I know more research has gone into Enicar recently (especially with the book 'Time For A Change') but I am curious if anyone has any ideas of how many Enicar compressor sports models were actually made?
While I know some Enicar models were mass produced for export to markets like Russia, India, and China, I am not sure if the same is true of the compressor models.
There seems to be some rough numbers for the Sherpa Graph models (cobbled together by owners), but how about for models like the Ops, Super Jet, Super Dives, and Ultradives?
Some people seem to think these models are common (and the number of Instagram photos, Google photos via search seem to indicate this) yet no one also seems to really know for sure.
For example I haven't seen a whole lot of Ultradive photos available on the Internet and the majority seem to be later versions with an neon orange marker around the track ring (personally not too keen about that look) and sharp pointy orange minute hands (similar to Mk 4 Sherpa Graphs), while earlier track rings seem to be white/silver and have a double lollipop minutes hand or in some cases a single red lollipop (which I personally think looks the coolest).
Also there seem to be different revisions of all the sports watches as well (Mk. 1, Mk. 2, etc) which have different hour & minute hands, dials, and track rings.
The Enicar book indicates all archives were lost and destroyed after the original Enicar company fell apart in 1987, so maybe we need to create a registry system so owners can provide serial numbers to piece the story together?
While I know some Enicar models were mass produced for export to markets like Russia, India, and China, I am not sure if the same is true of the compressor models.
There seems to be some rough numbers for the Sherpa Graph models (cobbled together by owners), but how about for models like the Ops, Super Jet, Super Dives, and Ultradives?
Some people seem to think these models are common (and the number of Instagram photos, Google photos via search seem to indicate this) yet no one also seems to really know for sure.
For example I haven't seen a whole lot of Ultradive photos available on the Internet and the majority seem to be later versions with an neon orange marker around the track ring (personally not too keen about that look) and sharp pointy orange minute hands (similar to Mk 4 Sherpa Graphs), while earlier track rings seem to be white/silver and have a double lollipop minutes hand or in some cases a single red lollipop (which I personally think looks the coolest).
Also there seem to be different revisions of all the sports watches as well (Mk. 1, Mk. 2, etc) which have different hour & minute hands, dials, and track rings.
The Enicar book indicates all archives were lost and destroyed after the original Enicar company fell apart in 1987, so maybe we need to create a registry system so owners can provide serial numbers to piece the story together?