Nivada Grenchen is a Swiss watch brand known for its vintage-inspired designs and robust tool watches. The brand has a rich heritage dating back to 1926, offering timepieces that blend classic aesthetics with modern reliability.


Nivada Grenchen is a Swiss watch brand originally founded in 1926 in Grenchen, revived in recent years with a focus on restoring and reissuing its most important vintage references. The brand is best known for the Chronomaster diver — a professional dive watch from the 1960s worn by Arctic exploration teams and NASA personnel — and has gained strong collector momentum through thoughtful reissues that respect the originals' proportions and dial designs.
The Chronomaster Super Sub is Nivada Grenchen's flagship reissue — a recreation of their 1960s professional dive watch at 38mm with a domed sapphire crystal, Swiss automatic movement, and faithful recreation of the original 'pie pan' stepped dial. The Antarctic and related variants reference Nivada's 1960s expedition heritage. The brand has also reissued the F77, a historic cushion-case sports watch. All reissues are produced in Switzerland to specifications that would satisfy demanding vintage collectors.
Nivada Grenchen occupies the sweet spot of the vintage-inspired revival market: genuine heritage references with a compelling backstory, reissued at appropriate proportions (38mm) for collectors fatigued by oversized modern sports watches, at price points that represent extraordinary value relative to competitors. The brand's commitment to dial authenticity and correct case geometry — avoiding the common failure mode of vintage-inspired watches with modern oversizing — has earned it strong press and collector community support.

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