Nivada Grenchen Chronoking Mechaquartz, Salmon

Description

Never have the 70s been so hip – the colors, the materials, the design… Vintage chronographs are surfing on the trend and have never been so popular. They’re bouncing back big time, much to the delight of collectors and those nostalgic not only for disco.

For this reissue, Nivada Grenchen worked on a new version of its fabled Chronomaster, inspired by a vintage Chronoking dial straight out of those wild and wonderful seventies. Originally sporting «Singer Newman»-style sub-dials, it was on a tonneau case housing a Valjoux 72 movement and behind this very special dial, a very special name: Jean Singer, a leading dial maker based in La Chaux-de-Fonds and highly regarded for producing some of the most iconic and collectible exotic dials the watchmaking world ever had and has to offer. Dials such as the striking Speedmaster Racing, the punchy Heuer Skipper or Universal’s intensely blue Nina were all made by the one and only Jean Singer.

This new version of the Nivada Chronoking is flamboyantly 70s, setting all the codes of this global success on fire. Tan sub-dials – with the telltale art deco-style “Newman” typography – that light up the salmon dial, the minute track a white gradient; the combination creates an unusual sense of depth.

The Nivada Chronoking, houses the tried and trusted TMI VK63A mecaquartz movement. Press the stopwatch pusher and watch the chronograph hand sweep over the dial with that same smoothness we love in a mechanical watch. The mecaquartz movement combines the precision of quartz with the feel of a self-winding mechanical movement, the best of old-school and avant-garde. The quartz module keeps the time, while the mechanical assembly keeps the chronograph running smoothly. That’s why they are often referred to as hybrid movements.

Nivada Grenchen Chronoking Mechaquartz, Salmon Details:

TMI calibre VK63 mecaquartz
salmon sunburst dial with applied index markers
cream SuperLuminova on hands and markers
316L stainless steel case
press down crown
screw in caseback
double domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
water resistant to 100 metres

case diameter: 38mm
case thickness: 12.95mm
lug width: 20mm