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Nivada was founded in 1926 in Grenchen, Switzerland, and it quickly built a reputation as a producer of purpose-built tool watches that could handle whatever was thrown at them. These watches included the Antarctic, the Depthmaster, the Datomatic, and, of course, the Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver.