Movado President Tempest Matic and caliber 388 - Serviced

Movado President Tempest Matic and caliber 388 - Serviced

Movado President Tempest Matic with semi elliptical case, silver dial and gold square markers marking each hour. At 12 o’clock is engraved “President” and 6 o’clock “Tempest Matic”. The window for the date is at 3 o’clock. It is a Swiss T model. The crown comes with the Movado logo. It is a stainless-steel back case with engraved outside “President – 269” and inside Vacuum – Swiss Made – Stainless Steel”. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber 388 and 28 jewels. The watch has a black leather strap. Width between lugs is 20mm. The watch is serviced.

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 388 with 28 jewels, 21,600 A/h and 47 hours of power reserve.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 38mm


Length including lugs: 35mm