Fine and scarce 14K yellow gold Movado Polyplan oversized
vintage wrist watch circa 1912.
Oversized case with the crown at 12:00.
Original silver "shoebox" dial with sides (light signs of age) with applied gold
arabic numerals and gold hands. This is a wonderful design.
Movado's movement design with the gears on three separate planes
enabled the case to follow the curve of the wrist while allowing space for
larger gears, a more robust balance assembly, and a larger mainspring resulting
in a more accurate timepiece than the typical curved watch with a small
round movement.
Movado made these watches in very small numbers over a period of about 20 years.
The unusual movement was difficult to construct and very expensive, and
not many examples have survived.