How Enicar almost became a Romanian watch manufacturer
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…
Category: The watch world
Talking Enicar on Fifth Wrist Radio
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…
Enicar podcast on Rescapement
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…
The Enicar legacy of GVM
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…
Postponed: an evening with Enicar
*** 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…
Enicar treasures in Dutch watch reseller magazines
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….
The handsome cousins of the Sherpa Graph
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…
Coming up: The handsome cousins of the Sherpa Graph
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…
Meet the collectors, part 2
Brand stories, The watch world
In my last post, I presented four of the biggest Enicar collectors around. In this episode of the nicest distraction from serious work, I give you another four Enicar…
Meet the collectors, part 1
Brand stories, The watch world
The Enicar community is a small community. Most collectors know each other by linking and liking on the forums and social media. Over the years, I’ve come to…