Treasury Stock (Details Textual) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2015
Equity Class Of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program expiration date	Sep. 30, 2017
Stock repurchase program, number of shares repurchased		34,000	859,700
Stock repurchase program, total cost of shares repurchased		$ 943,000	$ 22,154,000
Stock repurchase program, average per share price of shares repurchased		$ 27.74	$ 25.77
Surrender of Shares by Employee
Equity Class Of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, number of shares repurchased		43,773	17,979
Maximum
Equity Class Of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, number of shares authorized	$ 50,000,000
Movado Group Foundation
Equity Class Of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, number of shares repurchased		15,000
Stock repurchase program, total cost of shares repurchased		$ 400,000
Stock repurchase program, average per share price of shares repurchased		$ 27.67