A time-only Movado from the 1950s - really any mechanical Movado from the 1950s for that matter, offers a ton of value in the watch world. Once a maker of brilliantly-designed, expertly produced timepieces, Movado's fall from grace into the fashion-driven budget watch brand is nothing short of painful to study. This brand has one of the single most beautiful and rich histories out there. This lovely steel Tempomatic model is the very essence of understated and elegant post-war design. The Tempomatic collection was launched in 1945 as the brand's first automatic watch from the brand. In entirely new old stock condition down to its hangtags, this Movado wears brilliantly and oozes an effortless simple beauty. Putting it apart from the pack is its grainy silvered dial with applied even Arabic indices and arrows for the odd indexes. A gold dauphine-style hand and red seconds hand top is all off. At the outer edge of the dial, a crisply printed 60-minute chapter ring adds a bit of sporty flair. A Reference 96 Calatrava if you squint? Maybe, but it's also so much more. Plus, in new old stock condition, you can enjoy this Movado as originally designed!
