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FS: Nivada Antarctic Compensamatic - Buren Antimagnetic cal.410

For sale are this Nivada Compensamatic Antarctic and Buren manual wind cal.410.

I prefer to sell this watches together, price for both is 320Euro for a fast sale, shipping to the EU only.

Many references available on requests, thanks for looking!

NIVADA COMPENSAMATIC ANTARCTIC

The Nivada Antarctic line of watches was introduced for the 1957/58 Geophysical year, in particular for the U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze.

34,5mm unpolished all stainless steel case, very elegant with the twisted lugs
17 jewels manual winding movement
Lumed dauphine hands.

The dial has 2 darker spots on the extreme edge between 9 and 11 (see photos n.2), shows some wear but it is overall in fine vintage conditions,

The original plexi (with the magnifier date lens on the inside) has one crack at 9 and a smaller one at 4 (both on the edge of the crystal and visible on some of the photos).
The original crown shows some signs of wear. a new stem was recently installed
Movement is in working conditions and keeps time, service history unknown.

BUREN ANTIMAGNETIC cal. 410

Buren manual wind cal.410, from the '40s.

35mm excluding crown
Chrome plated case, the plating on the case shows homogeneous wear.

Nice two tone dial (silver outer minute ring) with art-deco arabic numerals and a nice even patina.
Gorgeous baton blued hands.

In house Buren cal. 410 in good working conditions.
The watch will come with a nice dark blue leather strap that matches perfectly the color of the hands.











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