Movado tank in 2 tons gold made for S Kind and Sons Jewelry Store
| BRAND: |
MOVADO |
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MODEL: |
TANK |
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YEAR: |
1933 |
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MATERIAL: |
18K SOLID GOLD (2 TONS) |
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SIZE – DIAMETER EXCLUDING WINDING CROWN: |
24.50MM |
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SIZE – LENGTH INCLUDING LUGS: |
36MM |
| CONDITION: |
GOOD |
| BOX: |
NO |
| PAPER: |
NO |
| PRICE: |
SOLD |
Beautiful Movado tank in 2 tons gold made for S Kind and Sons Jewelry Store
Movado tank with rectangular dial with gold Arabic numerals and sub dial at 6 o’clock. It has a black outer ring for the seconds. At 12 o’clock comes “S Kind & Son”. The watch has gold hands with sword style. It is a “Swiss” model. The crystal has a light curve. The watch has a 18K gold 2 tons case with engraved inside “18K - .750 - Movado Factories – Swiss – 741916 – 1231”. Outside you have engraved “Robert Goldner – June II - 1933”. The watch has a manual winding Movado movement with caliber 730 and 17 jewels. The watch comes with a brown leather bracelet. Width between lugs is 19mm. 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 730 with 17 jewels and 18,000 A/h.
Measurements
Diameter excluding winding crown: 24.50mm
Length including lugs: 36mm
