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Nivada Antarctic Chronometer: Forgotten Importance

April 26, 2018 By Stephen 3 Comments

Today I’m returning to one of my favorite watches for “Watch A Day”. This Nivada Antarctic was created to commemorate the company’s accomplishments in exploration, part of the International Geophysical Year, 1957. It’s tiny by modern standards but has a wonderful look to it.

Filed Under: Collection, Watch A Day Tagged With: chronometer, ETA, ETA 2472, International Geophysical Year, Nivada, Nivada Antarctic, Nivada Grenchen

The Curious Case of the Column Wheel Valjoux 7750 Variants

February 8, 2015 By Stephen 3 Comments

I first discovered the world of column wheel 7750 variants while looking at a Longines Heritage Chronograph. The movement looked vaguely familiar to me, yet I couldn’t place it. A bit of research revealed it to be something really special: A column wheel variant of the Valjoux 7753 built by ETA for their Valgranges line. Then I stumbled on the fact that Omega also got a version of this ETA Valgranges A08.L01 movement with a Co-Axial escapement.

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: Alfred Rochat, Chronoswiss, Chronoswiss C.732, ETA, Graham, Graham G 1742, Hublot, Hublot HUB 44, La Joux-Perret, Longines, Longines L688, Longines L788, Omega, Omega 3330, Panerai, Panerai OP XVIII, Valgranges, Valgranges A08.L01, Valjoux, Valjoux 7750, Valjoux 7753

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