We do not know a lot about the brand Jivana, this small Swiss-French company has been funded in the 50s and produced a few fine timepieces over the decades.

 

What we’ve got here is a beautiful Swissmade self-winding diver watch from the 70s.

The robust 40mm steel case coupled with incabloc system allows 300m waterproofness.

Gorgeous black & blue rotative bezel and screwed crown. Dial has a nice vintage patina and we instantly loved the weirdly shaped hands and indexes.

 

Case back writings sum up pretty much all the watch’s specificities:

-      Sous Marine 300 metres

-      NO 4 952/65

-      ID 14538

-      Swiss case

-      Stainless steel

-      Incabloc

-      Automatic

 

Self-winding movement is fully functional and the day-date indication is not only useful but elegantly displayed at 3 o’clock.

 

Finally, as we like to be precise and consisted at Toolwatch, we have paired the watch with a brand new rubber Tropic look alike strap in order to give to the ticking beauty a full badass diving look.

 

Well this is the perfect watch to acquire for any curious wrist who would like to start collecting vintage timepieces. Indeed, for a few hundred bucks you can get a very nicely designed Swiss made diver!


THE DATA:

Maker: Jivana
Model: Diver Sous Marine
Year: 1970s
Material: Stainless steel
Dimensions : 40mm
Caliber: automatic
Bracelet/Strap: Tropic