• Contact
  • Enicar store
✕
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…

Read More →
Coming up: The handsome cousins of the Sherpa Graph

Coming up: The handsome cousins of the Sherpa Graph

The watch world

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…

Read More →
Birth of the Sherpa: the 1956 Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition

Birth of the Sherpa: the 1956 Mount Everest and Lhotse expedition

Brand stories

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…

Read More →
Meet the collectors, part 2

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…

Read More →
Meet the collectors, part 1

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…

Read More →
Coming up: meet the collectors!

Coming up: meet the collectors!

Brand stories, The watch world

The Enicar community is a small community. But the enthusiasm for the brand is limitless. Who are these collectors? What drives them? What’s their favorite Enicar model? I’ve asked 8…

Read More →
Print advertising through the ages (updated July 3)

Print advertising through the ages (updated July 3)

Brand stories

I’ve been working in advertising for over twenty years. When I started, there were actually some big clients who had their own website! Quite spectacular, because now they could share…

Read More →
Watch Value Barometer #2

Watch Value Barometer #2

Market and collector value

It has been three months since I published the Enicar Watch Value Barometer for the first time on my weblog. It was a modest hit. I got a large number…

Read More →
Facts, figures and features (updated March 18)

Facts, figures and features (updated March 18)

Enicar models

As interest in Enicar grows, the more it becomes clear that there’s a lot we don’t know about the brand. Production volumes, reference numbers, names of executives and designers, it’s…

Read More →
The rise of the Sherpa Star (updated August 14)

The rise of the Sherpa Star (updated August 14)

Brand stories, Enicar models

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…

Read More →
← Previous 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 Next →
Enicar book reviews

THE ENICAR BOOK: only 10% stock left

Search the site

Recent stories

  • Enicar and the Porsche Carrera 6 27 June 2022
  • The 1963 Sherpa Ski Test 28 April 2022
  • Watch Value Barometer #6 31 December 2021
  • 5 Star Jewels to treasure 21 November 2021
  • Sherpa Watches brings back the OPS and Ultradive 29 October 2021
  • Letters from the past: official Enicar correspondence 1942 – 1960 26 September 2021
  • How Enicar almost became a Romanian watch manufacturer 12 July 2021
  • Coming up: Enicar in Romania, a venture that never happened 22 June 2021
  • The Enicar F45 ‘Pelé’ chronograph 15 March 2021
  • Interview on Eqotime 7 March 2021

The book was sent to 44 countries so far

Making the Enicar Book

https://enicar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/enicar-book-film-60-sec-web.mp4

Interview on The Cloudknitters / Radio Centraal

https://enicar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/MARTIJN-VAN-DER-VEN-HUSSEIN-AL-KHALIDI-25-november-2019-De-WOLKENBREIERS-met-Leo-Reijnders-op-RADIO-CENTRAAL.mp3

All blog posts

Other great Enicar resources

Enicar 101
Vintage Enicar
Enicar Forums

The Enicar Kaleidoscope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnqkls5RTeQ
Have a great Saturnday everyone ✨ #enicar #enicarsherpa #sherpadive #saturnday #watchesofinstagram #vintagediver #hodinkee #watchweekend MkI Sherpa Jet with ‘17 Jewels’ notification on the dial. Something you usually only see on the ‘33 Jewels’ version. Does anyone have a similar one? #enicarjet #enicar #enicarsherpa #sherpajet #gmt #watchesofinstagram #instawatch #doublecrown #watchcollector Enicar dress watches from the 1950s are still underrated I think. Granted, these are not your typical summer watches. #enicar #enicarultrasonic #watchesofinstagram #dresswatch #antique #instawatch #watchcolector Stylish numbers and a razor sharp case. Another sweet for the Enicar candy box ✨ #enicar #enicarwatches #starjewels #watchesofinstagram #instawatch #watchbox #watchcandy NEW BLOGPOST: Meet Mister Siegfried 'Sigi' Zwimpfer, the man who raced a Porsche Carrera 6, sponsored by Enicar. Check out www.enicar.org for the story. #enicar #enicarwatches #booksontime #watchesofinstagram #porsche #racing #watchheritage How to set the date on the Enicar Sherpa Jet ⏮⏸⏭ #enicar #lifehacks #enicarsherpa #sherpajet #watchesofinstagram #gmt #diy Crazy case Enicar with an over the top marker layout. The Enicar galaxy is impossible to chart in only one lifetime (but I will keep trying). Gorgeous markers on a textile dial, in a 38 mm case for extra wrist presence. Thank you for this amazing dress watch @antaresvintagewatches #enicar #enicarwatches #saturnday #watchesofinstagram #watchweekend #dresswatch Three dials from a new old stock batch. Notice that one is branded ‘Birks’ which was a reseller from Canada that also sold Enicar Sherpa models under the Birks/Rideau private label. #enicar #enicarwatches #saturnday #watchesofinstagram #booksontime #birks #newoldstock #watchdial

Disclaimer

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.

Media partner

Sponsors of the Enicar book

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.

 

Arba WordPress Theme by XstreamThemes.
 

Loading Comments...