Enicar Sherpa Graph

[ShaunP]

Hello, I’ve inherited a Sherpa Graph from my uncle. It looks a little worse for wear, and doesn’t appear to be working. I’d like to get it repaired, but was wondering if you could help me with identifying it, and thoughts on its authenticity. The back cover is very worn but I can make out the below info;

Sherpa 300
+314962
072-02-01

Thankyou for any help and advice you can give

 

[Joe_A]

Hello Shaun,

You have a pretty nice Sherpa Graph Mark III from December of 1966 (12-66) as indicated on the inside of the case back and also overal configuration.

See here:

Sherpa Graph MK III

Enicar Sherpa Graph MK III The Sherpa Graph Mark III with all its characteristics first appeared in 1963. Reference NumberSerial RangeWatches produced072 – 02 – 01641.xxx835.1xx –…

enicar101.com

The dial looks pretty good but the photo is not clear enough on the right side to say that the outer tachymeter bezel ring is also in very good to excellent shape.

The initials you see scratched into the inside back of the case indicate a watchmaker worked on the watch and signed it. These days, most watchmakers would use ink rather than to scratch a signature, but this has no bearing on the value of your watch.

If there were no signature, we would still know that the watch had been at least partially disassembled because the central seconds chronograph hand has been painted white and with a renewed red "lollipop" dot and a red tip which is not original. The dot would be red encircled by steel, but the rest of the hand would be polished steel and sometimes the tip may be painted white.

Central seconds hands do show up from time to time on Ebay and on Instagram if you should want to have it replaced, but many owners would find the watch attractive even with a painted central seconds hand.

The dial generally holds up very well, but when moisture (condensation) gets into the watch, the hands do sometimes rust and the rust can stain the luminous material in the paddles of the minutes and hours hands. You central seconds hand probably has rust under the white paint.

The movement is in very good shape. A telltale sign that a movement has been abused is when the slotted or minus-head screws are a bit chewed up. The heads of the screws on the movement of your watch have been treated skillfully or else the watch has never been completely disassembled.

We all like to see a nice clean shiny case back with sharp engravings or stampings, but your watch is rather typical in that the steel used by Enicar appears to wear over time when a watch has been well used and your watch has been well-used but cared for reasonably well.

Can you find the serial number?

This would be found under the bottom of the oyster shell and it will be very faint and it should be six numbers with the first probably a "9."

As to value?

Please see here as a guide:

Watch Value Barometer #6 | Time for a Change

enicar.org

I would say that your watch is in the average or slightly above average condition.

Cheers,

Joe