MOVADO
MUSEUM DIAL 70TH ANNIVERSARY
BAUHAUS LIMITED EDITION
DIRECT FROM ITS SPECIAL BASELWORLD exhibition display called “Design Genius and the
Dot that Changed the Face of Time,” Movado’s Museum Watch this year is seventy years
old, and Movado has issued a special, colorful edition to celebrate.
Bauhaus-influenced artist Nathan George Horwitt designed the watch in 1947. He
placed a solitary dot at 12 to symbolize the sun at high noon, and its simplicity and
minimalist profile struck a chord with the era’s designers. When the dial was selected in
1960 to join the permanent design collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York,
it became the first watch dial ever awarded this distinction.
This 70th Anniversary Bauhaus Limited Edition features three new models in 35mm
round stainless steel or yellow gold-toned cases, each just 5.85 mm deep with narrow
polished bezels.
Adhering to the Bauhaus preference for primary colors, Movado has created dials of
yellow, red or blue lacquer, each with matching calfskin straps. The dials are set with a
flat dot and thin stick hands in tribute to Horwitt’s original design.
The collection is being issued in an edition of 210 total pieces, seventy of each color,
with individually numbered case-backs engraved ‘Movado Bauhaus Edition.’ These will
be sold exclusively on Movado.com. Prices: $595 and $695 (gold tone case).
An unlimited edition of these watches with casebacks engraved “Movado 70 Years of
Modern Design” and black, white or gray dials (not pictured here) will be available at
retailers worldwide. The unlimited edition will also be made in a second size (40mm).
Prices: $595 and $695 (gold tone case)
VOUTILAINEN
AKI-NO
-KURE
THIS BESPOKE WATCH WAS inspired from late
autumn scene with the spirit of circle of life. This
symbiosis of Japanese tradition with the Swiss
haute horlogerie creations of Kari Voutilainen
represents an all-embracing mechanical and
visual work of art that unites the East and West.
The piece is created under the guidance of T. Ki
tamura at one of the greatest lacquer studios in
the world: Unryuan in Wajima town in Japan.
This masterpiece takes more than a thousand
hours of work to complete the dial, bridges and
cover of the case back.
SUMMER 2017 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | 139