Introduction Thread

SteveHarris

SteveHarris

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Enicaristi
Sherpa
Please feel free to introduce yourself to everyone here but with one caveat! We must see a watch from your Enicar collection!

I'm Steve and have only recently started collecting Enicar's, so am learning a lot about the brand as I go along. The other staff members are far, far more knowledgeable I promise! You can normally find me here and over at TZ-UK.

The picture below is a Sherpa Super-Dive MkII that I recently picked up from Martijn van der Ven who is putting together a book on the history and watches of Enicar: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enicarbook/time-for-a-change-a-book-about-the-lost-watch-bran. I believe this actual watch will be in the book, which is quite cool.

Steve
 

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dogen

dogen

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Hi my name is Andreas and yes a have some Sherpas but I also collect some old cars.

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Andreas
 
zizi.lukovic

zizi.lukovic

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Sherpa
Hi,
I'm Živan and I'm 17. I really like restoring old things, specially if they have some kind of mechanical complication such as watches and clocks. It has been 2 yaers since I took apart my first pocket watch. I've worked on some automatic and chronograph movements but I'm still practicing on some bigger, robust movements.

This is my Enicar Sherpa which I enjoy wearing 😁20190512_170302.jpg
 
lhanddds

lhanddds

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Sherpa
Have been collecting watches for around 16 years. I have owned 3 Sherpa Guides and now only have one. These watches are so interesting to look at and they are all so different. I really love their size also.
 

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SteveHarris

SteveHarris

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Welcome guys 👍 a couple of lovely watches there.

Make yourselves at home and let's make Enicar great again 😎

Feel free to get posting and let's get our little community rolling!

Steve
 
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Superdive

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Sherpa
Hello everyone,
I'm pleased to see a dedicated forum for Enicar. I've got a Super Dive (old picture, I'll post another one soon). I bought it here in Australia - it had been laid-up for many years as the oil in the movement had dried up. It's had a service and works fine now.

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Joe_A

Joe_A

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Joe_A here from New York.

So far, I have two Sherpa Graphs. Sometimes I wear my 1966 Mark III while I am driving my 1966 Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III. ;-)

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But also . . . I do treat my small number of vintage watches as "daily drivers."

I do not think of myself as a car collector as I have just the one vintage car with no plans get carried away! :)

Good luck with your new forum, Steve.

Cheers,

Joe
 
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SteveHarris

SteveHarris

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Lovely MKIII! I've hopefully got one on the way, just need to move on one more watch (y)
 
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kazrich

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Sherpa
Hi Guys ; Some of you might know me from WUS.
I started collecting 1960's sports watches 6 years ago.
I've now stopped collecting because you can have too much
of a good thing and frankly I now own all the watches that I really want.
I am keeping my first edition 1950 JLC wrist alarm, Gallet MC12 ( EP40-68 ) Aquastar Deepstar,
JeanRichard Aquastar 60 and of course a collection of Enicar Super Compressors.
My other hobby and passion is 1960's classic cars ( mostly Italian ).
 
Joe_A

Joe_A

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I had to look up SOTC for possible interpretations and I'm guessing it is Brit-speak for straight out of the camera.

"Stations of the Cross" and "Syracuse Obedience Training Club" seem less likely, given then context. :)

Something Kazrich posted struck a nerve with me and will fill out my introduction a bit.

Back in 1984 I bought a new Seiko 7A48-7009 quartz-based chrono with moonphase. As a child, I had admired the silver-dialed three register chronograph my dad brought back from WW II. It was badly beat up and did not run, but it caught my eye and my brother and I would play with it as children, pretending it was a "commando" watch.

I wore the Seiko every day from 1984 until 2017, when I found another online just like the one I owned and I bought it. The original had been serviced twice by Seiko authorized service, and now a replacement for the worn gold ring around the bezel is no longer available. I bought the second for the new-looking gold ring. The first watch cost $275 back in 1984 and the second watch cost $275 in 2017. There were many of these beautiful and accurate watches made and one can still find them on Ebay.

In late 2017 a latent interest in vintage watches overcame me and it was then that I started a small collection which today includes a 1963 JLC rose gold Memovox, two Sherpa Graphs, Two MC12Hs, an IWC Mark XV and a couple of additional modern mechanical watches.

Here's where the reference to Kazrich's post comes into play . . .

I have recently understood that I don't need any additional watches. I did not actually need more than the one in the first place. I gave an Undone homage watch I bought to my son and I have a couple of additional watches that I now realize will not get much wrist time. I'll sell these on or give them away as well. The JLC will only come out rarely until I 'am no longer here. The two Enicars and the two Gallets will continue to be worn often as they feel "right" to me, whatever that means. :)

I'm sure many will agree that hunting for the next watch is fun in its own right. I'll continue to hunt for one or two more watches that I do not need. Now though, I feel I will be very selective . . . as the primal urge has been satisfied.

I would not be surprised to learn that what I've said above makes very little sense. ;)
 
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