Nivada Grenchen*** Chronomaster*** 1960s
NIVADA GRENCHEN, Vintage Chronomaster Aviator Broad Arrow hands, Valjoux 92, 1960s
Serial # Inside 345XXXX / Case back 99XX/88XX
Circa: 1960s
DIAL: Original black dial with luminous hour markers and tachymeter on the periphery. Black subdials, subsidiary seconds at 9 o’clock and chronograph 30-min counter at 3 o’clock with red 5-minute countdown sector. Broad arrow hands in silver with dagger counter hands and straight seconds hand
MOVEMENT: Valjoux 92, hand-wound mechanical column-wheel chronograph movement, 17 jewels
CASE: 38mm, Mint condition thick stainless steel case, black bi-directional 60-minute bezel. Screw-down case back
STRAP: Leather strap with steel buckle
CONDITION REPORT: Excellent and all original condition. The hands and dial markers have naturally aged with a nice patina and the bezel has faded to a charcoal grey color.
NOTES: Nivada Grenchen is a Swiss watch company founded in 1879 in the town of Grenchen, Switzerland. Grenchen is the same town where several watch manufacturers were also established, including Breitling SA, ETA SA, Fortis, Eterna SA and Titoni Ltd. Very little information is available on these ultra-rare timepieces, which also makes them highly collectible.
One can also find in this earlier Chronomaster the prestigious movement: the Valjoux 23 (and subsequent 92), an icon in the history of the Swiss column-wheel chronograph movements from the mid twentieth century that was used by brands like Jaeger and Rolex for its robustness.
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