Document and Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2015	Aug. 20, 2015
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Period End Date	Jul. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Trading Symbol	MOV
Entity Registrant Name	MOVADO GROUP INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000072573
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--01-31
Common Stock Class Undefined
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		16,554,358
Class A Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		6,644,105