Concord Saratoga

I always considered Movado to be a high end fashion brand not to be included in the low end/introductory luxury watch category. Then they introduced the 800 Series promoted by celebrities like Tom Brady and Derek Jeter and increasing the price to the $1500 range, but my biggest objection to the brand was the heavy use of quartz rather than automatic movements even though they were Swiss Made. I was gifted a rose gold Movado Verso Bold which I considered a little bit more gaudy than my normal taste, but having given it a reasonable wrist time I’ve learned to really appreciate it’s quality and beauty as the dark green dial works well with the rose gold finish. How does the group perceive of the brand? Now that they have greatly expanded their automatic line I view the brand more favorably and I really do enjoy wearing my Verso, I’m not quite ready to view the brand as introductory luxury and not high end fashion.

Early 1900’s Elgin. We estimated about 1910.

Sorry I’ve been absent recently as I’ve been involved in health issues and just finished my first week of my knee replacement, so I’ve been pretty immobile lately and not really thinking about timepieces. Anyway, it seems that I’ve seen two trends in watch movements lately. Replacing the Miyota and Seiko automatics in several watches seems to be the Seliita 200-1 and some Seagull automatic movements. Any thoughts on this?

Wearing my rose gold Movado Bold tachometer with a forest green dial and gold accents with matching rose gold bracelet.(I thought about putting a dark brown strap like I have on my rose gold Epos/black dial but haven’t tried it yet).Although it’s rather large at 44mm, it wears comfortably light on the wrist. I don’t give this watch as much wrist time as it deserves only because I have a tendency to wear something a little less flashy-especially in crowded situations or if I’m on a commuter train just for my own peace of mind. Hope you all have a safe and enjoyable weekend.