The Aviator Sea Diver covers all of these classic sport watch queues from this golden era of classic sports watch design. The classic large stainless steel 38mm stainless steel case with long and angled lugs and The case is outfitted with an aluminum minute/hour bi-directional bezel that is not only unique but useful. 7733 chronograph movement with a simple and no-nonsense dial that is beautifully executed and in flawless condition, featuring a vibrant red and blue 10-minute countdown on the left sub-dial. This Croton Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver ref. Nevada encompassed other modern wristwatch innovations as well, creating waterproof and “rustless” watches that would stand up to the rigors of the outdoor adventures they were creating a watch for. The 1960s and 1970s were what we now know as the golden era of sports watch design where the form of a watch needed to meet its intended function to support the adventures that the watch was created for. Nivada Grenchen or Croton in the States was founded in Grenchen, Switzerland in the 1920s by Jacob Schneider, Nivada Grenchen was actually one of the first watch brands to manufacture automatic watches. 1950 saw the release of the Antarctic, which, by virtue of its visit to the South Pole as part of Operation Deep Freeze a few years later. Nivada merged with the Croton Watch Company in New York.
Within the expansive world of vintage timepieces, there is no uncertainty that vintage tool watches hold a particular position within the minds of numerous collectors. While a well-maintained Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver with a Valjoux movement from the 1960s once retailed for around 1,000 USD.
The Chronomaster range of watches from Nivada Grenchen and Croton were produced at a time when adventures and exploration were at the forefront of what was happening in the world and within the pop culture of the 1960s.
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