Vintage Movado Museum Watch. 

Black dial with a single dot at the 12 o'clock position. Gold plated stainless steel case. 

New battery. Black leather strap. Sapphire crystal. Water resistant. 

Movado is an American watch brand originally founded in 1881 in Switzerland. Movado means "movement" in Esperanto. The watches are known for their signature metallic dot at 12 o'clock and minimalist style; the company is best known for its Museum Watch. 

The company markets the Museum Watch, designed by the American designer Nathan George Horwitt in 1947. Influenced by Bauhaus, the watch dial has a very simple design defined by a solitary dot at 12, symbolizing the sun at high noon. It was first made by an American importer of Swiss watches called "Vacheron & Constantin-LeCoultre Watches Inc." (not the Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin), and later produced by Movado. Horwitt's dial was selected for the permanent design collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1960, the first watch dial to receive this distinction. Movado finally settled with Horwitt in 1975 with a payment of US$29,000 (equivalent to $164,000 in 2023). Following Horwitt's death, Movado started heavy promotion of Horwitt and the design of the Museum Watch. Photographer Edward Steichen called Horwitt's design "the only truly original and beautiful one for such an object". The single-dot dial now appears in many of Movado's timepieces.

Size: 1 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
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