2024 Nivada Chronoking “Paul Newman” Orange 38mm

Here we have a 2024 Nivada Chronoking “Paul Newman” Orange, a modern reinterpretation of their 1960s Chronoking 4324 and Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver chronographs. The dial is inspired by the 1960s Rolex Daytona reference 6239, famously worn by Paul Newman. Jean Singer in Switzerland made those distinctive tricompax dials as well as for Omega, Bucherer, Heuer and LeJour. Featuring a 38mm brushed and polished stainless steel case that curves over your wrist with tapered, flat-ended, drilled lugs, a bevelled edge flows along its flanks to a lug-to-lug length of 46.5mm and a case thickness of 13mm, ensuring a comfortable fit on your wrist. Taking its design cues from the legendary Chronoking of their past, they have added a pleasing modern contemporary flair. On the right side, we have polished piston-style chronograph pushers and a large, signed crown in the centre. A rotating no-click bezel features a black aluminium insert with a silver 60-minute scale, holding a double-domed sapphire crystal, in keeping with its vintage aesthetic, evoking the domed acrylic crystals of the past, above a matte black dial. An outer Tachymeter scale above the precisely executed bright orange minute track surrounds yellow baton indexes marking the hours, at 3 o’clock a 24-hour register, at 6 o’clock a continuous seconds register and finally at 9 o’clock a 60-minute register, each recessed and concentric circular patterned in cream, a nice contrast to the black and orange dial featuring the iconic Singer numeral font. Slender baton hands filled with yellow Super-LumiNova are complemented by a tapered orange chronograph hand. At noon, we have the Nivada Grenchen motif and “Chronoking” printed underneath, completing this vintage-inspired sports chronograph. On the reverse, a screw-down case back with the watch details around its edge and the Nivada Grenchen motif in the centre, inside MecaQuartz Seiko Cal. VK64A, this mechanical quartz hybrid has a tuning-fork-type quartz crystal; you get the same kind of mechanical resistance when you engage the pushers, and a satisfying snap-back of the chronograph seconds hand on reset. The watch comes paired with its 20mm leather rally-style strap with a signed pin buckle, and it includes its Nivada presentation box, swing tag, and paperwork.

This watch is sold with its original Nivada box, swing tag and paperwork. The watch comes paired with its 20mm leather rally-style strap with a signed pin buckle. The watch is from February 2024 and is sold in worn condition, but overall it is in very fair condition, as you can see from the photographs. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.

I have been fortunate to have purchased and sold many Nivada watches, from vintage to modern and all have been snapped up by passionate collectors. So this Chronoking, with strong inspiration from the legendary Paul Newman Daytona and other watches of that period, has been a clear winner, especially for the price. Do not hesitate to snap this one up and add it to your collection today!

Reference : 87034Q10
Movement : MecaQuartz Seiko Cal. VK64A
Age : February 2024
Year : 2024
Case Size : 38mm
Case Thickness : 13mm
Lug to Lug : 46.5mm
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box and Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
The wrist model's wrist size is 7inch

Nivada was founded in Grenchen, Switzerland, as early as 1879, but officially, 1926 appears to be its foundation, as in 1976, they celebrated their 50th anniversary. In 1939, Nivada built up a business deal with the New York-based Croton Watch Company to enable them to import and distribute Nivada watches within the US. This successful partnership would last for many years. Nivada Grenchen was imported and sold in the US under a number of different brand names, such as Croton Nivada, Croton Nivada Grenchen, and Croton. During the 1960s and 70s, they were not allowed to use their Nivada name in the USA due to its phonetically sounding similar to Movado, so they used Nivada Grenchen instead. In 2018, two watchmaking entrepreneurs, Guillaume Laidet and Remi Chabrat, decided to revive the Nivada brand with its original legacy, and in 2019, they obtained the licence to use the Nivada Grenchen copyright.