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Hi guys
Third post of photos promised when i joined forum. Have posted photos of vintage Breitling Transocean and Superocean with many kind responses encouraging me to keep them coming. This time i thought i would cover some of my ENICAR collection and again add a little of the history of this brand for those who are not familiar with it.
A brief history of Manufacture d' Horologerie Enicar S.A.
The ENICAR WATCH COMPANY was founded around 1913 in La Chaux de Fonds Switzerland by the watchmaker Ariste Racine (Enicar being his surname name spelled backwards). The company did not stay long in the Jura uplands and by the mid twenties the firm had settled its headquarters in Lengnau close to Bienne. Here Racine specialized in producing sports watches under the brand names Longeau, Alprosa and eventually Enicar. In May 1956 Enicar became involved in the Swiss Himalayas expedition to climb Everest and supplied watches to all members of the team and baptizes this model with the name Sherpa.
A example of a Sherpa Guide watch introduced circa 1960. this watch as you can see has an additional GMT arm.
Enicar produced many of there own movements (making the a true manufacture in there own right) which were designed to be robust and very easily serviced as many were sold into the South African and Asian markets where there were little watchmaking skills.
Sherpa Guide Movement
Later they changed case shape to the more modern cushion version.
In 1965 they introduced the Jet Graph aimed at pilots and the Aquagraph at divers both fitted with the now famous Valjoux 72 movement which were also fitted to the early Rolex Datona's
ENICAR JET GRAPH
ENICAR AQUAGRAPH
They produced many varied models including Sherpa Graph, Sherpa Ops for military use and the SHERPA SUPER DIVE below.
Enicar produced mechanical watches into the seventies but after the introduction of the digital age like so many other companies finally closed there doors leaving us with a legacy of many fine and innovative watches
Thanks for looking
Willie
Ohh!! :o :o
You have some exceptional watches in your collection. That Aquagraph is really nice.
That's a very interesting collection, some wonderful pieces.
Thanks for sharing!
Jim
Great watches! One of my favourite brands. Must be all the colours. Still looking for one of these though:
(pic stolen of the web)
Thanks for that!
I've allways loved the brand, and still regret selling my Sherpa-Graph, that Valjoux72 is a gem of a movement.
Cheers,
Daddel.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Some lovely watches you have there, especially liking the Sherpa Super Dive very 8)
Those are some mighty fine watches!
Cheers for posting the pics.
Steve
I like them. Very retro. They always make me think of the Jetsons.
Best wishes,
Bob
What a fab collection of watches that is. I especially like the Sherpa at the bottom.
The name Enicar has been bought and watches are being made under this brand name once again. Mostly quartz, with derivative designs edging towards fashion watches.
...but what do I know; I don't even like watches!
:lol:
I see what you mean. Great watches and ahead of their time.
Great collection and many thanks for sharing.
I'd like a Jetgraph sometime.
Best wishes,
AP.
Enicar watches are superb - you rarely see a bad lookign one - this one was recently sold on the web, a Super Divette
Nice pictures and history, thanks for that :thumbright:
I just bougth enicar sherpa gmt recently & still in good condition & very cheap somewhere around usd.100 watch only. I don't know much about this brand so far but I love the looks...
Great photos .............. still learning.
Amazing looking watches...
Wow...
Hope you guys realise this is a six and a half year old thread!
and...?Originally Posted by RAJEN
M.
This thread definitely needs some more photos. I've managed to fail to ever pick up an Enicar, anyone have anything to add?
"A man of little significance"
And, nothing!
Not a crime to revive an old thread for a good reason but just want the subsequent posters to realise this is not a fresh thread as half the time they don't notice.
Does it make a difference? Not really.
Cool
I can see that responding to a really old WTB or SC post would be a bit pointless, but I think it's positive that people are looking at old threads, rather than just opening new ones all the time.
I'd not seen this one, so I welcome its revival!
M
And that it has been revived by a very spammy sort of post.
Got any pictures to go with that? Is the price firm and includes postage??
OK, to cheer this old thread up, here are some of mine.
The Jet I found on the Bay last year, and the Sherpa Date I bought from a retired watchmaker, in complete NOS condition.
ESJIMG_6195140413 by Stef, on Flickr
ESJIMG_4028140413 by Stef, on Flickr
ESJIMG_6201140413 by Stef, on Flickr
ESJIMG_4006140413 by Stef, on Flickr
Remarkable is the lume; it's still present after 40+ years :)
ESJIMG_6213140413 by Stef, on Flickr
I love Enicar. Here's my Sherpa Graph...
I've always been a big fan of the Valjoux 72 movement, The first watch i ever bought had a Valjoux 72 movement which i still have, It still works great to this day !
I thought you didn't give out details of your watches for some bizarre reason?
Are you stalking me ? lol By details i meant what model number and how many but on occasion i will let slip with some basic information. That aside i don't think saying what kind of movement was in the first watch that i bought for myself is giving out details, I like talking about watches just not the watches in my safe. That's bizarre to you ?
Last edited by Chronographic; 15th December 2015 at 11:33.
Criminally boring, bizarre and anally retentive to the point of displaying signs of paranoid mental illness;
something that's no laughing matter so my sincere apologies if this post is interrupting your care program.
No I'm not. "lol"
I find you bizarre. No-one asked you for model numbers, just asked what watches you had. "lol"
For what it's worth, I don't believe you own any watches. I believe you to be a strange sort of liar with an anti-Speedmaster fixation. You definitely remind me of someone...
I'm getting the idea that your not the friendly sort ?
Trying to keep things interesting that's all. Sometimes people need a reality check. You'll get the idea, at least you don't exclusively post weird one liners like Muhr and Ohta.
It's "you're". Shortened from "you are".
No.
Really like that, a lot.
Thanks. Yes I really like it as well. Bought it online long before I knew anything at all about watches, so quite lucky really. It's also one of my cheapest watches, so shows you don't need to spend a lot to get something nice. I have another Enicar which I'll post up later.
You posted that in response to DB9yeti. But let's get it right, please. You posted:
...in response to:
Which I posted because you boasted (kind of):
OK, so you "like talking about watches just not the watches in my safe." And then you post:
Yes, I do find that bizarre behaviour. And, no, I am not stalking you...it's just that you are scattering random and conflicting posts across the forum. And it's not just me that finds you somewhat...for want of a better term, peculiar.I have one stop watch, It's a Swiss Wakmann with a black face.
It has a unusual 10 second scale and a sub dial for minutes.
Finally, my apologies to the OP.
I find myself less interested in owning vintage watches these days. But I'd make an exception for that one.
I don't feel the need to explain myself to you or anyone else but i will say this, I'll share what i feel like sharing and what i don't want to share i won't, nothing peculiar about that.
If what i post doesn't interest you just move on to something else, look's like your the first to go on my ignore list because so far you have nothing to offer but criticism which i can do without.
Last edited by Chronographic; 15th December 2015 at 23:06.
You might see it as critisism but it would help if you stopped all this cloak and daggers stuff and just participated in the same way as everyone else.
Presumably you were attempting this with the stop-watch pictures?
Last edited by TimeOut; 15th December 2015 at 23:09.
Why aren't you asking that in the "stop watch" thread instead of derailing the PO's thread about his Enicar ? is this the way in which everybody participates that you were talking about ?
Last edited by Chronographic; 15th December 2015 at 23:27.
You're barking up the wrong tree I'm afraid. The aim is to bring you out of yourself a bit before you go so far up your own *rse you can't come down; which clearly has had a positive outcome.
Nice stopwatch BTW.
Agree, that's nice... For something with so much going on it seems to work
2nd on the ignore list, every forum has a few of you.
I just feel bad for the OP who's thread got trampled, Sorry OP !
Last edited by Chronographic; 16th December 2015 at 00:26.
Because:
PS For PO should we read OP?
Edit:
PPS Just how many forums have you been on where you've found a need to ignore people?
Last edited by PickleB; 16th December 2015 at 00:51.
I don't believe in putting people on ignore so I'll just wait for you to run out of steam instead, won't be long
Last edited by TimeOut; 16th December 2015 at 06:38.
Can I be third?
The OP posted this thread over 6 years ago. Pretty sure he doesn't care.
I really like the look of that, whilst I don't own an Enicar at the moment, its now on
ze list.
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