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3 unusual facts about Nathan George Horwitt


Nathan George Horwitt

Movado started producing an unauthorized version starting in 1948, copying Horwitt's design.

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Horwitt was rumored to have made his farm in Stockbridge, Massachusetts available for training exercises for the Jewish underground force, the Irgun, between 1945 and 1948.

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He is most renowned for his Museum watch created for the Swiss watch company Movado, which featured a black dial with a single gold circle situated at 12 o'clock.



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