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·The listing was upfront, and a movement photo confirmed it. No surprise was involved. Years ago my good friend Dave, a skilled watchmaker, showed my my first Enicar, a very nice Sherpa Graph (Valjoux 72), and it made quite an impression. The first 'real' watch I had ever laid eyes on. It has been years, and my memory is foggy, but the example below is similar to what i remember (not my watch).
So in the back of my mind, since then I have had the need to add a Enicar to my collection. I would do a periodic Enicar search, but never encountered one that struck my fancy. I was looking for specifics: a good dial, sharp edges, and service history.
Now I was able to scratch that itch, and did not break the bank. Barely needed to make a withdrawl on this one. The rub was, it was a bit of a Franken, but all my boxes got checked, and I feel fine overlooking that.
Again nothing fancy, but clean dial, sharp edges, and a recent service and I was all set.
Now quiz time. . . Look at first and last photo and what do you see. A nice dial with automatic on it and a winder in the movement photo. It keeps good time and to my untrained eye the movement looks well used but clean. Interstingly enough, sourced from Australia. Happily no duty was assessed. From the photo my research said it was likely a Cal. 1141. He checked with his watchmaker, a good sign, and reported back that it was a Cal. AN 1141 introduced in '65. So either the dial or the movement is an addition. So be it.
It is a 11/16 lug size so I found a nice NOS Kestenmade Mesh expansion for it. Very happy with it. It matched pretty well.
Now Dave is no longer with us, and I have a recollection of telling him that I would one day own an Enicar. Not a 'real' watch, but real enough for me. It feels like I fufilled a promice to an old friend. I sense a Sherpa may be in my distant future, but we shall see. As Robert Service once said "A promice made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code. Thanks for listening.
So in the back of my mind, since then I have had the need to add a Enicar to my collection. I would do a periodic Enicar search, but never encountered one that struck my fancy. I was looking for specifics: a good dial, sharp edges, and service history.
Now I was able to scratch that itch, and did not break the bank. Barely needed to make a withdrawl on this one. The rub was, it was a bit of a Franken, but all my boxes got checked, and I feel fine overlooking that.
Again nothing fancy, but clean dial, sharp edges, and a recent service and I was all set.
Now quiz time. . . Look at first and last photo and what do you see. A nice dial with automatic on it and a winder in the movement photo. It keeps good time and to my untrained eye the movement looks well used but clean. Interstingly enough, sourced from Australia. Happily no duty was assessed. From the photo my research said it was likely a Cal. 1141. He checked with his watchmaker, a good sign, and reported back that it was a Cal. AN 1141 introduced in '65. So either the dial or the movement is an addition. So be it.
It is a 11/16 lug size so I found a nice NOS Kestenmade Mesh expansion for it. Very happy with it. It matched pretty well.
