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Guides, calibres and stories from Grenchen since 1926.
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Dive watches
What makes a dive watch, how to use the bezel, the Nivada Grenchen divers of the 1960s, and today's Depthmaster, Aquamar and Antarctic Diver.
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Dive watches
The Nivada Grenchen dive watches for 2026: the 38 mm Aquamar, water resistant to 200 m, and the 39 mm Depthmaster, ra...
Buying guides
A meteorite watch has a dial cut from a real iron meteorite, so every dial is unique. What to check before buying, an...
Movements
Nivada Grenchen uses three VK meca-quartz calibres: VK63 in the Chronoking, VK64 in the F77 Chrono Mecaquartz and VK6...
Chronographs
A reverse panda has a black dial with white sub-dials, a panda the opposite. The Nivada Grenchen panda chronographs c...
Buying guides
Founded in 1926 in Grenchen, Nivada Grenchen makes the Antarctic, the Chronomaster and the Depthmaster. What is insid...
Dive watches
How to read the size of a dive watch, and how the 38 mm Antarctic Diver and Aquamar compare with the 39 mm Depthmaste...
Movements
A meca-quartz chronograph combines the precision of quartz with the mechanical feel of a traditional chronograph. How...
Heritage
The Nivada Grenchen Antarctic, from Operation Deep Freeze I to today's Antarctic, Super Antarctic, Spider, Glacier, G...
Chronographs
The Chronoking Racing: a 38 mm VK63 meca-quartz chronograph with interchangeable bezels, in black, blue, grey, green ...
Heritage
Nivada Grenchen from 1926 to its centenary: the Aquamatic, the Antarctic and Operation Deep Freeze, the Chronomaster,...
Dive watches
What collectors look for in a vintage Swiss dive watch, what to check before buying, the Nivada Grenchen divers of th...
Chronographs
From the 1961 Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver to today's 38 mm and 41 mm models: the story of Nivada Grenchen's chrono...
Heritage
Three ways to own a vintage Swiss watch: an original, a restored Valjoux or new old stock movement in a new case, or ...
Buying guides
What Swiss Made means, what to check before buying a Swiss watch, and how the Antarctic, Chronomaster, Depthmaster an...
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