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They relocated to New York City in 1928 and finally settled in the Hudson Valley town of Croton, New York in 1963. The roots of the Croton Watch Company can be traced to the city of Crotone in southern Italy. This model features a Valjoux 7733 movement. This Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver includes: a chronograph, a tachymeter scale, a rotating bezel for diving, a second time zone on the bezel and a sailing regatta countdown. No two watches will turn tropical the exact same way. The enticing colors and organic textures seen here adds a distinct personality to any time piece- differentiating one watch from others of the same model. A tropical dial is a black face watch which has changed color over time due to the substances used inside the dial markers and/or inside the hands of the watch. In 2018, after years of dormancy and under the impetus of Guillaume Laidet, the brand made a spectacular comeback with two iconic models, the Antarctic and the Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver.​​All watch enthusiasts know that there is one thing no watchmaker can plan, predict, or intentionally replicate - the coveted “tropical dial”. 1963 saw the launch of the first Chronomaster, a dive chronograph rated to a depth of 200 meters (about 600 feet). The Swiss brand was known for the performance and reliability of its timekeepers, even under the most extreme conditions. The Chronomaster was one of Nivada Grenchen’s biggest successes until the late 1970s. In 1930, Nivada Grenchen became one of the first watch brands to manufacture automatic watches. In the United States, the Croton Company was the official distributor of all Nivada Grenchen watches, which explains why some timepieces bear the Croton signature. In 1976, his son Max took over the company. Nivada Grenchen watches have been part of the Swiss watchmaking landscape since 1926, when Jacob Schneider founded the brand in Granges, Switzerland (Grenchen in Swiss German). Water resistance: 10 ATM, about 100 meters / 300 ft.Bezel: Bidirectionally rotating aluminum bezel.Crystal: Double Domed Sapphire Glass with Anti-Reflective Coating.Functions: Hour, minute, second, date, chronograph, tachymeter.Seiko VK64 meca-quartz, assembled in Switzerland.Chronoking Aviator Sea Diver Chronoking Aviator Sea Diver Meca-Quartz Technical Specifications

Way at the beginning, quartz watches were incredibly prohibitive”. “Let’s also not forget that in 1969, when the Japanese invented the quartz movement, the first quartz watch cost as much as a small car. If quartz drives the watch, it’s still cogs and wheels that drive the chronograph. Guillaume has a point: a meca-quartz movement is still assembled by a watchmaker, and all services are made by a watchmaker too. And, yes, the fact that the movement is not entirely mechanical made it possible to achieve a truly affordable price,” explains Guillaume Laidet, proud to announce that the Chronoking will be available for €437.95 starting February 20th, 2023. It’s not a watch with a battery, there’s a watchmaking intent and design behind it. More than that, the meca-quartz movement brings together two watchmaking schools, combining the precision of quartz with traditional mechanics, the poetry of cogs in a way. The meca-quartz movement was the ideal solution to get the thinnest chronograph possible at an extremely competitive price. It shows in the thinness of the case, and in the fine price point.

The battery replaces the barrel, and the quartz replaces the balance. “I wanted to give all Nivada Grenchen lovers the opportunity to acquire an affordable chronograph that doesn’t look like a hockey puck on their wrist.