Movado M95 Chronograph in yellow gold

Stunning Movado M95 Chronograph in yellow gold

Movado chronograph M95 with round light cream dial and black Arabic numerals for hours and minutes. The watch comes with 3 sub dials, minutes at 3 o’clock, hours at 6 o’clock and seconds at 9 o’clock. The watch has an outer ring with “Mileage 12”. It is a “Switzerland” model. The hands are black and red with “Baton’ shape. The chronograph second hand has a “Stick” shape with red color. The watch has a 14K yellow gold back case with engraved inside “.585 – Movado Factories – Switzerland – A97890 – 49036”. The watch has the famous M95 movement with 17 jewels. The watch comes with a brown leather bracelet. Width between lugs is 18mm. Very collectible timepiece.

History

Movado was founded in 1881 in La Chaux de Fonds by Achille Ditesheim in making pocket watch. The success is eminent and his two brothers Leopold and Isidore joined the Co. named “L.A.I. Ditesheim” at that time. It offered a large variety of products including ladies wristwatches, pendant to name a few. The name of “Movado” came in 1903 discovered in an Esperanto dictionary and meaning “Always in motion”. Its first movement “Polyplan” came in 1912 but it is also the year the Co. presents their chronographs. In 1914, came the first wristwatch for the soldiers. In 1926 came the “Ermeto”. 1939, comes the M90 movement, then the M95 without forgetting the caliber 478. In 1939 came this prototype in the spirit of the Reverso, a piece of art. 1947, Nathan George Horwitt created a blank dial distinguished only by a gold dot at 12 o’clock. This design entered into the permanent collection of the NY Museum of Modern Art in 1956. In 1969, Movado merged with Zenith. In 1984, Movado passed into the ownership of the North American Watch Corp. Today, the leading line continues to be the “Museum” model.

Technical details

Manual winding movement with caliber Movado M95 with 17 jewels and 18,000 A/h.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 36mm
Length including lugs: 45mm