"Nivada is a Swiss watch company founded in the town of Grenchen, Switzerland. Nivada is a manufacturer of Swiss watches, their timepieces have been in the watchmaking industry since 1926... In the United States, Croton was formed in 1940 as a distributor for Nivada products, so many were sold under the 'Croton Nivada', 'Croton Nivada Grenchen', and simply 'Croton' names."
"The world's most carefree watch - The Croton Aquamatic"
"For the early 50s, the Aquamatic (Waterproof Automatic) was considered to be Nivada's most robust model. Nivada used this as the base model for the Antarctic series that was launched in 1954/55."
"Aquamatic - Waterproof and an Automatic movement"
Today, we have this interesting timepiece, it is a vintage Croton Nivada Grenchen Aquamatic automatic wristwatch dated from the 1950s.
It is a self-winding watch powered by an original Croton - Nivada Grenchen automatic movement, caliber ETA 1256, 17 jewels, sweep second-hand, 18,000 A/h, 42 hours power reserve, Swiss made.
Nivada was one of the first Swiss brands to offer automatic watches, ETA 1256 (Etarotor) is the first automatic movement from ETA.
It still has the original champagne dial (showing age and patina) featuring luminous Arabic Numerals, luminous dots and silver hour markers, bold minute track and luminous matching hands. The dial is also signed with the Croton Nivada Grenchen name/logo on top and Aquamatic on the bottom.
Cased in a 31mm round case and fancy lug design, base metal and stainless steel. It comes on a brand new brown genuine leather waterproof two-piece strap.
This watch is still in good condition! Runs very well and keep great time!
Thank you for looking! Please feel free to contact us with any questions or respectful offers.
Movement: Croton Nivada SA. Grenchen Seventeen 17 Jewels Unadjusted Swiss Cal. ETA 1256 E3SE C2306
Case Back Marks: Nivada S.A. Grenchen CROTON Base Metal Swiss Brev. N 189190 1878014
Measurements (mm): Case 31 Case with Crown 34.8 Case Lug to Lug 37.4 Case Thickness 10.6 Lug Width 16 Band Width 16
Vintage watches are traditionally smaller than today's watches. Men’s watches typically measure between 29-36mm wide (some larger, some smaller) excluding the crown. In the listing details we typically try to do our best to list all pertinent dimensions of a watch. If you don't see it, or we failed to do so, please reach out to us. Women’s watches from the 1900s-1970s were also much smaller than today's offerings. Please also feel free to ask any questions you have pertaining to size.
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The condition is pre-owned. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear but is fully operational and functions as intended. Please review the photos and feel free to ask any questions you may have.
It will be carefully packed.
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