The near-white toned contrast stitching acts as a wink toward those painted white hour and minute hands. We paired this Chronomaster with our Bedford Strap in Beige to complement the aged tritium on the handset and hour markers. We've been lucky enough to offer a few Chronomasters as of late in the HODINKEE Shop, and this combination of case, dial, and hands is among the best we've seen. The condition on this watch is truly mint. Add in the tachymeter scale on the periphery of the dial, the dueling 60-minute/12-hour markers on the rotating bezel, and the simple pump pushers, and you have all the ingredients of one of the most underrated sport watches out there.
This example is one we were drawn to immediately, with a splash of red on the minutes sub-dial that can operate as a five-minute countdown timer in a pinch. Furthermore, the simple "Nivada Grenchen" branding is one that's less commonly seen among Chronomasters as a whole. Its defining characteristics include completely lume filled baton shaped main hands, a painted red and "lollipop" style chronograph seconds hand, and a manually-wound Valjoux 23 movement ticking inside. Today's watch is considered to be rarer, hence more desirable, compared to your conventional Chronomaster. The Chronomaster was produced in a wide variety of case, dial, and movement executions throughout its production years. From there, the Croton Nivada Grenchen – sometimes branded on the dial as only Croton, other times signed by both names, and, as is seen here, uncommonly signed only by Nivada Grenchen – became an extremely popular do-it-all chronograph.Īlongside the Antarctic, the Chronomaster chronograph is the best known (and most sought after) watch to come from the Nivada stable. Due to slightly similar names, a battle played out in between Movado, already well established in the US at the time, and Nivada, resulting in Croton stepping in as the US distributor of Nivada-made watches. For much of its history, Nivada stuck to European markets until an expansion attempt into the American sector in the 1940s. Nivada (of) Grenchen dates back to 1879 in the small Swiss town of, well, Grenchen. Why This Watch Matters The red 'lollipop' seconds hand is just enough to take this Chronomaster to the next level.
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