Starting with a racing-dial design from Nivada’s archives, we made the primary dial surface a deep fog gray with a strong blue undertone. One might go so far as to say, it gave birth to the modern chronograph.
Though it’s been nearly 50 years since production ended, the Valjoux 72, and the watches that were based on it, still inspire and inform the chronographs of today. It’s easy to spot with its balanced three-register design featuring running seconds, elapsed minutes, and hours, as well as an asymmetric pusher layout (the start/stop pusher is closer to the crown than the reset). From various Rolex Daytona references, including the Paul Newman, to the Heuer Carrera 2447, to Universal Geneve Compaxes, and, of course, the Nivada Grenchen Chronoking, the Valjoux 72 helped make them so great.Ī manually wound caliber, the Valjoux 72 has a frequency of 18,000 bph and features a column wheel and lateral clutch. The most revered chronograph caliber of all time, from 1918 to 1974 it was used as the engine for what ended up being some of the most iconic timepieces of the 20th century. *Due to the sensitive nature of vintage watches, this watch should be treated as though not water resistant, even if marked as being so.Say “Valjoux 72” to a watch collector and you can watch their ears perk up and eyes get a bit wider. This Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver chronograph is delivered on a modern MOD NATO strap. Original Valjoux 23 column wheel chronograph movement is exceptionally clean, running well and keeping excellent time. White baton hour and minute hands, white subdial hands. CHRONOMASTER, AVIATOR, SEA DIVER printed in white at 6. This dial has not been retouched, repainted or refinished in any way. Original black bezel in excellent condition.įactory finished original black dial with white crest and logo. Original case facets have been preserved. This gents Nivada Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver is cased in stainless steel and measures 38mm excluding the original signed crown. The watch could be had with a selection of dial and hand combinations and housed various movements, namely the Landeron 210 and 248, the Venus 210, and the Valjoux 92 and 23. Nivada launched the Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver in 1963 in the thick of the sports chrono craze. Popular brands Breitling, Eterna, Fortis, movement manufacture ETA as well as the lesser known brand Nivada. Nestled at the foot of the Jura mountains, some of the more recognizable names in watchmaking call the small Swiss town of Grenchen home.
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