This model was released in the early 1960s and is a true all-rounder. Born in the early 1960s, at a time when the sports and instrument watches were. The most important watch in the Nivada Grenchen collection is the Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver.
Hi, I have owned a nevada grenchin,Identical to the one you have just restored,a bithday present in 1966. 92) Pat townshend Says: February 28th, 2010 at 12:46 am. If there’s a single watch to remember from Nivada’s glorious days it has to be the Chronomaster. 4 Responses to Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster (Valjoux Cal. In fact, it comes as somewhat of a surprise that this Chronomaster model manages to. It cannot be denied that its new Super-Chronograph is rather interesting, and even quite revolutionary compared to the other offerings of the time. Retail prices range from about $2,000 to $2,000, depending on the strap or bracelet you choose and whether you pre-order it. If you want to know everything about the vintage Nivada Chronomaster, the authors of Moonwatch Only published an in-depth book named Chronomaster Only. NIVADA, which had been already exposed to this type of initiative in the 1950s, came up with a suitable response. These are the kind of watches that are cool because they were designed with function first and foremost in mind. The watch will be offered in the company’s wide range of straps and bracelets starting in October. The Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver (a mouthful of a name if ever there was one) is a watch that was originally designed for a new age of adventure and the modern adventurer who would embark on them. The 2022 Nivada Grenchen Datomaster is displayed above wearing a bracelet with beads made of rice. The Chronomaster has a unique, alternative appeal while yet being firmly vintage in design with to features like a two-register dial, attached indices, baton-shaped hands, orange accents on the chronograph seconds hand and minute counter, and the namesake date window at 12 o’clock. This example is from the early to mid 60’s, and is the first generation style with the large arrow hands and was made from 1963 to about 1970 when they switched over to the classic 70’s stick hands. Valjoux 23, an affordable vintage and a great poor mans Heuer.
The Datomaster will be offered in three eye-catching dial variations (black/white, white/black, and light gray/white), and it will have a 39 mm (46 mm lug-to-lug) stainless steel case with a slightly domed sapphire crystal, a thickness of 13.75 mm for the solid caseback version, and 13.95 mm for the sapphire caseback. 1964 Nivada Grenchen Aviator Sea Diver Chronomaster, movement cal. It in fact had an astonishing number of functions. After Nivada Grenchen’s resurrection of the Chronomaster in 2020, the Swiss watchmaker has another retro chronograph in the works.Īnother vintage chronograph is in the works from Swiss watchmaker Nivada Grenchen after the Chronomaster’s revival in 2020.įans of Nivada Grenchen have a second vintage-style chronograph to choose from with the Datomaster, which was released after the Chronomaster. The Chronomaster model wasn’t just a chronograph.