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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…

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Facts, figures and features

Facts, figures and features

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…

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The rise of the Sherpa Star

The rise of the Sherpa Star

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…

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Top 5 Enicar trademarks

Top 5 Enicar trademarks

Enicar models

If your company slogan is “Precision time in space, on the earth and over the seas“, there’s really nothing that can go wrong, is there? Enicar is not only my…

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Sherpa Super Dive MkIII: a quartz that never happened?

Sherpa Super Dive MkIII: a quartz that never happened?

Brand stories, Enicar models

Recently, I acquired a very nice Enicar Sherpa Super Dive MkIII from the mid seventies. This HUGE dive watch was the final incarnation of the Sherpa Super Dive models. The…

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WWII soldier B.T. Jatkowski and his Enicar Sport

WWII soldier B.T. Jatkowski and his Enicar Sport

Brand stories, Enicar models

Since I started collecting Enicar watches, I’ve always favored the models from the sixties and seventies, particularly the robust Sherpa divers, colorful GMT’s and gorgeous chronographs. But this weblog is…

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Rocking the boat: Enicar’s 1957 publicity stunt

Rocking the boat: Enicar’s 1957 publicity stunt

Brand stories, Enicar models

Publicity stunts have always been a creative way for brands to get attention. I clearly remember the advertising campaigns of the Italian fashion brand Benetton in the early nineties (you…

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Watch Value Barometer #1

Watch Value Barometer #1

Market and collector value

Since I started sharing my passion for Enicar on Instagram, I’ve talked to a lot of watch collectors and Enicar enthousiasts. For me, it’s the perfect medium to share photos,…

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An ode to the ladies of Enicar

An ode to the ladies of Enicar

Brand stories, Enicar models

The watch world is dominated by men. There, I said it. Watch journalists, websites, forums and resellers almost exclusively focus on big, hairy wrists. #metoo. Why is that? Are men…

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To Enicar, or not to Enicar?

To Enicar, or not to Enicar?

Enicar models, The watch world

We Enicar enthousiasts are a breed that’s hungry for information. Lots of collectors I met try to expand their knowledge of our favorite little brand through forums (The Joy of…

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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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