Movado Museum Dial Watch Two Tone Quartz Ladies Swiss Made Vintage--needs battery, as is

Designer:

Movado — Museum Dial model

Era:

Late 1980s – 1990s (quartz period)

Model / Details:

• Museum dial (signature single dot at 12 o’clock ✔️)
• Marked “Movado Quartz” on dial
• Reference on back: 81.25.825 (approx. read)
• Swiss made
• Two-tone bracelet (steel + gold tone)
• Integrated bracelet with signed clasp (“M” logo)

👉 Classic ladies’ dress model — very recognizable design language

Condition (important for value):

• ❗ Dial spotting / degradation (this hurts value the most)
• Visible wear to gold-tone bezel (plating loss)
• Bracelet shows normal wear
• The marks are irregular, scattered speckling, not linear
• They appear under the crystal, not sitting on top
• There’s a kind of “cloudy pitting” / oxidation look, especially across the center and lower half
• It’s not consistent with simple surface scratches (which would be lines you can catch with a fingernail or see in one direction)

👉 Conclusion: This is dial degradation (aging/finish breakdown), not just scratches.