Following on from the recent announcement of Nivada Grenchen’s REBIRTH along with the release of the Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver comes some even more exciting news for fans of vintage diver’s watches.



Nivada Grenchen have resurrected one of the rarest and most sought after cult dive watches outside of the Rolex Submariner single red or SD COMEX.

This is the Nivada Grenchen Depthmaster Pac-Man a very special variant of the Depthmaster 1000.



The OG Depthmaster Pac-Man was produced in the 1960s – there were several Depthmaster variants but this was the most famous.



It wasn’t until much later that it earnt its Pac-Man nickname taken from Tory Iwatani’s iconic arcade game that was developed and released by Namco in 1980.

The watch was characterized by its unusual dial markers – which were based on an Art Deco design that gave rise to its affectionate moniker.



IMPORTANT if the Pac-Man dial is too much of an acquired taste for you, don’t worry a more sober dial variant with classic Arabic numerals will also be available.



The Depthmaster’s dial is shown here in matt black but green and orange will also be available – there are also two hand/marker colors – these include old school Tritium color or white.



NG have decided to keep the Depthmaster’s dimension faithful to the original so; a diameter of 38mm, a case thickness of 14mm, a lug width of 20mm and lug-to-lug measurement of 47.5mm or so.



Diver’s features include: a screw-down case-back and crown, a unidirectional rotational diver’s bezel with a red 15-min scale, an automatic HEV positioned at 9 o’clock and like the OG model from the 1960s - 1000 meters of water-resistance.



I am not sure what movement this will get but for reference the OG watch was powered by an ETA 2472 automatic so we could expect a modern ETA equivalent.

Strap options include: a black Tropic –style rubber diver’s strap with a Stainless steel buckle, tan or black leather as well as a Stainless steel Milanese mesh bracelet.



Thoughts? Wow, this is ridiculously cool – if the price is right people are gonna’ be all over this. Once again 38mm is on the small side but NG wanted to remain faithful to the OG model in every respect so fair play to them.



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