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Enicar book MkIII launched!

Enicar book MkIII launched!

The Enicar Book, The watch world

After many months of writing, rewriting, designing, orchestrating photoshoots, and fine-tuning, the new Enicar book is out! My designer and I added several new chapters to the book and upgraded…

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Sherpa Watches brings back the OPS and Ultradive

Sherpa Watches brings back the OPS and Ultradive

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…

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Letters from the past: official Enicar correspondence 1942 – 1960

Letters from the past: official Enicar correspondence 1942 – 1960

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…

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How Enicar almost became a Romanian watch manufacturer

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…

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Talking Enicar on Fifth Wrist Radio

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…

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Enicar podcast on Rescapement

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…

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The Enicar legacy of GVM

The Enicar legacy of GVM

The watch world

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…

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Postponed: an evening with Enicar

Postponed: an evening with Enicar

The watch world

*** 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…

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Enicar treasures in Dutch watch reseller magazines

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….

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The handsome cousins of the Sherpa Graph

The handsome cousins of the Sherpa Graph

The watch world

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…

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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 and a Motörheadbanger without hair. If you ever visit Eindhoven, drop by for a beer.

 

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