With a remake, the challenge is to bring the watch into the 21st century without removing its signature features. Admittedly, the new edition is ahead of its ancestor in some design aspects.

At least, you can see that quite vividly when you operate the slider on the Swiss manufacturer’s homepage and compare old and new. The new Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver Manual 86012M is the spitting image of its predecessor. Nivada Grenchen packs all this into a rather compact format of just over 38 millimeters in diameter. In addition, the watch wears a classic stainless steel bracelet.

The Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver with the identifier 86012M stands out with its color combination of black dial, black bezel, stainless steel and orange sporty accents. Among the latter is our test watch for today. Four have an automatic movement, six the traditional manual winding. Now the watch is back and available to customers in ten variants. In other words, a mechanical watch for all uses and occasions. Originally lifted out of the eaves in the ’60s, the Chronomaster was meant to integrate chronograph, diver’s watch and pilot’s watch into one timepiece to appeal to the masses. Meanwhile, the Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver has also returned a series that makes the hearts of watch lovers beat faster. In 2018, however, the manufacturer returned and has since reissued the iconic models from its heyday. The quartz crisis came and drove countless traditional brands to ruin. Nivada Grenchen shared a fate with the many other manufacturers of mechanical watches. Under this name, the watches were sold in the USA.

One or the other reader from the United States might still be familiar with the name Croton. Founded in Grenchen (Granges) in 1926, the Swiss brand was long considered tob e one of the first manufacturers of automatic watches. The name Nivada Grenchen had long disappeared from the scene. Will it succeed? Nivada Grenchen – a traditional brand returns With a Swiss movement including a manual winding, classic design and a bit of tradition, the Chronomaster should win back the hearts of watch lovers.

The Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver is back – and now it comes as a Manual 86012M version! Nivadas basic idea: Chronograph, diver and aviator in one watch.

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