The must-have Macro Loupe for all watch lovers

I love this little watch with its Art Deco indexes, which light up differently depending on the light.
Small at 35mm in diameter, but with a lot of presence on the wrist, it's definitely worth avoiding for those with larger wrists.
If you look closely at the lugs, they're not at all classic, but rather original.
I also like to know that the medallion on the case back is gold.
Okay, let's not get carried away, it must be plated.
The leather strap is simply magnificently comfortable and of high quality, and the pin buckle is well crafted. The only downside is the second hand, which is too dark for my taste.

a not so cold watch....

I don't like Roman numerals, I'm not very sporty chic, I'm more of a dateless type. But I often walked past the shop windows in front of this watch with a blah, but I still had to look at it.
then one day for my birthday, at the insistence of a saleswoman I put it on my wrist.
And there! I go from a blah in the shop window to a Whouaaa on my wrist.
a beautiful finesse for this sporty chic, my gaze drowned in this dial of a deep sunny blue, on these small wavelets. Applied indexes with these two Roman numerals which finally bring a very beautiful balance to this dial.
that day, I tried after, all the watches which caught my eye and I had only one thing in my head, this Riviera.

the unexpected

a brand not so old, well-known references, and others much less, like this miros, of a crazy elegance.
despite its 39 mm, it imposes itself on the wrist, its square shape is not foreign to the case and let's talk about its thickness .......... very thin with its 8mm which participates in its affiliation of dress watches.
I associate the aesthetics of this watch with Art Deco, which I particularly like, and this original case back with these small windows which give a glimpse of the manual winding movement.
very pleasant to wear, it will go under all the shirts see more if affinity.
my only downside, I will have to clean the indexes which suffered a small problem of reaction to I don't know what, but nothing dramatic according to my watchmaker.



Art Deco

The hermetic, new release from Baltic, still Retro inspiration, but as always, they do it well.
Released in four colors, I hesitated for a long time and finally you know which one I chose.
I really like this polished rim under the indexes, it is thin and brings reflections of light to this pretty green background. The indexes have a crazy luminescence. Nice syringe hands and lollipop minutes, it checks a lot of boxes.
I chose a flat link bracelet that totally changes its look.
She wants to be adventurous? What better way to put her in a situation with her pleasant FKM tropic.
She did her job, I validate even if I am not a big fan of her marketing.
A fine watch that goes everywhere, I love it.


Baltic Jungle

As sleek as a Le Mans car, this little Rallygraf that doesn't look like any other Rallygraf from Yema, literally won me over.
It completely breathes the 80s, it smells of car racing, hot oil, the heat of the engines, the smell of rubber.
It also reminds me of my childhood with the famous rally cars of Group B.
This superb collaboration with Alpine went unnoticed, should equip part of the staff and mechanics of the endurance team of the 24 hours of Le Mans.
Speaking of racing, the white flange of the watch makes me think of a race track, I know, I'm going a bit far, I admit it.
A 39mm case with a thickness of 11.85mm will easily fit on all wrists, and a water resistance of 100 m, where we would leave the track to end up in a lake.
There would still be a lot to say about this watch but I'll leave you with the photos to talk about the rest.

24 hours of time

I always wanted a Longines, falling in love with several models but never enough to take the plunge. And yet, there it was, out of the catalog, well hidden. This superb elegant watch, almost simple in appearance before getting closer to see a whole bunch of subtleties. Beautiful Alpha or Dauphine hands for some, faceted and striated indexes, the silver color of the dial very very slightly iridescent depending on the light, a very fine typography, an art deco style from the 50s that I particularly like. With its 9.9mm case on a diameter of 38.5, this pretty watch will easily slip under your best shirts. As for me, it's without a shirt, just to admire it. I forgot the case back which is not bad, with its plane among the stars. Which could characterize me with my feet on the ground and my head in the stars. The only downside, its bracelet, too coarse for me.

My Grail from Longines

I would never have imagined one day wearing such a flashy watch, to make matters worse, it has a diameter of 40. But strangely, I like it a lot, and especially this dial background that Seiko knows how to master so well. The only small downside that is no longer today, was its bracelet, help!!!! I quickly replaced it, the same day with a very good quality lizard bracelet.

tinsel on the wrist

I totally fell for this pretty watch when it came out, a very 70s style with a design representing our old televisions, for the older ones of course. A pretty brushed case, mirror polished on a slightly striated dial background, with a gray-green gradient. What I also really like is its big date at 12 o'clock. It reminds me of the departure or arrival boards of means of transport of a certain era. I find that the orange rubber strap version is the best version, perfect for coloring my chicken wrist this summer. Moreover, for this summer, the watch is waterproof to 100M with a screwed crown, enough to be at ease for swimming

the 70s on the wrist

<p dir="ltr">The brand <strong>Nivada Grenchen</strong> was created in 1926 by Otto Wullimann, Hermann Schlindler and Jacob Schneider in Grenchen (Granges) in Switzerland with the ambition of offering reliable and precise watches at an affordable price. From 1939, it expanded in the United States thanks to a commercial agreement with the Croton Watch Company, based in New York, which imported watches under the Croton Nivada or simply Croton brands.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In 1950, she designed the Nivada Grenchen Antarctic, <strong>its first waterproof automatic watch </strong>which will be worn by members of the American navy during the Deep Freeze 1 expedition to the South Pole at the end of the 1950s. In 1965, it launched the Nivada Depthmaster waterproof to 1000 meters, before being severely impacted a few years later by the quartz crisis.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The brand Nivada Grenchen was taken over in 2018 by two collectors - R&eacute;mi Chabrat and Guillaume Laidet - who are reviving the historic models with Swiss-made reissues at reasonable prices. The range includes models like the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/nivada_grenchen/f77"> Nivada Grenchen F77</a>, the <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/nivada_grenchen/chronoking_%22paul_newman%22">Nivada Grenchen Chronoking "Paul Newman"</a>, the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/nivada_grenchen/orange_boy"> Nivada Grenchen Orange Boy</a>, the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/nivada_grenchen/depthmaster"> Nivada Grenchen Depthmaster</a> et Nivada Grenchen Antarctic.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">How much does a Nivada Grenchen watch cost?</h2>
<p dir="ltr">The prices of Nivada Grenchen watches sold on the brand's website are changing <strong>between $450 And $4,900 depending on the models and finishes</strong>. Expect to pay $ 845 for a Nivada Grenchen Super Antartic and $ 1,995 for a Nivada Grenchen Chronoking.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Nivada Grenchen is an independent company </strong>and produces several thousand watches per year, all models combined. To choose a Nivada Grenchen that suits you best, The <strong>Dialicious owners' reviews are a valuable resource </strong>for evaluating each of the different models through real customer experience.</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Check out the <a href="https://preprod.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_swiss_watch_brands">Ranking of the best Swiss watch brands</a>, including Nivada.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">(Updated December 2023)</p>

<p>Fond&eacute;e en <strong>1970</strong> par Philippe Saner dans le Jura suisse, la marque <strong>Saner</strong> incarne un demi-si&egrave;cle d'excellence horlog&egrave;re. Initialement sp&eacute;cialis&eacute;e dans l'assemblage de mouvements m&eacute;caniques, l'entreprise a su &eacute;voluer tout en conservant son savoir-faire artisanal. En 2020, pour c&eacute;l&eacute;brer ses 50 ans, la famille Saner a lanc&eacute; une collection exclusive de montres en &eacute;dition limit&eacute;e, marquant ainsi son entr&eacute;e sur le devant de la sc&egrave;ne horlog&egrave;re.</p>
<h3><strong>Les D&eacute;buts : Un Atelier Familial</strong></h3>
<p>Philippe Saner a &eacute;tabli son atelier &agrave; Alle, dans le Jura suisse, une r&eacute;gion r&eacute;put&eacute;e pour son expertise horlog&egrave;re. D&egrave;s le d&eacute;part, l'atelier s'est distingu&eacute; par la pr&eacute;cision de son travail, fournissant des mouvements m&eacute;caniques &agrave; des marques prestigieuses. Cette r&eacute;putation d'excellence a permis &agrave; l'entreprise de se d&eacute;velopper tout en restant fid&egrave;le &agrave; ses <strong>racines familiales</strong>.</p>
<h3><strong>L'&Eacute;volution : De la Sous-Traitance &agrave; la Cr&eacute;ation de Montres</strong></h3>
<p>Apr&egrave;s des d&eacute;cennies en tant que sous-traitant de confiance, la <strong>famille Saner </strong>a d&eacute;cid&eacute; de capitaliser sur son expertise en lan&ccedil;ant sa propre ligne de montres. Cette transition a &eacute;t&eacute; motiv&eacute;e par le d&eacute;sir de proposer des garde-temps refl&eacute;tant leur vision de l'horlogerie, alliant tradition et innovation.</p>
<h3><strong>La Collection "Heart in Light"</strong></h3>
<p>Pour c&eacute;l&eacute;brer son 50e anniversaire, Saner a d&eacute;voil&eacute; la collection <strong>"Heart in Light"</strong>. Compos&eacute;e de cinq mod&egrave;les exclusifs, chaque pi&egrave;ce est limit&eacute;e &agrave; 50 exemplaires et <strong>certifi&eacute;e par le Contr&ocirc;le Officiel Suisse des Chronom&egrave;tres (COSC)</strong>, garantissant une pr&eacute;cision exceptionnelle. Les mod&egrave;les se d&eacute;clinent avec des bracelets en cuir, m&eacute;tal ou nylon, offrant une vari&eacute;t&eacute; adapt&eacute;e aux go&ucirc;ts diversifi&eacute;s des amateurs de montres.</p>
<h3><strong>Engagement envers la Qualit&eacute; et l'Innovation</strong></h3>
<p>Saner s'engage &agrave; maintenir des <strong>standards de qualit&eacute; &eacute;lev&eacute;s</strong>. L'atelier, modernis&eacute; et bien &eacute;quip&eacute;, se sp&eacute;cialise dans l'assemblage de mouvements m&eacute;caniques, le garnissage de platines et l'embo&icirc;tage de montres, y compris celles avec complications. Cette infrastructure permet &agrave; la marque de contr&ocirc;ler chaque &eacute;tape de la production, assurant ainsi la fiabilit&eacute; et la durabilit&eacute; de ses produits.</p>
<h3><strong>Conclusion</strong></h3>
<p>La marque Saner illustre la capacit&eacute; d'une <strong>entreprise familiale</strong> &agrave; &eacute;voluer tout en pr&eacute;servant son h&eacute;ritage. En lan&ccedil;ant sa propre collection de montres, Saner a d&eacute;montr&eacute; que l'expertise accumul&eacute;e au fil des d&eacute;cennies peut servir de fondation solide pour innover et proposer des produits de haute qualit&eacute; aux passionn&eacute;s d'horlogerie.</p>
<p>Inspirez-vous des <strong>avis clients Dialicious</strong> pour choisir la montre qui vous ressemble.</p>
<p>(Mise &agrave; jour Mars 2025)</p>

<p dir="ltr">Founded in <strong>1970</strong> by Philippe Saner in the Swiss Jura, the brand <strong>Saner</strong> embodies half a century of watchmaking excellence. Initially specializing in the assembly of mechanical movements, the company has evolved while maintaining its artisanal know-how. In 2020, to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Saner family launched an exclusive collection of limited edition watches, marking its entry onto the watchmaking scene.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">The Beginnings: A Family Workshop</h3>
<p dir="ltr">Philippe Saner established his workshop in Alle, in the Swiss Jura, a region renowned for its watchmaking expertise. From the start, the workshop stood out for the precision of its work, supplying mechanical movements to prestigious brands. This reputation for excellence has allowed the company to grow while remaining faithful to its <strong>family roots</strong>.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">The Evolution: From Subcontracting to Watch Creation</h3>
<p dir="ltr">After decades as a trusted subcontractor, the <strong>Saner family</strong> decided to capitalize on its expertise by launching its own line of watches. This transition was motivated by the desire to offer timepieces reflecting their vision of watchmaking, combining tradition and innovation.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Collection "Heart in Light"</h3>
<p dir="ltr">To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Saner unveiled the collection <strong>"Heart in Light"</strong>. Made up of five exclusive models, each piece is limited to 50 copies and <strong>certified by the &ldquo;Controle Officiel Suisse des Chronometres&rdquo; (COSC)</strong>, guaranteeing exceptional precision. The models are available with leather, metal or nylon straps, offering a variety suited to the diverse tastes of watch lovers.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Commitment to Quality and Innovation</h3>
<p dir="ltr">Saner is committed to maintaining high quality standards. The workshop, modernized and well equipped, specializes in the assembly of mechanical movements, the filling of plates and the casing of watches, including those with complications. This infrastructure allows the brand to control each stage of production, thus ensuring the reliability and durability of its products.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Conclusion</h3>
<p dir="ltr">The Saner brand illustrates the capacity of <strong>family business</strong> to evolve while preserving its heritage. By launching its own watch collection, Saner has demonstrated that the expertise accumulated over decades can serve as a solid foundation to innovate and offer high-quality products to watch enthusiasts.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Get inspired by <strong>Dialicious owner&rsquo;s reviews </strong>to choose the watch that suits you.</p>
<p dir="ltr">(Updated March 2025)</p>

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