1920's Movado Full Hermetic Mens Nickel Watch - Early Waterproof Design

1920's Movado Full Hermetic Mens Nickel Watch - Early Waterproof DesignTodays offering presents an interesting, significant, and increasingly difficult to find Movado Hermetic wristwatch, produced circa the 1920s, during the formative years of waterproof wristwatch development. This example remains original, preserving the design, construction, and materials that define early hermetic case experimentation. During the early twentieth century, dust and water were among the greatest enemies of wristwatches. Before modern

Case material: Stainless steel and PVD coated stainless steel

It has an elegant ellipse case

Its red seconds and five minute markings give it a distinctive look

Case condition: Better than excellent condition with no chips in the enamel and no signs of previous polishing

heavy yet melodic

please see the photo below of a restored dial on another example of these watches that we owned

Examples can be found adorning prominent wrists around Hollywood (Jennifer Garner wears an 18K gold ladies President and Angelina Jolie

1022 movement carried on both the style and mechanical functionality of a traditional Seamaster

timed in five positions on a state-of-the-art computerized system

Light signs of previous polishing to the back

It intentionally shows its handwrought nature under close inspection

subdials for the seconds and chronograph registers