Updated Data Sheet for Date/Automatics

 

Updated Data Sheet for Automatics

 Update with black 'No Name' two register dial Chronograph.

Updated Data Sheet for Automatics

 

Updated Sheet for Chronographs

 

Updated Data Sheet for Chronographs

 

Updated Data Sheet for the Antarctic

 

The Road Rat - A Chronomaster Glimpsed?

Issue 11 of The Road Rat includes a feature on '50s/'60s U.S. racing driver, Walt Hansgen.  The article include the photograph of Walt seen below.  Author Colin Goodwin suggests that the watch Walt is wearing is a Tudor, but it looks to me like a Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver. Wonder if anyone here can confirm please?

Further Diver's Data Sheet Update - two Depthomatics

 

Updated Data Sheet for Divers

 

Some interesting detail points of dial difference between DBND013 and 012.  At the time of posting there are eight bids for 013, the highest being £700.

Updated Data Sheet for the Antarctic

 

Not seen one like this last addition - does anyone know anything about the model please?

Updated Diver Data Sheet

 A watch in pleasingly 'used' condition:

The vendors, Arthur Johnson & Sons, also provide an image of the movement:

Data Sheet for the Antarctic

Just noticed that I've neglected to establish, let alone update, a data sheet for the Antarctic model.

So here is a first version, including five examples where I have previously found an image but do not have to hand links to references which would provide text details of their specification/characteristics.  If anyone seeing this has any information - or knowledge of relevant sources - on any of these watches, I'd be very grateful to hear from them.

Diver's Update

 Updated Data Sheet:

Chronographs and Divers Updates

Updated data sheets:

Unusual Green Leonardo

As I continue to seek a third blue dial Leonardo - please offer if you have one you'd like to sell - I 've just seen this:

Unusual, in that I've not before seen one in green, and the automatic version is by far the most usually encountered.

Chronographs Update

Some new Chronographs featuring in 2019 auctions:

Recent Additions

Some recent additions to the data sheets:

Number	Variant	Date	Features	Acquired	Notes
DBA001	Nivada Visualmatic	60s (?)	21 Jewels, Waterproof, Power Reserve indicator	N	Lot 964 in Arthur Johnson, Nottingham, Antique & Later Collectables sale 8 Dec 2018. Sold for £40.

Number	Variant	Date	Features	Acquired	Notes
1386276 DBDD001	Nivada Atomik	40s/ 50s	Day-Date. 17 Jewels. Seconds sweep hand.  Date number hand. AS1290 manual wind movement. 17 jewels.	N	On eBay December 2018

Number	Variant	Date	Features	Acquired	Notes
67055 DBDA004	Nivada Antares Automatic	70s	Auto/Date. 17 Jewels. Case 40mm x 40mm	N	On eBay, December 2018,

Number	Variant	Date	Features	Acquired	Notes
85005 3385 DBNC0039	Chrono-master Aviator Sea Diver Valjoux 23	70s	Two register, 17J, manual wind.	N	On Facebook, November 2018

Antarctic Adventures

As mentioned previously, the Omega Forum is one of the best on the Internet - largely driven by the high quality of many of the contributors.  This quality was well encapsulated recently by a post linking the Nivada Antarctic model with Shackleton's polar explorations.  O.F. member speedbird illustrated his post with some photographs of his Nivada alongside two superb models he has made, for example:

speedbird's post opens a thread in which several other unusual and attractive Nivadas are seen - well worth a visit to:

Nivada Antarctic

Blues Again

Having just found my long lost macro lens, new pics of my two blue Da Vincis:

Divers' Data Sheet Update