Vintage Croton Chronomaster

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erpin9

·Oct 11, 2017

Caught this minty 60s Croton Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver watch recently. Made by Nivada Gretchen, the company used the Croton brand for the American market.

The early models like mine had the large arrow hour hand and used the reliable Valjoux 23 movement.

The watch seems to be hardly used and the hour markers and hands have developed a nice creamy patina. The 38mm case is unpolished.












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JimJupiter

·Oct 11, 2017

Great one, I have a few chronomaster myself. I love the look and it’s the cheapest way to get 2915 look a like hands .
Have fun with her!

Here is my early v92 version:

Nico

 

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erpin9

·Oct 11, 2017

Thanks Nico. The hour hand really stands out.

 

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bovecHD

·Oct 11, 2017

Very sweet model and heck of a find. share more pics of back and movement when able.

 

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erpin9

·Oct 11, 2017

bovecHD

Very sweet model and heck of a find. share more pics of back and movement when able.

Other photos of the watch

 

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Noles_88

·Oct 11, 2017

Mine says hello.

 

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erpin9

·Oct 11, 2017

The white dial looks really nice. Thanks for sharing.

 

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kreyke

·Oct 11, 2017

Mine says hi as well. Sadly, my case has been polished a little.

Out of curiosity, are there different variants for the hands? OP’s hands look different. The lume area is larger.

 

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JimJupiter

·Oct 11, 2017

Great thread! Does someone knows that dial? Its the next Nivada I am restoring 😀

 

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kreyke

·Oct 11, 2017

JimJupiter

Great thread! Does someone knows that dial? Its the next Nivada I am restoring 😀

I’ve never seen that before. Looks really cool. Like the big eye version.

 

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JimJupiter

·Oct 11, 2017

It's kind of a yachting dial I would say. Here in detail (its another one, the one in best condition I have)

 

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kreyke

·Oct 11, 2017

Beautiful. How much do they usually go for? If you don’t mind sharing.

 

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JimJupiter

·Oct 11, 2017

I wrote you a pm, don’t wanna hijack that thread 😀

 

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Noles_88

·Oct 11, 2017

erpin9

The white dial looks really nice. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you. But sadly it has to leave soon.

 

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harrymai86

·Oct 11, 2017

OP hands look too big??

 

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TexOmega

·Oct 11, 2017

1st execution with val23 had mirrored, glossy, beveled subdial registers. I cannot tell from your pictures.

Nice find in any case, love the dial/hand/mov't combo on these.

 

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erpin9

·Oct 11, 2017

Yes mine has the glossy outer ring on the sub dials like yours.

 

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ConElPueblo

·Oct 12, 2017

harrymai86

OP hands look too big??

The hour hand (esp. the lumed area) looks somewhat different from the others in this thread, IMO. Perhaps a variation?

 

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kreyke

·Oct 12, 2017

ConElPueblo

The hour hand (esp. the lumed area) looks somewhat different from the others in this thread, IMO. Perhaps a variation?

I agree the hands are off. I’ve not been collecting long but I did do my research before buying one and I’ve never come across these hands before.

 

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trackpad

·Oct 12, 2017

I’ve always wanted one of these. Just in case my wife is reading this thread.

She is not.