thank god for Instagram because that's the only reason this thing exists let's check it out
introducing the all-new Nivada Grenchen Antarctic spider sector re-issue and wow this is definitely
eye candy so an owner of the original shared his photo on Instagram with Nivada and Nivada shared
it to their fans and the response was massive and that's when they knew this watch had to be remade
and thank god for that because it's just a stunner look at the legs of the spider just absorbing
my studio light Nivada Grenchen is one of those zombie brands that have come back from the dead
and we enthusiasts are only going to benefit from originating in 1926 they were one of the first
watch manufacturers in the 30s to make automatic movements and in 1950s the Antarctic was born
and it was one of the first waterproof watches worn by the us navy on the deep freeze missions to
conquer the south pole so great history here and can you imagine a bright silver dial in whiteout
conditions in the snow legibility of course is a negative but you know what when you're looking
down at something gorgeous like this you want to spend a couple extra seconds to admire its
absolute beauty and in 1964 they did make the world's first diver with a built-in depth gauge
fantastic brand with great history and they're giving us a watch with personality and icy cold
chill to the dial just looking at this watch makes me shiver sapphire crystal with a beautiful dome
with a light hint of blue ar not overdone gives it that great distortion 316l stainless steel and
now in a bigger size the original was 35 mil this one let's do the dimensions we have 38 millimeters
in diameter a thickness of 11.4 including that sapphire no drilled lugs and a lug to lug of 44.9
fantastic modern vintage proportions and it's a great size for me I love 38 millimeter I'm
going to show you the watch on my six and a half inch wrist from a distance during the b-roll the
crown is 4.8 millimeters nice and proportional not oversized screw down giving the watch 100 meters
of water resistance and look at that unique case beautiful chamfer on the top of the lugs flat and
high polished it has it on all four lugs you know what that looks like to me spider's legs just like
on the dial those eight vertical applied indices mimicking spider's leg attached by that sector in
the middle what a gorgeous cohesive design the case is just so interesting we have immaculate
brushing on the sides of the case and a beautiful laser sharp high polished bevel on the bottom that
travels throughout the case for comfort on the wrist and the brushing is rounded out on the top
of the lugs right before that flat high contrast polished chamfered spider foot beautiful beautiful
execution I love it the bracelet is 20 down to 18 slight taper solid and length solid links screwed
links beads of rice excellent articulation ultra comfortable the end link just covers the gap on
that spider leg lug and it fills it out nicely I'm going to put it on this Nevada Grenchen
tropic strap so you guys can check it out there and you'll be able to see the lug hole better
because that end link is covering it up that's why it has such a unique style the clasp friction fit
high polish on the sides there's the Nivada logo you just lift and we do have a pressed clasp but
it's solid and no hot spots you do have four micro adjusts the case back is flat and simple with the
Nivada logo and some information it comes in at $975 USD, for a watch that's swiss made
with actual exploration historic pedigree um you know what that's a compelling price the star of
the show is definitely the minimalistic spider sector dial just works the cardinals are empty
there's no indices but we do have a date at 3 and the brand name Nivada Antarctic at nine you can
see tiny loom plots on the inside of the legs so there's only eight and a small strip in the middle
of the dauphine hand that are completely high polished just like the seconds hand
I will admit it was a little bit difficult to read but not that difficult we are watch enthusiasts
no one reads the time more than us in some situations it's gonna be impossible and in others
it's gonna be just as quick as any ordinary watch okay weight on the strap 76 grams on the bracelet
size for my wrist it was 115g so ultra lightweight and comfortable the movement for this watch
for the first time on the channel so prod p024 basically an eta 2824 clone so you're
still getting the swiss made high beat 28 vph 25 joules hack hand wine automatic about 38 to 40
hours of power reserve but look at these numbers 33, we're gonna ignore powerful amplitude at 300
little bit of error at 0.1, 14, 15, 15, 15, as the fourth and final round okay we're going to do 12
down now to see the positional variance how is it going to react on your wrist now the base eta
is regulated to plus 12 and minus 12. this one it's a little bit out of spec from the base eta
because we got plus 15 let's ignore the first number at plus 24. amplitude is still strong
275 the error about the same 0.2 all right so 9, 11, 11, and the fourth and final round nine
okay there is the loom shot there's basically no loom on the dial the hands you can see
them a little bit but they are faux patinaed so that's making matters much worse so I'm gonna say
terrible loom this watch is absolutely gorgeous it wears fantastic it has a beautiful unique case
great materials sapphire crystals swiss made wish they regulated the movement and I'm not gonna wish
for more loom it doesn't need it this watch is not about that and it's just about pure style vintage
flair and I love it and guys if you're still here please remember to subscribe and maybe watch
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