The Panda Valjoux, a Valjoux 23 panda chronograph limited to 25 pieces
The Panda Valjoux is a 38 mm stainless steel chronograph with a matte white dial, black sub-dials and a restored vintage Valjoux 23 VZ hand-wound movement. Released in 2022 as a limited edition of 25 pieces, it now has its place in the Retrospective of our limited editions.
This “Singer” Chronomaster Panda re-edition stays close to the original from 1966: a matte white dial with black sub-dials, square painted luminous indexes and the vintage “N” Nivada logo. The fixed black aluminium bezel frames the dial.
Learn more about this layout in our guide to panda and reverse panda chronographs.
The Valjoux 23 is a hand-wound, column-wheel chronograph calibre whose production spanned 58 years, from 1916 to 1974. Nivada Grenchen uses new old stock movements that are fully reconditioned and tested, so you get the character of a vintage chronograph without the usual maintenance worries.
It is the same family of movement as the 1966 original. Discover our Valjoux 23 chronographs.
Case
38 mm (39 mm with bezel), 316 stainless steel, polished and brushed, 13.75 mm thick, 46.5 mm lug to lug
Glass
Domed sapphire crystal
Dial
Matte white panda dial, black sub-dials, square painted luminous indexes, vintage N logo
Movement
Valjoux 23 VZ, hand-wound, restored
Bezel
Fixed black aluminium
Water resistance
100 m / 10 ATM
Strap
Racing strap, 20 mm, steel pin buckle
The case is 316 stainless steel, polished and brushed, 38 mm without the bezel (39 mm with it), 13.75 mm thick and 46.5 mm from lug to lug, with 20 mm lugs. A domed sapphire crystal covers the dial, and the watch is water resistant to 10 ATM, or 100 m.
The signed push-pull crown and the two pushers control the chronograph.
FAQs
A panda dial is a chronograph dial with a light main dial and dark sub-dials, which recall the markings of a panda. A reverse panda swaps the colours: a dark dial with light sub-dials.
A chronograph is a watch with a built-in stopwatch: pushers start, stop and reset a timing hand, while the main hands keep showing the time.
Hold the watch and turn the crown gently clockwise until you feel it resist, without forcing it past that point. Winding it at the same time each day keeps a hand-wound chronograph like the Valjoux 23 running.
