{"product_id":"croton-nivada-grenchen-aquamatic-as11843","title":"Croton Nivada Grenchen Aquamatic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverall Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent condition overall. The case shows light signs of wear. Dial and matching handset are excellent.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot every watch that matters wears a coronet or a Calatrava cross. Some earn their stripes quietly, through honest engineering, great proportions, and the kind of backstory that only deep collectors seem to know.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Croton Nivada Grenchen Aquamatic is exactly that sort of discovery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eDating to the 1950s, this example represents one of Nivada’s earliest robust automatic offerings — a model marketed boldly as “The World’s Most Carefree Watch.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAquamatic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was shorthand for the two things that mattered most in the post-war era: waterproof construction and automatic winding. Long before the Antarctic name would make its debut in 1954\/55, this was the foundation.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHoused in a classic mid-century 33mm stainless steel case with elegant lugs and acrylic crystal, it features a clean, legible dial signed CROTON \/ Nivada Grenchen \/ Aquamatic, a reminder of the brand’s dual-market history. (Founded in Grenchen in 1926, Nivada distributed stateside under the Croton name beginning in 1940.) Inside beats one of ETA’s first automatic calibers, a significant movement in the early evolution of self-winding Swiss watches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFitted to a stainless steel expandable bracelet and accompanied by its original inner and outer boxes plus hang tags, this is the kind of full-set survivor collectors dream about.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnderstated. Historically important. Effortlessly wearable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49312499499252,"sku":"40993002","price":1450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/8570\/2900\/files\/AS11843_40993002_CROTON_NOSAQUAMATIC-1.jpg?v=1788456682","url":"https:\/\/www.watchesofswitzerland.com\/products\/croton-nivada-grenchen-aquamatic-as11843","provider":"Watches of Switzerland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}