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Top vintage Enicar picks of 2020

Top vintage Enicar picks of 2020

Enicar models

It has been a year that most of us want to forget. And even though the COVID-19 crisis has been dominating the watch world in 2020 (dramatic sales figures by…

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Investigating Swiss police Super-Dives

Investigating Swiss police Super-Dives

Brand stories, Enicar models

The great thing about the social media times we live in, is that collectors from all over the world are connected and interesting information is widely shared. Sure, the Enicar…

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Sherpa tool watch matrix

Sherpa tool watch matrix

Enicar models, The Enicar Book

Enicar Sherpa tool watches are popular with collectors of the brand and many vintage watch aficionados. In the Enicar book, I dedicated several chapters to these excellent time pieces. Also,…

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5 quick checks before buying an Enicar

5 quick checks before buying an Enicar

Enicar models

Buying an Enicar watch is an adventure. With hundreds of different models produced between 1913 and 1987, there is an Enicar for every taste and budget. At the same time,…

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The Enicar ‘Lausanne’ chronograph

The Enicar ‘Lausanne’ chronograph

Brand stories, Enicar models

Like many other watch brands, Enicar has several models named after famous ambassadors by the vintage watch community. The 1960 and ’61 Sherpa Graph MkI ‘Jim Clark‘ is no doubt…

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Four fearless Enicar designs

Four fearless Enicar designs

Enicar models

Times are weird. Scary even. The proud city of Eindhoven, an industrial town where electronica pioneer Philips ferociously built factories, countless houses, schools and sports facilities, has come to a…

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Ultrasonic and Star Jewels: model line or not?

Ultrasonic and Star Jewels: model line or not?

Enicar models

Many Enicar watches have the word ‘Ultrasonic’ printed on the dial, right underneath the logo. It may raise the question if this refers to a specific model line, like Sherpa…

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The staying power of the Sherpa Electric

The staying power of the Sherpa Electric

Enicar models

Enicar was a manufacturer of alarm clocks and watches and proud of it. Their in house engineered and build AR movements, like the AR 112X, AR 114x and AR 116x…

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Basel premiere: the 1960 Sherpa line

Basel premiere: the 1960 Sherpa line

Brand stories, Enicar models

My recent trip to Biel and Lengnau left me with countless impressions and a pile of great documents. Arguably the best catch was the bag full of Saturns, the corporate…

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Facts, figures and features (updated March 18)

Facts, figures and features (updated March 18)

Enicar models

As interest in Enicar grows, the more it becomes clear that there’s a lot we don’t know about the brand. Production volumes, reference numbers, names of executives and designers, it’s…

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  • Top vintage Enicar picks of 2020
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  • Celebrating 50 years of Enicar

The book was sent to 43 countries so far

map of the world with countries the Enicar book was shipped

Making the Enicar Book

https://enicar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/enicar-book-film-60-sec-web.mp4

Interview on The Cloudknitters / Radio Centraal

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Disclaimer

This weblog and the Enicar book project are NOT financed by www.enicar.com, nor are they affiliated with the Hong Kong company that is currently operating as www.enicar.com. This weblog and the Enicar book are about the Enicar S.A. company, that was located in Lengnau, Switzerland, and my personal experiences as a collector and copywriter.

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About Martijn van der Ven

Born in 1975, my first watch was a Ruhla, my first audio cassette ‘The best of Elvis Presley’ and the first movie I saw in the theater ‘Terminator 2, judgement day’. I am a professional copywriter with 20 years of advertising experience, a father of two, a husband and a Motörheadbanger without hair. If you ever visit Eindhoven, drop by for a beer.

 

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