Hi, friends.
I was doing research on Vietnam-era PX watches for an oral-history project, and I came across this post on the Military Watch Forum. This might not be new information to many of you, but I thought it was very interesting. This explains perhaps why so many Enicars -- particularly Guides -- pop up from Indonesian sellers. (Maybe Enicar sponsored the Asian games in the 60s and it gave them long-lasting brand recognition?)
It makes me want to keep digging to figure out the relationship. If anyone knows more, please share!
In Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, on its main street named Jalan M.H. Thamrin, you can find Enicar Big Clock on the tower of a police post. It's four sides/face clock facing to the east, west, north and south of the street. These is the authentic proof that between Enicar and the Republic Indonesia government, at that time, has a very close relationship. It still not clear for me, what kind of relationship between these two parties. My late father was said that the clock was installed during the Asian Games in the 60's. Which probably answer why the 1960's Enicar is quite popular for the Indonesian at that time.
NB: Unfortunately I haven't got any opportunity to photograph this lovely clock. As soon as I got the chance, I will post it in here.
I was doing research on Vietnam-era PX watches for an oral-history project, and I came across this post on the Military Watch Forum. This might not be new information to many of you, but I thought it was very interesting. This explains perhaps why so many Enicars -- particularly Guides -- pop up from Indonesian sellers. (Maybe Enicar sponsored the Asian games in the 60s and it gave them long-lasting brand recognition?)
It makes me want to keep digging to figure out the relationship. If anyone knows more, please share!
In Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, on its main street named Jalan M.H. Thamrin, you can find Enicar Big Clock on the tower of a police post. It's four sides/face clock facing to the east, west, north and south of the street. These is the authentic proof that between Enicar and the Republic Indonesia government, at that time, has a very close relationship. It still not clear for me, what kind of relationship between these two parties. My late father was said that the clock was installed during the Asian Games in the 60's. Which probably answer why the 1960's Enicar is quite popular for the Indonesian at that time.
NB: Unfortunately I haven't got any opportunity to photograph this lovely clock. As soon as I got the chance, I will post it in here.
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