The rise of the Sherpa Star (updated August 14)
Enicar is the kind of brand that produced numerous models, but only a handful are popular with collectors nowadays. The brand shipped millions of relatively cheap (but very reliable) watches…
Category: Enicar models
Top 5 Enicar trademarks
If your company slogan is “Precision time in space, on the earth and over the seas“, there’s really nothing that can go wrong, is there? Enicar is not only my…
Sherpa Super Dive MkIII: a quartz that never happened?
Recently, I acquired a very nice Enicar Sherpa Super Dive MkIII from the mid seventies. This HUGE dive watch was the final incarnation of the Sherpa Super Dive models. The…
WWII soldier B.T. Jatkowski and his Enicar Sport
Since I started collecting Enicar watches, I’ve always favored the models from the sixties and seventies, particularly the robust Sherpa divers, colorful GMT’s and gorgeous chronographs. But this weblog is…
Rocking the boat: Enicar’s 1957 publicity stunt
Publicity stunts have always been a creative way for brands to get attention. I clearly remember the advertising campaigns of the Italian fashion brand Benetton in the early nineties (you…
An ode to the ladies of Enicar (updated September 7)
The watch world is dominated by men. There, I said it. Watch journalists, websites, forums and resellers almost exclusively focus on big, hairy wrists. #metoo. Why is that? Are men…
To Enicar, or not to Enicar?
Enicar models, The watch world
We Enicar enthousiasts are a breed that’s hungry for information. Lots of collectors I met try to expand their knowledge of our favorite little brand through forums (The Joy of…
If they would have worn Enicar
Paul Newman wore a Paul Newman. Nina Rindt was an ambassador for Universal Genève and George Clooney wears whatever Omega is at hand. The link to a famous actor or…
The many colors of the Enicar Sherpa Guide (and why it deserves more love)
Tool watches from the sixties and seventies may not be as popular as Bitcoins, they sure are in demand. Nowadays these are the watches of choice for serious collectors who…
Exploring the Enicar Sherpa World Time ‘Kaleidoscope’
What’s the first thing you do when you acquire a new watch? Put it on your wrist. Look at it from all angles. Make photos and show it off. That’s…