The Enicar book, an update
Last september, I went to Biel and Lengau to do research for what my be my most ambitious project to date: the Enicar book. I’ve written several reports about…
The staying power of the Sherpa Electric
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…
Basel premiere: the 1960 Sherpa line
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…
Biel / Lengnau report, week #3
Brand stories, The Enicar Book
My final week in Biel and Lengnau brought me everything I hoped for and more. When I planned this trip roughly a year ago, I aimed for two or three…
Biel / Lengnau report, week #2
Brand stories, The Enicar Book
The first week in Switzerland I spend most of my days in Biel. In my second week, I visited Lengnau several times and I spoke again with Donato Silvestri, the…
Biel / Lengnau report, week #1
Brand stories, The Enicar Book
Time flies when you’re in Biel, Switzerland. It’s been one full week already and I must have walked over 30 kilometers. Not that Swiss public transport is not sufficient, on…
Upcoming: a trip to Lengnau, home of Enicar
In a few weeks I will be on a train to Biel. Yes, it’s finally happening. It’s gonna be my first trip to Switzerland and I doubt it will be…
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…
Birth of the Sherpa: the 1956 Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition
Of all watches Enicar has produced in the past, the Sherpa model line is the most popular with collectors. In the fifties and sixties, ‘Sherpa’ was a sign of top…