SPECIFICATION
Spectacular Movado Tempomatic with a yellow gold-capped steel case, Breguet dial, and Movado-manufactured hammer-operated automatic movement, from the 1950s.
34mm yellow gold-capped steel case
Lug-to-lug measuring 41mm
Breguet dial
Original crown
Plastic crystal
Movado 220 automatic “bumper” movement
ANALYSIS
Movado was a great house. Whatever it produced, it did so with the utmost attention to detail. This splendid “Tempomatic” is a prime example.
This model was released in the mid-1940s, although Movado had trademarked the name a few years earlier. The “Tempomatic” was born concurrently with the production of Movado’s first automatic caliber, the 220/221 movement, in 1945.
The dial is clear and has remained intact in its beautiful original butterscotch color. Its surface features the stunning Breguet numerals, with gold outlines that match the yellow gold case top. The hands are pencil-shaped and gold, except for the distinctive running seconds hand, which is silver and ends with a red arrowhead.
This exceptional dial, with its timeless aesthetic, is housed in a waterproof gold-capped steel case signed by Taubert (FB*). Another timeless masterpiece. Its lines are immediately recognizable, with its very sharp faceted lugs and the crown with its distinctive shape that collectors call “priest’s hat.”
The decagonal screw case back encloses the precious self-winding Movado caliber 220. It is the first (successful) attempt to produce their first self-winding movement using the “bumper” (or hammer) system in the Movado factories and was born in 1945. This movement abandons the time only base typical of the previous manually wound production to reformulate a completely new one, in which the automatic part was like a separate and independent module (this is typical of Movado). This 12″ lignes (27mm) caliber runs at 18,000 vph, has 17 jewels and a 46-hour power reserve.
