Movado watches represent very special sort of jewellery-watches in their timepieces. Movado is among the rare watchmakers that have become famous for their unique timepieces, which do not follow the outlook of conventional wristwatches. Therefore Movado is considered one of the outstanding luxury watch makers which always release limited collections of highly artistic, unique luxury timepieces. No wonder, the demand for Movado’s watches is high, from stars, millionaires and wealthy families. The Swiss brand has always been unconventional and today it is definitely closer to making watch making to be an art instead of being a business strategy.
Let’s see where we can find Movado watches in Singapore and we look at the history of Movado Watches. Movado is unconventional also in its sort of ownership. The brand was founded in Switzerland in 1881 in the capital of Swiss watch making Chaux de Fonds. Movado was not operating on its name long time ago but wore the name of its founder Achilles Ditesheim who was always a sort of pioneer in watch making. He later named his company Movado, which means “movement or continuous movement “in Esperanto. The first Movado watches were already extremely precise and its wristwatch called Polyplan had a twisted form in order to suit to the wrist all the better really counted as a unique novelty. The other Movado watch is called 8Ligne and counted as the thinnest watch in the world in 1910. Ditesheim also designer and produced outstanding jewellery watches, the so -called “secret watches” where the watch is hidden by a decoration or a symbol of the jewellery. Thanks to its outstanding watch designs, Movado Watches received many International awards. Other world famous watches of Movado include Ermeto and Valentino watches inspired by the American silent-movie stars of the era. Not only the outlook but also the movement of Movado Watches was unique and admired worldwide even by other quality watchmakers. Their by-far most famous watch, which is today called “Museum Watch”, came out in 1947. This watch has a by-then unknown design of its dial without numbers at all. This watch is exhibited in the New York Museum of Modern Arts. Other famous collections include their Digital Watch, their rotor-driven Kingmatic watch among others.
The modern history of Movado Watches start with their acquisition by the New York based millionaire and arts collector Gedalio Grinberg in 1983. Ever since, the Grinberg family has also bought up other Swiss brands as Corum and Piaget. The Movado Watches also deals with the producing of two other brands, the Vizio and the ESQ. Movado is very active in taking part in artistic projects in the US.
In Singapore, two big Singapore watch retailers deal with the selling of Movado watches. One is Sincere Fine Watches the stores of which you can find all around Singapore’s downtown, most specifically concentrated to the Orchard Road and on the Raffles district. The other retailer is the Cortina Watch Ltd. in Singapore that deals with numerous luxury brands next to Movado Watches.