2114 - The Movado History

This lavishly illustrated book, certain to delight collectors, presents the evolution of Movado from its roots in the Jura Mountains in 1881 through more than a century of tradition and technological advancement. Over the years, Movado earned a reputation for pioneering the art of the wristwatches, high precision movements, and watches with complications, as well as water-resistant watches.Through 250 color illustrations, the book presents the most compelling designs introduced by Movado, many of which have become coveted collectors’ items commanding high prices at worldwide auctions.Movado watches have been favored gifts for heads of state because they possess and reflect the best in precision technology. From pocket to wristwatches, chronometers, all the wonderful time pieces that this brand has created. Deutsche Version - No 2108.

Table of Contents :
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction, the history of watchmaking in Geneva and in the Swiss Jura

The Past
- Early family history, La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1870
- The beginning: The company’s foundation in 1881 and the first years
- 1905: The birth of the Movado brand and its first years up to 1910
- Patents: Early patents 1902–1912 (A summary of the patents up to 1969)
- 1912: The “Polyplan”
- Catalogues: 15 years of Movado between 1910 and 1925
- The movement calibres
- The First World War Military or Soldier's Watch
- Art Deco: The 1920's: “Valentino” and “Ermeto”
- 1926: Ermeto
- Chronometer trials I (1899–1939: Pocket and deck watches | 1930: Developments in the thirties | 1938: Wrist chronographs up to the forties | 1945: Wrist calendar watches up to the fifties)
- Automatic winding: The forties and fifties at Movado
- Chronometer trials II (1950–1969: Wrist chronometers)
- The Museum Watch: Nathan George Horwitt
- 1960: The path to “El Primero”
- 1969–1983: The years with Zenith

The Present
- Acquisition and new start
- Organisation
- Artists' Watches: The new Movado models (Andy Warhol Times/5 | Yaacov Agam’s “Rainbow” Collection | Arman’s “The color of time” | James Rosenquist’s “Elapse, Eclipse, Ellipse” | Max Bill’s “Bill-time” | Romero Britto’s “The Children of the World”)
- “Collection 1881” Replicas: Reproductions (The First World War Soldier’s Watch | The Bauhaus Watch | Further models)
- Specials: Famous owners of Movado watches

Appendices
- Appendix 1: Movado numbering and reference systems
- Appendix 2: Complete list of all Movado mechanical watch calibres 1910–1980
- Appendix 3: Results of Movado pocket/deck watches at Neuchâtel and Kew/Teddington Observatories
- Appendix 4: Observatory wrist chronometers
- Appendix 5: Movado inventions and patents
- Appendix 6: Swiss case makers
- Appendix 7: Museums in which Movado watches are to be found
Sources of illustrations
Bibliography
Index

230 pages

Edition : 1996