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: