One of the world’s premier watchmakers and renowned for its modern design aesthetic, Movado is the hallmark of some of the most famous timepieces ever created, most notably, the Movado Museum® Watch.

Designed in 1947 by Bauhaus-influenced artist Nathan George Horwitt, the watch dial defined by a solitary dot at 12, symbolizing the sun at high noon, has been acclaimed for purity of design unrivaled in the history of time-keeping. When Horwitt’s dial was selected for the permanent design collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1960, it became the first watch dial ever awarded this distinction. Known today as the Movado Museum Watch, this legendary dial is regarded as an icon of Modernism.

For 2017, Movado presents three sophisticated additions to its signature Museum® Classic watch collection. Crafted in solid stainless steel or yellow gold PVD-finished steel, the two new men’s watches feature round polished 40 mm cases, 7.40 mm deep. The ladies model is elegantly understated fashioned in polished yellow gold PVD-finished steel with a 28 mm case, 6.05 mm deep.

Cool and clean, the men’s stainless steel version has a simple blue lacquer Museum dial detailed with elegant silver-toned dauphine hour and minute hands, Movado’s signature concave dot at 12 o’clock and silver-toned metallic printing.

Simply sophisticated, the yellow gold PVD-finished models feature iconic black dials with yellow gold-toned accents and lettering. All three new watches are presented on soft black textured calfskin straps finished with a matching stainless steel or yellow gold PVD-finished tongue buckle. Water-resistant to 3 ATM / 30 meters.

Technical details
Movement
Fine Swiss quartz movement, ETA F06.101 (men’s); ETA F03.101 (women’s)

Dial
Blue lacquer Museum dial with silver-toned dauphine hour/minute hands, matching concave signature dot at 12 o’clock and silver metallic printing; or black lacquer Museum dial with yellow gold-toned dauphine hour/minute hands, matching concave dot, and yellow-gold toned metallic printing

Case
Round stainless steel or yellow gold PVD-finished steel
Diameter: Men’s (40 mm); Women’s (28 mm)
7.40 mm deep (men’s), 6.05mm deep (women’s)
Polished bezel
Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
Water resistant to 3 ATM / 30 meters

Strap
Black textured calfskin strap with polished stainless steel or yellow gold PVD-finished stainless steel classic tongue buckle

In 2015, Movado unveiled a new generation of modern automatic timepieces with the launch of the 1881 Automatic. Powered by fine Swiss self-winding movements, this contemporary collection was designed for those with an appreciation for Movado’s modern design aesthetic as well as the intricate craft of mechanical timekeeping.

Now for 2017, Movado perpetuates the collection’s blend of sophisticated engineering and distinctive modern styling with the introduction of a striking dress model for men. Featuring a simple round 39.5 mm case, 9.0 mm deep, this elegant watch is crafted in rose gold PVD-finished steel, topped by a sapphire crystal. An exhibition case-back reveals the intricate workings of the fine Swiss ETA 2824-2 movement housed inside.

Encircled by a reflector ring with contrasting sandblasted finish, the black sunray-textured dial creates a subtle yet striking impact discretely detailed by a stamped minute/seconds index with applied rose gold-toned hour marker accents, matching thin dauphine hour and minute hands, a stick seconds hand, and Movado’s signature concave dot at 12 o’clock. The date is displayed via a small round aperture at 6 o’clock.

Presented on a soft black textured calfskin strap and finished with a rose gold PVD-finished classic tongue buckle, the new 1881 Automatic is distinctive in design and engineered for precision. Water resistant to 3 ATM / 30 meters.

Technical details
Movement
Mechanical, self-winding ETA caliber 2824-2

Dial
Black sunray dial with matching sandblasted reflector ring and rose gold-toned printing, stamped minute/seconds index with small applied rose gold-toned hour markers; rose gold-toned dauphine hour and minute hands, sweeping seconds hand and concave dot at 12 o’clock, and round date window at 6 o’clock.

Case
Round rose gold PVD-finished stainless steel case with brushed/polished finish, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and exhibition case-back
Water resistant to 3 ATM / 30 meters
Size: Men’s (39.5 mm)

Strap
Black textured calfskin leather strap with classic tongue buckle in polished rose gold PVD-finished stainless steel

Movado launched the Movado Edge collection, developed in collaboration with world-renowned industrial designer Yves Behar and his design firm fuseproject, in 2015. Uniting the talents of two of the most important industrial designers of the last 70 years, Nathan George Horwitt and Yves Béhar, Movado brought a dynamic new level of design innovation and sophistication to the legendary Museum Dial.

“We do not know time as a number sequence, but by the position of the sun as the earth rotates,” said Horwitt. In 1947, he conceived the iconic Museum Watch – its dial defined by a single gold dot at 12 symbolizing the sun at high noon, with the simple moving hands suggesting the earth’s rotation. Regarded today as an icon of mid-twentieth century Modernism, the Museum Dial remains one of the most recognized and acclaimed watch dial designs of all time.

Movado Edge reinterprets the clean, minimalistic aesthetic of the legendary Museum Dial with stunning new shape and texture. The signature dot rises from the dial’s deeply concave, sandblasted surface. Sculpted linear peaks around the dial’s edge suggest the sun’s rays, while subtly marking the minutes.

The Edge launch collection included men’s, women’s and chronograph models on stainless steel link bracelets with push-button deployment clasps, and black leather or silicone straps with polished stainless steel buckles. Many styles featured an exciting touch of unexpected color on the dial.

Now for 2017, Movado adds four new men’s 2-hand models to the transformative Edge collection. Each features a round 40 mm case, 8.50 mm deep, crafted in solid stainless steel, or coffee-colored or black ion-plated steel. Topped by a flat sapphire crystal, the concave sandblasted aluminum dials with signature ray-textured edge are detailed by a raised polished tonal dot at 12 o’clock, a matte-finish hour hand and glossy minute hand.

Cool and modern, the stainless steel model with tube-style lugs features a sandblasted silver-toned dial with polished silver-toned dot and matte/polished steel hands. The free-falling double-faced cognac calfskin leather strap imparts the look and feel of a contemporary dress watch. It secures to the wrist with a polished steel classic tongue buckle.

Dark and distinctive, the black ion-plated model with polished tube-style lugs creates tone-on-tone mystery with a sandblasted black dial detailed by a polished black dot. A matte hour hand and polished minute hand in stainless steel lend startling contrast to the darkened landscape. A black ion-plated steel classic tongue buckle comfortably secures the black free-falling double-faced calfskin leather strap to the wrist.

Entirely unexpected, the third new model captures attention with its sandblasted green dial detailed by a polished tonal dot, matte-finished bright orange hour hand and glossy black minute hand. The integrated matte black silicone strap is finished with a classic tongue buckle in black ion-plated steel.

A sophisticated palette of muted tones imparts a modern look to the fourth new model. A warm coffee-colored ion-plated steel case frames the soft purple dial with polished tonal dot, matte light purple hour hand and glossy black minute hand. Conforming and comfortable, the integrated smoky purple silicone strap secures with a coffee-colored ion-plated steel classic tongue buckle.

Futuristic in look and feel, these newest additions to the transformative Edge collection reflect Movado’s unique vision – a 21st century collaboration of fine Swiss watchmaking and design-focused imagination.  Water resistant to 3 ATM / 30 meters.

Technical details
Movement
Fine Swiss quartz movement Ronda 772

Dial
Concave sandblasted aluminum with ray-textured edge and matching raised, polished tonal dot: silver-toned or black with matte stainless steel hour hand/polished stainless steel minute hand; or green with matte bright orange hour hand/glossy black minute hand; or soft purple with matte light purple hour hand/glossy black minute hand.

Case
Round solid stainless steel or black ion-plated steel with polished tube style lugs and polished bezel, or coffee-colored or black ion-plated stainless steel with polished bezel, 8.50 mm deep
Scratch-resistant flat sapphire crystal
Water resistant to 3 ATM / 30 meters
Size: Men’s (40 mm)

Strap
With polished stainless steel or ion-plated steel classic tongue buckles: Free-falling double-faced calfskin in cognac with steel buckle, or black with black buckle; or integrated silicone in black with black buckle, or smoky purple with coffee-colored buckle

Embodying the definitive trend toward thinner, sleeker cases and the brand’s simple, minimalist aesthetic, Movado introduces the new Ultra Slim watch collection. With modern styling and remarkably slender silhouettes, the launch collection presents a range of versatile styles that capture this strong fashion trend interpreted with Movado’s distinctive approach to design.

Crafted in solid stainless steel, or yellow or rose gold PVD-finished steel, each of the four men’s styles in this new collection features a round 40 mm case, a mere 6.3 mm deep, with polished bezel. This simple round, ultra-slim case frames a soleil-textured dial defined by a signature concave dot at 12 o’clock, thin stick markers, elegant dauphine hour and minute hands and subtle contrast printing. All models are presented on impeccably top-stitched leather straps, finished with matching steel, yellow or rose gold toned classic tongue buckles.

Sleek and simple presented on a black leather strap, the all-steel version features a black dial with silver-toned accents. Richly on-trend, the rose gold PVD-finished model has a silvered-white dial with rose gold-toned details and a rich chocolate brown leather strap.

Elegant and refined with gold-toned dial details, two yellow gold PVD finished models are available – one with a black dial on a matching black leather strap, the second with a blue dial on a chocolate brown strap.

Technical details
Movement
Quartz

Functions
Hours, minutes

Case
Stainless steel, with or without yellow or pink gold-toned PVD finish
40 mm diameter, 6.3 mm thick
Polished bezel

Dial
Sunburst motif in black (with steel case and black strap or yellow gold
PVD-finish steel case and black bracelet), silvery white (with pink gold
PVD-finish case and chocolate brown strap) or blue (yellow gold PVD-finish case and chocolate brown strap)
Movado concave dot at 12 o’clock
Dauphine hands
Slender baton-type hour-markers

Strap
Top-stitched black or chocolate brown leather with pin buckle in steel, yellow or pink gold PVD-finish versions

Swiss watch brand Movado announces the launch of the new Movado Edge watch collection, developed in collaboration with world-renowned industrial designer Yves Béhar and his design firm fuseproject. Uniting the talents of two of the most important industrial designers of the last 70 years, Nathan George Horwitt and Yves Béhar, Movado has brought a dynamic new level of design innovation and sophistication to the legendary Museum Dial.

Movado’s legendary Museum Dial was created in 1947 by artist/designer Nathan George Horwitt. Stark and striking, the iconic dial has no numbers. It is defined only by a solitary gold dot at 12 o’clock, symbolizing the sun at high noon, while its simple moving hands suggest the daily rotation of the earth on its axis. This conceptual, groundbreaking dial is one of the most acclaimed watch designs of all time, and one of the most important of the 20th Century. Horwitt’s original design was accepted into the permanent collection of MoMA in 1960.

Movado Edge renews the brand with a thoroughly modern aesthetic through a heightened industrial lens, characterized by a new, visually tactile form. Celebrating Movado’s industrial design heritage rooted in the Bauhaus movement, a synergy of art and design are revealed in the collection’s simplified, geometric forms.

The dial reinterprets Horwitt’s original vision in three dimensions, with the signature dot emerging from the dial’s curved, newly textured landscape. Sculpted ridges that form around the edge of the dial suggest the sun’s rays, while subtly marking the minutes – a beautiful and purposeful design element. Fusing form, function and inspiration, this transformative new collection includes men’s, women’s and chronograph models.

While the history of Movado is brimming with milestone events, including more than 100 patents registered and over 200 international prizes won since its founding in 1881, the year 1947 was a momentous date in the evolution of the brand and indeed of design as a whole.

Based on the principle that time measurement is first and foremost linked to the Earth’s rotation around the sun before being a mathematical division, artist Nathan George Horwitt drew an entirely numeral-free dial bearing only a 12 o’clock dot symbolising the sun at its zenith. Acclaimed for the purity of its design, this model went down in history as the Movado Museum® Watch. The brand now presents its new Museum® Classic model.

While it retains the original artistic simplicity of the dial with its famous dot at 12 o’clock, this variation is enriched with subtle aesthetic details orchestrated in a remarkably understated way. The tone-on-tone details endow the black lacquered dial with a subtle sense of depth, while the lugs prolong the flowing lines of the steel case and a black calfskin strap sets the perfect finishing touch.

Technical details
Movement
Quartz

Functions
Hours, minutes

Case
Round, polished stainless steel, 40 mm
Elongated lugs
Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
Water-resistant to 30 metres (3 bar / 100 ft)

Dial
Black lacquered
Concave silver-toned dot at 12 o’clock
Rhodiumed dauphine hands

Strap
Black calfskin with polished steel pin buckle

Movado Circa is a modern collection of precise Swiss quartz timepieces designed with a vintage-inspired look reminiscent of an earlier era. Launched in 2012, these handsome men’s watches and chronographs feature stainless steel cases with fluidly sculpted lugs, simple dials detailed by Arabic numerals or applied markers, and richly embossed glossy leather straps.

Now for 2014, Movado expands it’s Circa collection with two sophisticated new men’s models on mesh bracelets. These new bracelets are designed with mesh-textured removable back links and a butterfly deployment clasp to offer a smooth, seamless look with an adjustable fit.

Crafted in polished stainless steel, the first style is a men’s dress watch with round 40mm case. It features a matte black powder-finish 3-hand dial elegantly detailed by applied silver-toned Arabic numerals and cone shaped markers, silver-toned dauphine hour/minute hands and printed Arabic minute index, and a date window at 3 o’clock. The polished intricate mesh-link bracelet imparts a seamless, flowing, thoroughly modern look.

The second new model, a sport chronograph, is dramatically rendered in polished, all-black PVD-finished stainless steel. Its substantial 42mm case is equipped with two chronograph pushers.

The black matte powder finish dial with tachymeter-scale reflector ring is defined by applied silver-toned cone-shaped markers and Arabic numeral at 12 o’clock, printed silver minute index, silver-toned dauphine hour and minute hands, and center mounted chronograph seconds hands, three black subdials with silver rings and markings – a small seconds hand  at 2 o’clock, chronograph tenths-of-a-second counter at 6 o’clock, and chronograph 30-minute counter at 10  o’clock – and a square date display at 4 o’clock.

These new Movado Circa mesh bracelet timepieces capture the essence of the collection’s distinctive design heritage with a fresh and modern look. Both models are water resistant to 3 ATM / 30 meters.

Technical details
Movement
Precise Swiss quartz 3-hand or chronograph movement

Dials
– Round matte black powder-finish dials with silver-toned dauphine hour and minute hands: 3-hand with silver-toned cone-shaped markers/Arabic numerals at 12, 6, and 9 o’clock; printed silver Arabic minute index, and date display at 3 o’clock.

– Chronograph with silver-printed black tachymeter reflector ring, applied silver-toned cone-shaped markers/ Arabic numeral at 12 o’clock; center-mounted silver-toned chronograph seconds hand; 3 silver-ringed black subdials – small seconds hand at 2 o’clock; chronograph tenths-of-a-second counter at 6 o’clock, chronograph 30-minutes counter at 10 o’clock – and date display at 4 o’clock.

Case
Round case with sculpted lug extensions: 3-hand in polished solid stainless steel. Chronograph in black PVD finished stainless steel with two matching chronograph pushers and screw-down crown. Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
Water resistant to 3 ATM / 30 meters
Diameter: Men’s 3-hand (40mm) & Chronograph (42mm)

Bracelet
Mesh-link design in polished solid or black PVD-finished stainless steel with matching mesh-textured back sizing links and push-button deployment clasp