Brand stories, The watch world
Starting up a brand-new watch brand during a pandemic. It’s a huge mountain to climb. Martin Klocke has been on a remarkable journey. He has just launched his brand Sherpa…
Brand stories, The watch world
Running a successful business takes a lot of paperwork, even in today’s digital world. Imagine the piles of official documents that must have been produced during Enicar’s 70 years of…
Brand stories, The watch world
Sometimes a story takes a while to unravel. And sometimes it takes a fresh source to provide new insights. In the Enicar book, I described the last decade of the…
The Enicar Book, The watch world
There are only a few things I enjoy more than writing about Enicar. One of them is talking about the brand. So when I was invited a few weeks back…
The Enicar Book, The watch world
With the release of the second print of the Enicar book, I got the chance to talk about the project and other Enicar related things with the fine people of…
This morning, I heard the news that Gianvittorio Molteni, better known in the vintage watch world as GVM or Boldwatches, has suddenly passed away. I got to know Gianvittorio as…
*** EDIT March 16 *** Due to the Corona crisis, I have no other option than to postpone the event. I hope to announce a new date in the very…
Brand stories, The watch world
In Holland, we host the largest vintage watch and clocks fair of Europe. It’s called ‘Rikketik’ (the sound of a ticking time piece) and it’s held four times a year….
In 2015, the Enicar Sherpa Graph grabbed the attention of many vintage watch enthousiasts. It was covered on Fratellowatches.com and a couple of weeks later, a story about a 15.000 US…
The Sherpa Graph is arguably the pinnacle of the Sherpa line. But it is hardly the only handsome looking Valjoux 72 powered three register chronograph ever produced. In fact, Enicar…