Movado Calendoplan Chronograph Watch (3650007)

Cream dial, navy sub-dials, a thin blue seconds hand running across the middle. The colour choices are the whole story here: three quiet tones and no black anywhere on the face. Case and Wrist Presence Round gold-tone case, narrow polished bezel, lugs that turn down and taper into the strap. Two cylindrical pushers straddle a fluted crown on the right. Because the dial is pale and fills almost the entire front, the case reads as a thin ring of gold around it rather than as a heavy frame – a lighter look than the same watch gets with a dark dial. Dial and Legibility Warm cream with applied gold-tone markers, a broad triangle at twelve and tapered batons at the other hours, and a fine printed minute track. MOVADO is printed in black above centre with calendoplan in blue italic below it. The two chronograph registers are deep navy with white printing – one at three graduated to sixty, one at six running to thirty – and the dark discs act as anchors on a pale field. The weekday arc curves from SUN to SAT on the left with a slim pointer over it. The date is in a framed window at four thirty. The blue chronograph seconds hand is the detail that makes the running seconds instantly distinguishable from the hour and minute hands. Movement and Functions Upper pusher to start and stop, lower pusher to return to zero. Elapsed minutes accumulate in the sub-registers while the blue hand sweeps the main dial. The day pointer and date are corrected from the crown. Nothing about the operation needs explaining, which is the point of a two-pusher chronograph laid out this plainly. Strap and Fit Dark brown leather with a smooth grain and tonal stitching, padded through the centre and tapered to a pin buckle. Brown against a cream dial keeps the whole watch warm; it also hides marks better than the black version does. Expect it to soften and darken slightly over the first month. Who This Watch Suits Someone who finds most chronographs too stark. The cream and navy combination is quieter than white-and-black without giving up any of the legibility. Care and Maintenance Do not press the pushers underwater or when the case is wet. Clean the gold-tone case with a dry cloth only – no polish, no abrasives, no chlorinated water. Keep the strap out of water. Have the battery replaced by a watchmaker so the caseback gasket is reseated at the same time. About the Brand Movado’s Calendoplan line takes its name from the calendar display, and the weekday arc is the feature that distinguishes it. Reading the day off a curve shows you the shape of the week rather than a single abbreviation. Technical Specifications Attribute Specification Brand Movado Collection Calendoplan Reference 3650007 Case shape Round Case Gold-tone Dial Cream Markers Applied gold-tone indices Registers Two navy chronograph registers Calendar Day-of-week arc, date at four Strap Dark brown leather Warranty 24 months Buying With Confidence Movement cover runs for 24 months under the international manufacturer warranty, with the battery and ordinary wear excluded. Every watch leaves us new and unworn, boxed with the manufacturer’s paperwork, and goes out by tracked courier anywhere in the country. An unworn watch in its original packaging can be returned under the Consumer Protection Act.