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Revision as of 17:18, 30 April 2020
Movado was one of the top brands in the 20th century until the early 70's producing high quality mechanical single dial and chronograph wristwatches, being among the many companies in part doomed by mismanagement, they finally became a causality of the quartz revolution. Until then then had a history of producing pilot watches.
The Movado Ref 12717, is one of the rarest of the Movado steel pilot watches, indeed of all pilot watches, and is believed to have been produced between 1936 and 1938. Unfortunately the current Movado brand, shares no affiliation to the original, and as such has no archive to access. It is unique in that it is the only Steel pilot watch that shares physical attributes to the famed IWC MK IX, having an almost identical 37,5mm steel case, with inner steel dust cover, and an identical fluted steel rotating bezel (interchangeable with the MK IX). Currently less than 10 examples have been observed.
