VintageGent’s Menswear Daily

Movado Collection: Train Your Brain

The first time I saw one a Movado watch in a display case,  I was drawn to their simple style, but I also thought they were geared towards consumers who only had to be somewhere “around” a certain time.  Alternately, maybe they were made for men who had “people” who took care of those details.  If you recall, most of the Movado collection has a blank face with a single diamond placed at twelve o’clock. There are other styles that are made with a complete set of numbers, but they are most known for this particular style.

I am not like the rest of the world when it comes to time telling schools.  The school I was at in kindergarten taught that in first grade.  I went to a new school in first grade, and that school had already taught it in kindergarten and assumed you knew!  My parents weren’t deficient.  I was just a little bit dyslexic.   Though I was the kid who had to look at a digital clock to tell time, I was reading at an eleventh grade level by second grade so they must have done something right.

Since discovering the watches, I have learned that the mind tends to fill in the blanks, just like the mindteasers.  If the first and last letters of a word are correct, your brain can fill it in.  Such is the “no numbers watch.”  After awhile, your brain just fills in the details, unless you are wearing it upside down, of course. 

If you have been looking for Movado watches like this, here’s a tip: The Watchery has them at 38-50% retail right now.  I have a feeling that in the future, costume designers will choose this type of watch when creating a costume of an upscale character for dramas that take place in the 1990s ad early new millenia.