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 extended 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.
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. Limited to 20 pieces, the Nivada Grenchen x Worn & Wound Chronomaster Valjoux 72 includes a steel “beads of rice” bracelet, a German-made rally strap in Horween Color 8 shell cordovan, and a numbered letterpress print of the Valjoux 72 movement by Springs + Gears.The Chronomaster range of watches from Nivada Grenchen and Croton were produced in 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. For the purists, however, an additional solid case-back is included. A column wheel chronograph with a frequency of 18,000 bph, 17-jewels, and 48-hour power reserve, the Valjoux 72 features a lateral clutch, and a 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).Īn incredibly complex array of gears, plates, levers, screws, springs, and jewels, in its day, it was rarely seen by anyone except for watchmakers as display backs did not exist. Through the open case back the restored Valjoux 72 movement is on full display. The timing hands are painted deep cherry red, while the chronograph hands are in bright, cyan blue. Black sub-dials with khaki indexes break up the surface, and large applied lume plots mark the hours, day or night. The primary dial surface is rendered in deep fog gray with a strong blue undertone, and a racing-style chrono-seconds index is printed in undulating khaki lines on a black outer ring with dark red breaks at 5-second marks. The Nivada Grenchen x Worn & Wound Chronomaster Valjoux 72 goes on sale 12pm ET 12.8.22 - Delivery begins in February 2023īased on Nivada’s classic 38mm (39mm at the bezel) x 46.5mm x 14mm Chronomaster case, the Worn & Wound Valjoux 72 limited edition features a black cherry aluminum bezel and a “racing-dial” layout from Nivada’s archives.
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