NIVADA Watches

Nivada is a Swiss watch company. It was founded in 1879 in the town of Grenchen, Switzerland.

HISTORY

Though founded in 1879, there is much confusion of who owns the actual rights to the brand name "Nivada". They display the line at the Swiss Basel Watch & Jewelry Fair every year.

In 1879, Nivada started as a small family business, but almost disappeared by the 1990s. During the late 90's Salinas Pliego and its company Grupo Salinas bought the brand from its original owners in Switzerland, the company was reborn and moved to Mexico in 2000. The brand focus now is to sell entry level watches. The brand has since grown to be one of the top watch manufacturers in Mexico and has become internationally recognized in recent years.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

ü  Rollamatic (also "Rollador") using Phenix 200 movements

ü   Reglavit, a water resistant watch with a unique external regulator screw

ü  Antarctic was a long-running series of watches initiated in 1958 in celebration of the International Geophysical Year, and using the ETA 2472 movement

ü   Depth master was a diving watch, water resistant to 1,000 M

ü   Depthomatic was another diving watch, water resistant to 200 M, and using the ETA 2472 movement

ü   Alertamatic was an alarm watch using the Lemania 2980 movement

ü   Ultramatic 36000 (1975) used the rare 36,000 A/h ETA 2734 movement