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Back in the day, I used to like Movado watches quite a bit. Since getting into higher end watches, I haven't paid much attention to them, but this model strikes me as one of their more interesting ones. 42mm automatic (non-cert.), DB, on strap or bracelet. What are your thoughts about Movado watches in general, and this one in particular?

I do like the lack of numbering or batons and I wish Breitling offered at least one watch of this type. In the same breath however I feel for the most part because of this design, if you've seen one of their watches, you've basically seen them all. However the one you have posted is a bit different, but i'm not sure what the reasoning is behind showing the date wheel. It doesn't serve a purpose in my opinion and leads to a bit of difficulty in reading the date. I think they could of done better by hiding the wheel but then again,if you do, you're back to their basic design.

Agreed. For the most part, their watches are too similar, but that's why this one caught my eye. The exposed date wheel makes it stand out. They make a similar version without a date (not a Calendomatic, just a Red Label watch), and it's the same as any other Movado, just with red font at the bottom of the dial. As for the purpose of the date wheel, I would guess it's purely for visual flair. The museum watches are already so impractical as timepieces, I don't think practicality would enter into any other design features. What the pictures don't show too well is that there is a magnifier over the date, which I would guess helps you pick it out of the lineup. I don't know what the magnification is on it - from the pictures, I'd guess it's a good deal less than Rolex's 2.5x.

Edit: I just re-read the stats on this watch, and there is a "convex window" over the date. I took this to mean it's a magnifier, but they don't actually call it a magnifier. Infer as you will.

I normally don't like Movado, especially the Museum watch. This one is pretty nice, though, especially with the larger size and the larger indicie (sp?). The one thing I don't like is not having a second hand. It almost seems like a waste,IMO, to have a mechanical or automatic watch with out a sweeping second hand.

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Yeah, it does seem like a waste. At least it has a DB, so you can appreciate the movement in some respect. If it didn't have that, it might as well be quartz.

On a similar note, I was wondering about how accurate the movement would be, since it's not certified, but then I thought, who cares? Not only doesn't it have a second hand, it doesn't even have minute markers. It could be off by 30 - 60 seconds a day or more and I'd never know the difference.

I've tried one of these on before. They are interesting looking and the bracelet is pretty OK. I was toying with getting this and/or the Horwitt but ultimately decided Movado was not the brand for me. They are just so common - seems like I see them in every mall and department store.

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A few weeks ago, I was doing the rounds in my local mall, including various jewelry shops to see the watches they had. I stopped into the place I bought my previous Movado years earlier (I wasn't wearing it). The sales lady started showing me all the Movados they had. I asked if they had the Red Label series. She looked blankly at me, like a deer in headlights. When I explained what it was, she said she didn't think they had it. I then asked if all the Movados there were quartz. She said yes. I then asked if they had any automatics. She said, "What, you mean Movados?" I said any automatics at all, regardless of brand. Again, I got that look. Then she turned around and called out,

"Steve, do we have any automatics?"

"What, in the store?" came the reply, from somewhere in the back.

"Yeah."

"No."

So that was pretty much that. And that was just one of three stores that carries the brand in that mall alone...and they were all quartz. So, yeah, they're common, but I suppose one could argue that the automatic Movados are a lot less common. Speaking of common, two stores in that mall carry Rolex, so I don't what to take from that.

I usually hate every Movado, but this really does sing for me.

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I was wandering through the beverly center mall here a few months ago and saw a Movado Boutique (or whatever they called it...it was big and they had pretty much anything Movado that you could imagine)...anyway.. I dont like Movado, but being somebody with a problem, I strolled in anyway. As expected, I hated just about everything, but they had some jumbosized, quartz, museum style watch that I kind of liked. I think it was around $500 or so. I didnt buy it, but I figured that if I ever bought a Movado, it would be that one.

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Here it is. Apparently its $350.

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I’ve owned an automatic Movado SE with DB for years. I have had a few problems with it not keeping great time. The last time I took it to my watchmaker, he seemed to have done the trick. The watch now keeps excellent time and is nice to wear every once in a while with a suit or even t shirt and jeans (my normal wear) I have always liked their product, even though it is very redundant. In fact I also have a quartz chrono from them as well that has been extremely dependable. As for the watch you posted, I am not completely sold on the exposed date wheel.

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Just out of curiosity, is it a museum dial, or one with markings? With a museum dial, I'm trying imagine how far off it would have to be for you to notice.

As for the watch I posted, I'd be interested in seeing it in the steel. Unfortunately, the handful of Movado dealers I've visited don't carry any Red Label items at all. One place offered to order it for me, but the sales associate wasn't sure if I'd have to put a deposit down. I told her not to bother her supervisor finding out, since even without a deposit, I felt like if I asked them to order it, that showed some kind interest in buying that I simply didn't have.

RJ, I understand redundancy in style is a good reason not to like Movados in general, but given that redundancy, I'm curious why, if you somewhat like that one you posted, you don't like any of the others. Based on the pic, that watch doesn't look much if any different from most of the others they make, at least in the museum style.

I dont like Movado's becase of the lack of hour markers. I dont want to have to study the watch face to tell the time, I want to glance at it and know.

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In person its a lot larger than the others, and the features are sort of exaggerated in a whimsical fashion. Its hard to explain, but it took everything that I find boring about the brand and made it less so. It also comes in few different colors which brings out some character.

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I'm with Bronco, don't like the lack of hour markers.

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