The Chronoking Mecaquartz ships at the beginning of February 2025
The revitalized Nivada Grenchen has made a splash with creative and startlingly accurate reissues of its famous Chronomaster, Chronoking, Depthmaster, and Antarctic collections. Now, combining their Chronoking line with an early 1960s watch called the COLORAMA VI, Nivada has brought interchangeable bezels to the brand’s iconic chronograph formula.
The new Chronoking Mecaquartz Interchangeable Bezel still features a 38mm stainless steel case with no crown guards that is water resistant to 100m. Its richly textured matte black dial is accented with fierce shades of yellow and orange on its markers and hands with a rally-style minute track oozing vintage racing charm. The new interchangeable bezel system allows for near-instant swaps between the five tachymeter and five GMT bezel variants, all of which are made secure by a unique four-ball locking system and feature unique sixties-themed colors. The Chronoking Mecaquartz is paired with a grand prix-ready black leather racing strap.
The Chronoking Mecaquartz is powered by the Time Module VK63A, a Seiko-designed and built hybrid mecaquartz caliber featuring a mechanical chronograph with running seconds, elapsed minutes up to an hour, and twenty-four hour time. The Japanese-made movement features the aforementioned chronograph complication, hacking, accuracy up to plus or minus 20 seconds a month, and a battery life of approximately 3 years.
- Case: Stainless Steel
- Dial: Textured Matte Black
- Movement: Time Module VK63A
- Complications: Chronograph
- Winding: Mecaquartz
- Lens: Double Domed Sapphire
- Strap: Black Leather Racing
- Water Res.: 100m
- Diameter: 38mm
- Length: 46.5
- Thickness: 13.4mm
- Lug Width: 20mm
- Swiss-Made
- Warranty: Two Years
- Case: Stainless Steel
- Dial: Textured Matte Black
- Movement: Time Module VK63A
- Complications: Chronograph
- Winding: Mecaquartz
- Lens: Double Domed Sapphire
- Strap: Black Leather Racing
- Water Res.: 100m
- Diameter: 38mm
- Length: 46.5
- Thickness: 13.4mm
- Lug Width: 20mm
- Swiss-Made
- Warranty: Two Years
Nivada Grenchen timepieces have been in the watchmaking industry since 1926, the year when Jacob Schneider first created it in Granges (Grenchen). In 1976, his son Max took over the business. In the United States of America (USA), the Croton Company distributed all Nivada Grenchen watches. The timepieces can have either the Nivada Grenchen or Croton signature, or both.
In 1930, Nivada Grenchen was one of the first companies to manufacture automatic watches. This led to the creation of Nivada Grenchen’s first waterproof automatic watch called the Antarctic in 1950. The watch was worn by the members of the American Navy’s Deep Freeze 1 during their expedition to the South Pole from 1955 to 1956.
