3 Vintage Watches Illustrate Movado's Overlooked History

From that time, the company has gone through changes of name, ownership, and image, as well as having produced a wide range of watches - some of which will surprise those familiar only with the budget-range fashion watches produced under the Movado Group today Movado watches from the early and mid 20th century were often beautiful, contained in-house-designed and -manufactured mechanical movements, and contributed significantly to the watch industry alongside other respected and prestigious brands of the time Acquired by North American Watch Corp in 1983, Movado became its flagship brand resulting in the parent company's name change to today's Movado Group which owns several watch companies as well as licensing a collection of brands that produce inexpensive watches as fashion accessories.

Watches from Movado's glory days are not hard to find on the vintage market now, and they can offer satisfying quality and value What We Like: This is a great example of yet another unknown facet of Movado's personality alongside the elegant calendar watches, sporty chronographs, as well as time-only Calatrava and other simple mechanical watches one can still find on the vintage market What We Like: This is from the brief few years from 1969 during which Movado was owned by Zenith Watches.

While Movado in-house movements are cool, a Zenith El Primero from around the time it was debuted is nothing to sneeze at, and that is what you will find inside this Movado Datron. . Source