1940s steel vintage Movado Calendomatic Triple Date watch
Date: 1940s
Case: Stainless steel, 34mm
Movement: Calibre 223 automatic
Dial: Two-tone, Arabic numerals
Lugs: 17mm
A stunning example of one of Movado’s most iconic watches!
A 1940s, stainless steel round vintage Movado Calendomatic Triple date watch. The case measures 34 mm in diameter and has 17mm ‘turtle’ lugs. The case is signed Movado Factories Switzerland, with FB Patent, stainless steel and numbered. The calibre 223 automatic movement is signed Movado Factories, with 17 jewels and numbered. The two-tone dial has gold raised Arabic numerals, with centre seconds, an outside calendar track, with a day and month apertures above of the centre. The dial is signed Movado Calendomatic below the centre.
Movado Calendograph
The Calendograph was introduced in 1938, with the calibre 475 movement, one of Movado’s most important lines. A number of different models were produced with varying case and dial designs. The Calendograph models were exhibited at the 1940 World’s Fair in New York and also the Basel Watch Fairs during the 1940s. Production of calibre 475 movement ceased in 1954.
Winston Churchill was presented with a gold Calendograph with ‘turtle’ lugs in September 1946 by Swiss citizens as a testimony of their admiration. Andy Warhol also owned several vintage Movado watches, including a Calendograph.
