Nevertheless, the real star of the show is the vibrant seconds hand, a slight departure for Romaric, who usually works with center-mounted hands on the likes of vintage Rolex and Patek Philippe watches. With a timing bezel, chronograph, and tachymeter, the Nivada CASD offers a total of nine different functions, including basic, but also clever ones, like the five-minute countdown timer on the chronograph subdial, originally labeled as a “yachting scale,” i.e., a regatta countdown timer. The mad world is represented by all the “Nivada Grenchen,” “Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver, “and “L Swiss” texts being printed upside down on the dial - not something one is used to seeing on what, back in the day, would have been considered a serious wrist computer of sorts. Dripping with a strong Bioshock vibe, these cinematic images try to convey the Chaosmaster’s concept: In what the creators consider to be a mad world that’s flipped on its head, they offer the wearer their own little way of self-expression through three different custom-designed, emoji-inspired seconds hand options. It’s rare that we highlight this, let alone kick a news article off with such a remark, but all parties involved deserve praise for the illustrations that accompany the launch of these 99 “neo-retro” watches. The collaboration includes Australian watch media and store Time+Tide, where all three-times 33 limited editions will be sold.
Best known for his modified vintage watch dials and seconds hands in particular, Paris-based seconde/seconde has the motto, “I vandalize other people’s products only because I failed at building mine.” Fully prepared for the armchair bullies of the Internet, Romaric André has joined forces with Nivada Grenchen to modify its CASD, i.e., the Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver, into what’s now called the Chaosmaster.
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