Movado Datron HS360

Beautiful chronograph in Movado steel bracelet from the 70s. Tonneau housing, screwed background. Black dial with three totalizers, date at 12 noon. Automatic movement. Steel bracelet signed Movado.

Achille Ditéheim founded his watchmaking business in 1881, with funds. Fascinated by the success of his flourishing business which simply uses six skilled watchrs, his brothers, Isidore and Leopold join the adventure within the company. This explains the baptismal name of the lai firm Ditesheim, initials of the three brothers. Their master strokes dates back to 1903 with the name Movado which means "always in action" and immediately adopts it. In 1905 the firm took possession of a new modern factory to make high -end watches.

The proposed model is not very common, it is a Movado Chronograph Reference HS 360 around 1970. Steel barrel box 37.5 mm in diameter, black dial has three meters. Totalizer of the minutes, hours and permanent seconding, high quality automatic movement, the famous El Primero, automatic reassembly.

This raced model, rich in advanced technology at the time and avant-garde, marked spirits in a infallible way.