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Originally Posted by Iron Chef
OK...sorry for the delay...here’s a follow up. It’s an SE Chronograph made in around 2011. It has what Movado calls a Swiss automatic chronograph movement and has a sapphire crystal.
http://www.watchalyzer.com/movado-wa...nograph-watch/
The features that no longer works is the date doesn’t advance automatically when the watch passes midnight. For that matter, the date advance mechanism on the crown has always been a little flaky. Otherwise it works great. What I meant to say...poorly...that the watch winds by wrist movement. This is not a battery change. I've had it for almost 10 years and it needs to be opened up, cleaned, the date advance repaired, maybe polished.
I may have paid less than $2K...I really don’t remember. NOX: Should I look around for a good watchmaker and see what they want to repair? Otherwise your advice is well heeded. Millenium Vette you’re right: It was a good memory of a good time, but at some point I’ve got to say GEEEEZUS that’s a lot of money! 
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I’m going to say you have a Valjoux 7750 movement. A watchmaker worth his salt can certainly service them. The number one cause of date advance issues on a Valjoux 7750 is trying to set the date around the midnight hour. You should NEVER attempt to set the date around midnight. As a rule, I always set my date with the hands showing the 6 o’clock hour. It’s not a complicated fix, and with a CLA, it should not cost more than $250 to $300 to fix. At least, that’s what my watchmaker would probably charge me.
Get the watch back and have some local watchmaker fix it. That would be my recommendation.