"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"
"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 1960s.
It is a self-winding watch powered by an original Croton - Nivada Grenchen automatic movement, caliber ETA 2451, 17 jewels, sweep second-hand, 18,000 A/h, 42 hours power reserve, Swiss made.
It still has the beautiful original black dial featuring gold Arabic Numerals, gold luminous hour markers, gold minute track and luminous matching hands. The dial is also signed with the Croton Nivada Grenchen name and logo.
Cased in a 33.6mm round case and fancy lug design, all in 10K gold filled. It comes on a new-old-stock black Genuine Leather two-piece strap. The watch is also coming with an original Croton display box.
This watch is still in very 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 2457 E3TE 02490
Case Back Marks: CROTON Aquamatic 10K Gold Filled LI LS19937
Measurements (mm): Case 33.7 Case with Crown 34.8 Case Lug to Lug 37.4 Case Thickness 10.6 Lug Width 18 Band Width 18
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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