Movado Kingmatic Sub Sea – Ref 40531 - Cal 531 - 14K YG – 1960’s - Serviced

Movado Kingmatic with reference 40531 with round light gray dial and gold baton for each hour. At 12 o’clock is engraved Kingmatic and 6 o’clock 28 jewels and Sub Sea. The hands are in gold with Dauphine style. The gold crown comes with the Movado logo. The case is in 14K yellow gold with engraved outside “14KT Gold” and inside “USA Movado – 14K Gold – 40531 - 531169”. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber 531 and 28 jewels. The watch has a brown leather strap. Width between lugs is 17mm. The watch has been serviced. Very rare model with Sub Sea engraved on the dial.

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

Automatic movement with caliber 531 with 28 jewels and 21,600 A/h. The movement was produced from 1960 to 1967. The watch has been serviced

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 33mm


Length including lugs: 40mm