etc.). It may need to be oiled when it arrives regardless of its recent servicing (if applicable). Although this is only a very slight possibility it can occasionally happen.
Please bear in mind that you are buying a used watch and it will require service at some point in time.
Return policy:
I guarantee you complete satisfaction with all my high quality products. If you receive an item you did not order or if an item you ordered is received damaged or defective, I will refund you the price you paid for it or replace it with identical one.
If you’re not satisfied with your purchase, contact me, and it will be a pleasure to discuss with you to resolve the situation.
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internationally by registerred air mail.
Delivery takes as a usual 10-14 working days. (Some times it takes little more)
Professionally carefully packages.
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