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·Enicar made a lot of excellent tool watches, but they aren't known for chronometers. They produced watches they called "Supertests" in the 60's, with in-house automatic movements which they "certifed" themselves after running them through their own series of tests, but they don't seem to have submitted a lot of watches for observatory testing.
At some point in the 50's, however, before Enicar began to produce their own automatic movements, they dressed up some Adolph Schild automatic movements (the AS 1361N, also used in the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms), upping the jewel count from 17 to 30 (at least that's what the rotor says), and made some certified chronometers. Ebel, Rado and Zodiac produced certified chronometers in the 50's using the AS 1361N (examples can be seen in von Osterhausen's "Wristwatch Chronometers"), but I didn't know Enicar had done this (nor did Von Osterhausen, it seems, so they probably didn't make very many of them) until I saw the watch below.
Here is the Enicar next to a competitor of similar shape and size. Both watches measure about 34 mm across by 41 mm lug-to-lug, but the Seamaster is just a hair bigger in each dimension.
At some point in the 50's, however, before Enicar began to produce their own automatic movements, they dressed up some Adolph Schild automatic movements (the AS 1361N, also used in the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms), upping the jewel count from 17 to 30 (at least that's what the rotor says), and made some certified chronometers. Ebel, Rado and Zodiac produced certified chronometers in the 50's using the AS 1361N (examples can be seen in von Osterhausen's "Wristwatch Chronometers"), but I didn't know Enicar had done this (nor did Von Osterhausen, it seems, so they probably didn't make very many of them) until I saw the watch below.
Here is the Enicar next to a competitor of similar shape and size. Both watches measure about 34 mm across by 41 mm lug-to-lug, but the Seamaster is just a hair bigger in each dimension.
