Movado M95 Chronograph - 'Brushed' Silver Dial

While it may be hard to imagine based upon their product line today, Movado Laboratories (yes, that was the full name) once made watches that were beautifully designed, well made, and respected — up there with some other great manufacturers. 

The piece that we have here, an M95 Chronograph, is simply named after the Movado Manufacture M95 movement inside of it. These were produced with a variety of dial configurations, some of which were more 'sporty' than others, with this 'brushed' silver variant representing one of the more elegant iterations. It features a beautiful, classically sized waterproof case in stainless steel, made by François Borgel (the same case-maker who manufactured the Patek 1463 “Tasti-Tondi), the aforementioned manual-winding M95 Calibre produced by Movado themselves.

The case itself is excellent, having seen a very light previous polishing it remains thick and shows light signs of wear with correct factory proportions and finishing. The pushers and signed crown are also correct. The dial remains in very good condition overall, showing very light edge wear and light degradation by center posts within the subsidiary registers at 3 & 6 o'clock. There is some lume-loss present but is still visible throughout. This piece also features its correct 'pencil' handset for the hour and minutes and the highly-desireable and whimsical 'squiggle' hands within the 3 & 6 subsidiary registers.

Any nice M95’s have become extremely coveted by collectors and don't come to market as often as you may think — so don't miss out on this gorgeous, well-rounded example!