Grenchen
Switzerland
THE RETURN OF THE GLORIOUS TIMES OF NIVADA GRENCHEN
The history of Nivada Grenchen dates back to 1926, the year Jacob Schneider founded the first watchmaking company in Grenchen. His son Max took over the company in 1976. At that time, Croton distributed all Nivada Grenchen watches in the United States. Therefore, the historic watches may bear the signature of either Nivada Grenchen or Croton, or both.
In 1930, Nivada Grenchen was one of the first companies to manufacture automatic watches. This led to the creation of Nivada Grenchen's first waterproof automatic watch, the legendary Antarctic, in 1950. The watch was worn by members of the U.S. Navy's Deep Freeze One during their expedition to the South Pole from 1955 to 1956.
Since then, Nivada Grenchen has been known for the robust and reliable performance of the Antarctic under extreme conditions.
