Croton Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver Chronograph - SOLD
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With the popularity explosion of vintage watches over the past couple years, watches once known as great values are starting to dry up and prices rise and quality examples get stuffed away in safes. One of the few great values still kicking around at affordable levels are the Nivada Grenchen and Croton Chronomaster Aviator Sea Divers. Croton, NV’s company name for the United States, launched the Chronomaster line in the 1960s and its popularity led the model to be produced into the late 1970s. With a modern 38mm size, manual wound chronograph movement, and clean well proportioned dial, it’s no wonder the Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver was popular in its time and still popular today.
Our example is powered by the Landeron 248 movement, leading to a unique experience in operating the chronograph, as the top pusher is used to start the chrono but the bottom pusher is used to both pause and reset the mechanism.
Take a look at the photos and our condition breakdown below.
Case: 38mm stainless steel case in very good vintage condition. The case shows surface wear throughout but does not have any major blemishes. The case appears unpolished and retains its original chamfers.
Bezel: 60 minute bidirectional timer bezel in good vintage condition with minor scratching and color fading as shown.
Dial/Hands: Original glossy black dial and handset in excellent condition as shown. The tritium in the hour plots and hands have faded to a great even creamy patina. The minutes subdial features a highlighted red countdown area for regatta timing, and the printing all shows a heavy serif with a cool vintage feel.
Caseback: Original solid caseback in good condition. It appears a previous owner tried to scratch out the serial number which is the only major wear to the back. All other engravings are present and crisp.
Crystal: Domed acrylic crystal in very good condition with only light wear.
Movement: Original Landeron 248 manual wind chronograph movement in excellent condition. Movement is extremely clean and all functions work as they should including the chronograph start, stop, and reset. The watch keeps very good time although the service history is unknown.
Bracelet/Strap: New black leather vintage style strap with SS buckle.
Accessories: None, sold as watch only.
Our example is powered by the Landeron 248 movement, leading to a unique experience in operating the chronograph, as the top pusher is used to start the chrono but the bottom pusher is used to both pause and reset the mechanism.
Take a look at the photos and our condition breakdown below.
Case: 38mm stainless steel case in very good vintage condition. The case shows surface wear throughout but does not have any major blemishes. The case appears unpolished and retains its original chamfers.
Bezel: 60 minute bidirectional timer bezel in good vintage condition with minor scratching and color fading as shown.
Dial/Hands: Original glossy black dial and handset in excellent condition as shown. The tritium in the hour plots and hands have faded to a great even creamy patina. The minutes subdial features a highlighted red countdown area for regatta timing, and the printing all shows a heavy serif with a cool vintage feel.
Caseback: Original solid caseback in good condition. It appears a previous owner tried to scratch out the serial number which is the only major wear to the back. All other engravings are present and crisp.
Crystal: Domed acrylic crystal in very good condition with only light wear.
Movement: Original Landeron 248 manual wind chronograph movement in excellent condition. Movement is extremely clean and all functions work as they should including the chronograph start, stop, and reset. The watch keeps very good time although the service history is unknown.
Bracelet/Strap: New black leather vintage style strap with SS buckle.
Accessories: None, sold as watch only.
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