{"product_id":"nivada-grenchen-depthomatic-as10920","title":"Nivada Grenchen Depthomatic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA complication is anything that your watch does other than tell you the time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSounds simple enough, right? A date window is a complication; a chronograph is a complication; a moon phase is a complication. These are all relatively commonplace, of course — even the highly, ahem, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ecomplicated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e perpetual calendar mechanism is well known to collectors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBut what about an analog depth gauge — one that indicates the depth in meters or feet without the use of electronics? Does such a thing even exist?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt sure does! Though highly uncommon today, in the 1950s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, several companies made them for the burgeoning SCUBA market. One such company was Nivada Grenchen, a company whose fortunes waned during the Quartz Crisis, but was revived in 2018 and continues to make beautiful watches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe particular Nivada Grenchen, a Depthomatic Reference 104, is an extremely rare analog depth gauge watch from circa the 1960s. Housed in a near perfectly sized 39mm stainless steel case with an acrylic crystal and a bidirectional acrylic dive timing bezel, it features a satin silver dial with ‘telephone’ tritium plots around black 'Arabic' indices, a matching ‘lollipop’ handset, and an outer depth gauge rehaut. The plastic crystal features a small notch that allows for water ingress, which, in turn, gives the depth rating on the dial. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAn innovative, wildly cool instrument made in a contemporary size and powered by an automatic ETA 2451 movement, the Depthomatic is truly a gem of a tool watch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003edare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e you to tell us it ain’t cool as hell!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nivada Grenchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42002922537047,"sku":"40992527","price":3750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS10920_40992527_NIVADAGRENCHEN_DEPTHOMATIC--6.jpg?v=1760313682","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/nivada-grenchen-depthomatic-as10920","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}