Movado Ermeto Pocket Travel Watch with Crocodile Leather Enclosing

Movado Ermeto gold-plated pocket or travel clock, enclosed in crocodile leather, in the "Baby" size, which measures 43mm by 26 mm when closed. It is currently running and is guaranteed authentic.

The Movado Ermeto watch was a pocket/purse watch manufactured between 1926 and 1985 by Movado. The model, a joint creation between case maker Huguenin Frères and watch maker Movado, was introduced in 1926. It won the Grand Prix at the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition.

The trademark Ermeto derives from the Greek ερμητικός, which means "hermetic, sealed", in reference to the characterictics of the case design, emphasizing the watch protection against dust, moisture and shocks, although it was not hermetic in the strict sense of the term. The rectangular case is made up of two sliding covers enclosing the timepiece inside.

The product's success made that firms such as Cartier, Hermès, Tiffany, Van Cleef & Arpels, etc. were interested in it, hence the Ermetos sold with those brand names in the dial. Sometimes it bore the name of a given retailer too.

Among the historical figures known to have owned an Ermeto were Pope Pius XI, King Albert I of Belgium and his consort the Queen Elizabeth, King Edward VIII, Clara Bow, Andy Warhol, who owned at least six different models, and Prince Charles, whose watch was stolen from St. James Palace in 1994 and later returned to him.

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