Does the movado watch have battery?

Hello, Charleen -

Take your watch to any nearby jewelry store. They should carry the right battery for your watch and install it as part of the battery purchase.

Best wishes.

Movado watches require repairs done by an authorized Movado dealer. Call your locally-owned high-end jeweler and they can send it off for you... or Google "Movado repair" for an online resource.
It's not cheap (just like the Movado watch!), so I guess you need to decide how important it is to you to have the second hand movement.

mcdevito75 here, You don"t really have to be an authorized Movado dealer or repair center to service Movado watches, specially if Movado doesn"t have a warrantee on that particular watch. Also you say the stem was hard to turn, sounds like this particular Movado watch mechanism was starting to fail. The long and short is, you replaced the battery, set the watch and all was well when the customer recieved the watch back also, a Quartz mechanism could give out at anytime, just as a light bulb can. Have the customer come back with the watch if possible, place a drop of oil on the stem, try a replacement battery. Always ley your customers know what you find, and get a history of the watch from the customer before work, Age of watch, how it"s worn and stored etc. this way your covering yourself for any watch liability. You can offer this customer the mentioned re- service or a refund just to keep the customer happy.

Try pulling the crown out and using the reset button to move hands beside the sweep arm. If this doesn't work then you may need to take it to a repair shop that can reset or AC the watch. With a movement as fine as Movado I wouldn't attempt this yourself. If you make a mistake the repair could cost more than the watch. Be sure that you have the watch resealed so it maintains its water resistance.

Yes there is a battery in the watch and can be replaced by removing the back of the watch...

mcdevito75 here, Movado a FINE watch, BEST BET, look for a small watch repair shop in your area to change the battery, Movado watches have a very good over all value and any damage can lessen that value, not to mention the jewelers screwdriver you"ll need to change that battery.

mcdevito75 here, Best Bet, look for a small watch repair shop imn your area to svae on cost, special tool available on ebay is needed since it's a Movado let the shop remove links to re size.

No, there isn't any buttons you are missing.
My first advie is to test battery for full power. If it is, then clean all contacts in battery hatch.
If it still do not work, the gear train can be jammed or the integrated circuit faulty and repairs can be undertaken by skilled watchmaker only.