EXHIBIT 31.1
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                                CERTIFICATIONS

I, Efraim Grinberg, certify that:

1)   I have  reviewed  this  amendment  to the  annual  report on Form 10-K of
     Movado Group, Inc.;

2)   Based on my knowledge,  this report does not contain any untrue statement
     of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements  made,  in  light  of  the  circumstances   under  which  such
     statements  were made, not misleading  with respect to the period covered
     by this report;

3)   Based on my knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and other  financial
     information  included  in this  report,  fairly  present in all  material
     respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
     the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4)   The registrant's  other  certifying  officer(s) and I are responsible for
     establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls and  procedures  (as
     defined in Exchange  Act Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  and  internal
     control  over  financial  reporting  (as  defined in  Exchange  Act Rules
     13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

     a)    Designed such disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused such
           disclosure  controls  and  procedures  to  be  designed  under  our
           supervision,  to ensure that material  information  relating to the
           registrant,  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
           to us by others  within  those  entities,  particularly  during the
           period in which this report is being prepared;

     b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting,  or caused
           such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
           our  supervision,  to provide  reasonable  assurance  regarding the
           reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
           statements  for  external  purposes in  accordance  with  generally
           accepted accounting principles;

     c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
           and procedures and presented in this report our  conclusions  about
           the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,  as of
           the  end of the  period  covered  by  this  report  based  on  such
           evaluation; and

     d)    Disclosed  in this report any change in the  registrant's  internal
           control  over  financial   reporting   that  occurred   during  the
           registrant's  most recent fiscal quarter (the  registrant's  fourth
           fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
           affected,  or  is  reasonably  likely  to  materially  affect,  the
           registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5)   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,  based
     on  our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
     reporting,  to the  registrant's  auditors and the audit committee of the
     registrant's  board of directors (or persons  performing  the  equivalent
     functions):

     a)    All significant  deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
           or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
           reasonably  likely to adversely affect the registrant's  ability to
           record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

     b)    Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that  involves  management or
           other  employees  who have a significant  role in the  registrant's
           internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  May 3, 2006

                                          /s/ Efraim Grinberg
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                                          Efraim Grinberg
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer