Gents 1950s Movado Automatic Wrist Watch

Name: Gents 1950s Movado Automatic Wrist Watch
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA695432
Availability: SoldOut

1940 - 1960

Sold by The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Description

Gents 1950s Movado automatic wrist watch.

The watch has a signed 19-jewel bumper automatic movement which is working nicely.

Early automatic watches such as this one relied on the rotor ‘bumping’ backwards and forwards between two springs to maintain the power within the movement. Later automatic watches have the fully rotational rotor.

The watch measures 33mm diameter excluding the winding crown and the lugs. The case is stainless steel, there is the odd mark but nothing serious at all, overall very acceptable for a 1950s piece. The inside of the case back has the maker's mark for François Borgel together with the Movado mark.

The lens is in good condition.

The signed dial is in good condition, just a little darkening. Dauphine shaped hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and outer minute markers.

A new leather strap has been fitted.

The watch will be sent in a new presentation box.

Declaration

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company has dated this piece to the 1950s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA695432

Dealers Notes

ALL PRICES INCLUDE UK POSTAGE (because of GPSR legislation, we no longer post items less than 100 years old to Europe, including Northern Ireland).

Please contact us regarding international shipping.

All of our watches are checked over before listing, and are also checked for accuracy which is usually within around +/- two to three minutes over 24 hours (unless otherwise stated), which is considered respectable for a vintage watch.

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Description

Gents 1950s Movado automatic wrist watch.

The watch has a signed 19-jewel bumper automatic movement which is working nicely.

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Early automatic watches such as this one relied on the rotor ‘bumping’ backwards and forwards between two springs to maintain the power within the movement.

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Later automatic watches have the fully rotational rotor.

fig 1. Gents 1950s Movado automatic wrist watch — fig 1. Gents 1950s Movado Automatic Wrist Watch

The watch measures 33mm diameter excluding the winding crown and the lugs. The case is stainless steel, there is the odd mark but nothing serious at all, overall very acceptable for a 1950s piece. The inside of the case back has the maker's mark for François Borgel together with the Movado mark.