It in fact had an astonishing number of functions. ** Many thanks to Steve Gillman for letting me feature his watch on the blog.The Chronomaster model wasn’t just a chronograph. The watch on the bottom left is one of the first models from the early 1960’s, distinguishable by its broad-arrow style hands. Very similar in style and still powered by a Valjoux cal. The watch at the top of the picture is a Nivada Chronoking, which is rarer than the Chronomaster. While this watch was in for repair, I also had two other Nivada chronographs to service, which gave me a rare chance to take this group shot. Here is the watch after the service and cosmetic work, and fitting a new crystal. The hands were in poor shape though and needed to be completely repainted and re-lumed. These parts would have been hard to find, particularly the correct hands, but thankfully they were included in a zip-loc bag along with the watch. Obviously the watch was missing some parts, namely the crown and stem and the main hands. ![]() The movement was in good cosmetic shape and needed little more than a service. ![]() The movement inside the watch this time was one of the best found in Chronomasters, a Valjoux cal. I won’t miss another chance to include a link to this excellent post on the website Inventit Et Fecit too, which gives a comprehensive history on the model. The Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster is one of my favourite watches and I’ve written a couple of posts about them in the past, this one containing information about the company and the various Chronomaster models. Arriving in a sorry looking state, this Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster certainly needed a bit of TLC.
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