Movado M90/95 Thread

Ponthelion

Another 2 up for auction at Antiquorum..

Expecting some competition especially for the breguet salmon dial one 😗😗

https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/movado-ref-49002-non-magnetic-lot-335-69?page=4

https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/movado-ref-1492-chronograph-lot-335-72?page=4

Flatfoot

Ive not studied this reference particularly well. However, I note the non-concentricity and unusual tracks of the subdial register printing within all 3 coves, a missing Kris hand on the minutes subdial, and apparently missing serifs on the Movado print font . It’s enough to make me investigate a lot further if I were looking for one.

Flatfoot

Yes, The gold cased M90 with the engraving and apparent provenance is really tasty. The dial is very appealing, and the tachymeter scale in miles ( instead of Km) would fit nicely with the US aviation background of Arlene Davis. I’m curious to see where that watch lands price wise.

The 30mm case size is on the ragged edge of being too small for my taste, but I’d still love to have it.

What premium component -for the provenance alone- would one expect to see for this watch?

Arlene Davis flew a Spartan Executive in the 1939 transcontinental Bendix race, from Los Angeles to New York, placing 5th. Picture from the web:

Ted1858

Are the subdials on the inverse panda correct?

t_swiss_t

Added this 19004 M90 to the collection earlier in the week. My first non-traditional-case shape watch. Waiting on a strap for it as these have 17 mm fixed and curved strap bars (hard to say spring bars or fixed lugs when there are neither springs nor lugs...).

Per the discussion earlier in the thread, these disco volantes (-04 case number) are also not FB/Taubert cased. Same goes for the triple-step bezel cases (-05), the cases with vertically stepped lugs (-23, -33, and -43; like the one that Arthur/Shuck the Oyster sold a few months ago), and the skinnier lug ones like @Ponthelion posted above (-26 and -36); these case styles are only some of the snap back case styles that housed the M90/95. The FB cases were the only screw back variants, I have not seen that any of the snap backs were FB/Taubert signed. The dials in FB/screw back cases tend to have aged better because of their better water resistance, though there are obvious exceptions to that general trend.

The hunt for more pulsations M90/95s continues. My goal is to have one in each of my favorite four case styles: -08 (565 case), -04 (disco), -48 (faceted lug), and -28 (triple-step). Two down, two to go!

Ted1858

Super-cool example and case style, and a fantastic dial as well!

I enjoy learning about the case variations that you’ve observed. Would you be able to post a picture of the different styles that you mentioned in your post? Is the “-XX” you’re noting the same nomenclature as the 38 and 58, etc from Rich’s article on Rescapement?

If I’m understanding your post correctly, there are pulsations dials for all styles except the FB cases, is that right?

t_swiss_t

Added this 19004 M90 to the collection earlier in the week. My first non-traditional-case shape watch. Waiting on a strap for it as these have 17 mm fixed and curved strap bars (hard to say spring bars or fixed lugs when there are neither springs nor lugs...).

Per the discussion earlier in the thread, these disco volantes (-04 case number) are also not FB/Taubert cased. Same goes for the triple-step bezel cases (-05), the cases with vertically stepped lugs (-23, -33, and -43; like the one that Arthur/Shuck the Oyster sold a few months ago), and the skinnier lug ones like @Ponthelion posted above (-26 and -36); these case styles are only some of the snap back case styles that housed the M90/95. The FB cases were the only screw back variants, I have not seen that any of the snap backs were FB/Taubert signed. The dials in FB/screw back cases tend to have aged better because of their better water resistance, though there are obvious exceptions to that general trend.

The hunt for more pulsations M90/95s continues. My goal is to have one in each of my favorite four case styles: -08 (565 case), -04 (disco), -48 (faceted lug), and -28 (triple-step). Two down, two to go!