1950s Croton Antarctic Nivada Grenchen

The Vintage watch collection at Clark Street Mercantile is curated by Montreal-based collector & watch expert Tarik Khan. Each vintage watch is inspected and in good working order.

This is a cool one...In the late 50s, a group of about forty countries came together to declare the International Geophysical Year (IGY). It was a scientific collaborative effort to, amongst other endeavours, explore the Earth’s poles. Admiral Byrd and the US Navy went to the Antarctic under the name Operation Deep Freeze, and Nivada created the waterproof and anti-magnetic Antarctic model to go with them. They used this in all their advertising at the time, and were quite successful. Nivada ended up having trouble with Movado regarding their name, and were forced to change it to Nivada Grenchen. Note: original strap (available, not shown), box and papers are included with this watch.

Maker: Nivada Grenchen
Model: Croton Antarctica
Reference:
Year of Production: 1950-60
Case dimensions: 34mm
Movement: Automatic
Caliber: ETA1256
Power reserve: n/a
Bracelet/Strap: Leather (optional white rubber)
Lug Width: 18mm
Original Box/Papers: Yes

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