MOVADO. A VERY RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE STAINLESS STEEL AND PINK GOLD TRIPLE DATE CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH TWO-TONE DIAL

Sometimes, remarkable vintage wristwatches have an immediate ‘wow’ factor, capturing one’s attention with their incredible good looks, outstanding condition, and rarity. This two-tone steel and pink gold Beyer Zürich-signed Movado triple-date calendar with a two-tone silvered dial is one such extraordinary vintage timepiece.

Among the rarest and most exciting vintage watches are those that are double-signed with the prestigious name of one of the great retailers - in this case, the world’s oldest watch retailer, Beyer of Zürich. When offered at auction, double-signed vintage wristwatches consistently generate significant interest from collectors seeking to obtain their favorite models with the added exclusivity of a distinguished retailer’s signature.

The dial of the present watch features a particularly appealing and rare detail found only on the most exclusive vintage Movado timepieces - ruby-set hour indexes. On the present dial, these collet-set indexes are alternated with applied gold Arabic numerals, likely a special order for a prominent Beyer client.

The manual-winding Movado caliber 470 movement, produced from 1938 to 1954, features a Breguet hairspring and was used in the Calendograf, Celestograf, and Chronograf models, designed by Frédéric Piguet.