Movado Watches Help Make Your Style
Following in a long line of successful Swiss watchmakers, Movado got its start in the 1880s — though the official company wasn’t formed until 1905. Movado, meaning “always in motion” in the artificial language of Esperanto, instantly became synonymous with a new type sophistication and presentation. From the first watch designed to fit the contours of the wrist in 1912 to the pillow and cushion-shaped watches of the 1920s to what many would consider the prototype for digital watches released in 1930 (yep, 1930), Movado continually competed on a different plane in the watch world. But even if you haven’t heard of Movado like you’ve heard of Swiss Army or Invicta, you’d undoubtedly recognize the sleek signature design of a Movado watch, particularly watches adopting the single-dot motif. This collection of watches traces its steps back to 1947, when artist Nathan George Horwitt designed the single-dot watch dial with no indices or numerals that is so recognizable among all other watches today. Horwitt became the first artist to really explore the idea of time as an artistic design (others would adopt the idea with the Movado Artists’ Series in 1983 and the post-modern Vizio in 1996). The single-dot design would later be combined with stainless steel to create the popular Movado Sports Edition. Watches like the Movado Moderna (available in men’s watches and women’s watches) perfectly portray the simple elegance of a Movado watch. The stunning sharp, angular hands contrasted against a pitch-black watch face with a lone 12 o’clock dot marker are unmistakably beautiful in world of watches where it seems many companies find the busier the design, the better. Movado instead offers clean, historic design encased in the best materials available. Men’s watches and women’s watches from Movado truly are the embodiment of time as art.