The Nivada Depthmaster Orange Restricted with NOS dial and motion

The basic model of the Nivada Grenchen Depthmaster – which we examined right here – is a visually devoted re-edition of a classic diving watch and combines the attraction of an previous watch with the usability of a contemporary watch geared up with fashionable supplies reminiscent of sapphire crystal. And to be honest, this can be a excellent package deal for many watch lovers. However what if you’d like one thing much more devoted, much more particular? Look no additional as a result of this Nivada Grenchen Depthmaster Orange Restricted Version encompasses a new dial and motion from the unique interval.

Since his return, the workforce behind Nivada Grenchen has accomplished an amazing job bringing again to life among the most superb watches of the model’s previous, such because the Antarctic Spider, the Tremendous Antarctic or the model’s most well-known mannequin, the Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver. All of them used a easy however extraordinarily environment friendly recipe: classic design, devoted proportions, fashionable mechanics and up to date supplies. For a lot of, the most effective of each worlds. And along with all of those fashions, Nivada additionally introduced again its highly effective Nineteen Sixties dive watch, the Depthmaster, together with the quirky-cool Pac-Man model and the extra basic model with outsized Arabic numerals.

The Depthmaster was launched in 1965 as a strong diving watch that might stand up to pressures of 100 ATM or 1,000 meters (fairly spectacular on the time and a report for the business till Rolex launched its Sea-Dweller two years later). A couple of years in the past, as a part of its technique to convey again classic watches, Nivada launched the brand new Depthmaster, whose design is extraordinarily devoted to the unique and whose specs correspond to the unique watch. In any other case, all the pieces else on this mannequin was in fact fashionable, with sapphire crystal over the dial, Tremendous-LumiNova on the indexes and palms and a Sellita SW 200-1 contained in the case. There’s nothing mistaken with that; This made the watch look cool, usable with out having to consider it, and most significantly, stay pretty reasonably priced.

However at present’s launch is a bit more particular, to say the least. Whereas an orange dial (newly produced) is included within the common assortment, a really small quantity of watches with authentic classic dials and traditionally related ETA actions are additionally provided. And that is fairly cool! Referred to as the Depthmaster Orange Restricted Version NOS (for New Outdated Inventory), solely 10 examples of this model can be made, which is comprehensible contemplating how troublesome it’s to supply classic elements in good situation.

At first look, there are not any main modifications in comparison with the basic, non-limited fashions. In reality, the case options the identical fashionable building. At 39mm in diameter and 13mm thick, it is barely bigger than the unique watch from the Nineteen Sixties and stays fairly compact for a strong diver’s watch with 1,000m water resistance and a helium valve (at 9 o’clock). The dial is protected by a domed sapphire crystal, the crown is screwed and the caseback is a thick, screwed piece of metal.

What counts with this Depthmaster Orange Restricted Version NOS is the dial. Just lately, by a stroke of luck akin to unearthing a hidden treasure, Guillaume Laidet, CEO of Nivada Grenchen, got here throughout a batch of 10 classic Nivada Grenchen dials, astonishingly pristine and untouched – and to make it even higher, we’re speaking of shiny orange dials, thought-about one of the vital sought-after classic editions. These nonetheless function the unique tritium-coated hour markers and – a pleasant contact for classic watch lovers – the “T SWISS MADE T” lettering at 6 o’clock. The palms, however, are fashionable with cream-colored Tremendous-LumiNova.

There’s one other shock inside this LE. As a substitute of a contemporary Sellita motion, Nivada rigorously sourced previous inventory ETA 2472 actions, the identical motion used within the authentic Depthmaster. Manufactured between the mid-Fifties and mid-Seventies, the motion beats at a sluggish 18,000 vibrations per hour (frequency 2.5 Hz) and presents an influence reserve of roughly 42 hours.

The Nivada Grenchen Depthmaster Orange Restricted Version NOS is a really restricted version of 10 items and is offered with a number of bracelets and metal bracelets. It’s accessible to order now on the model’s web site $2,890 (A replica of the Depthmaster e book is included). For extra data, go to nivadagrenchenofficial.com.