As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2006 Registration No. 333- =============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ___________ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ___________ MOVADO GROUP, INC. (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) NEW YORK 13-2595932 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) ___________ 650 FROM ROAD 07652 PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY (Zip Code) (Address of Principal Executive Office) MOVADO GROUP, INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES (Full title of the plan) __________________ TIMOTHY F. MICHNO GENERAL COUNSEL MOVADO GROUP, INC. 650 FROM ROAD PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY 07652 (Name and address of agent for service) (201) 267-8000 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) __________________ Copy to: LAWRENCE G. WEE, ESQ. PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON 1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, NY 10019-6064 (212) 373-3000 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE PER AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF REGISTERED REGISTERED SHARE PRICE REGISTRATION FEE ========================================================================================================= Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (1)........... 67,000 $23.43 (2) $1,569,810 (3) $184.77 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deferred Compensation Obligations(4).......... $14,000,000 100% $14,000,000 $1,647.80 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- (1) Represents Common Stock issuable under the Movado Group, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives. (2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee and calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c), based on the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock on September 18, 2006 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. (3) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. (4) The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Movado Group, Inc. to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Movado Group, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives. =============================================================================== EXPLANATORY NOTE Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the registrant, Movado Group, Inc. (the "Registrant"), is filing this registration statement with respect to the issuance of (i) an additional 67,000 shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") issuable under the Movado Group, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan For Executives (the "Plan") and (ii) an additional $14,000,000 of deferred compensation obligations (the "Deferred Compensation Obligations") which represent general unsecured obligations of the Company to pay certain compensation amounts in the future to participating employees in accordance with the terms of the Plan. On October 11, 1996, the Registrant filed a registration statement (the "Original Registration Statement") on Form S-8 (File No. 333- 13927) with respect to the issuance of the Common Stock and the Deferred Compensation Obligations under the Plan. The contents of the Original Registration Statement are hereby incorporated in this registration statement by reference. 1 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Movado Group, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Paramus, State of New Jersey on this 25th day of September, 2006. MOVADO GROUP, INC. By: /s/ Gedalio Grinberg ---------------------------------------- Name: Gedalio Grinberg Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Efraim Grinberg, Richard J. Cote and Timothy F. Michno, and each of them as his or her attorney, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such securities or such registration, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such substitute. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- /s/ Gedalio Grinberg Chairman of the Board of Directors ----------------------- Gedalio Grinberg /s/ Efraim Grinberg President and Chief Executive Officer -------------------------- Efraim Grinberg /s/ Richard J. Cote Executive Vice President and Chief -------------------------- Operating Officer Richard J. Cote /s/ Eugene J. Karpovich Senior Vice President and Chief Financial -------------------------- Officer Eugene J. Karpovich /s/ Margaret Hayes Adame Director -------------------------- Margaret Hayes Adame /s/ Donald Oresman Director -------------------------- Donald Oresman /s/ Leonard L. Silverstein Director -------------------------- Leonard L. Silverstein 2 SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- /s/ Alan H. Howard Director -------------------------- Alan H. Howard /s/ Nathan Leventhal Director -------------------------- Nathan Leventhal /s/ Richard D. Isserman Director -------------------------- Richard D. Isserman 3 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT SEQUENTIAL NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT PAGE NUMBER -------- ---------------------------------------------- ----------- 5 -- Opinion of Timothy F. Michno regarding legality of the securities being registered 23(a) -- Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 23(b) -- Consent of Timothy F. Michno (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5) 24 -- Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement) 4