ENICAR - a gentleman's Sherpa Graph chronograph bracelet watch.

ENICAR - a gentleman's Sherpa Graph chronograph bracelet watch. Numbered 561784. Signed manual wind Valjoux calibre 72. Black dial with baton hour markers, silvered subsidiary recorder dials to three, six and nine, bordered by a tachymetre scale. Stainless steel case fitted to a stainless steel bracelet with folding clasp. 40mm. The Enicar name is the surname of the founder Ariste Racine spelt backwards. Coming from a long established watchmaking family, the Racine name was already in use as a trademark, prompting this unusual move. Enicar achieved great success in the Far East, selling millions of lower prices watches in China and Indonesia but as this watch shows, they were also capable of producing high quality timepieces. The æSherpaÆ models were a reference to a 1956 Swiss expedition to the Himalayas for which Enicar supplied the wristwatches. The name was subsequently used on their more robust or sports pieces. The Sherpa-Graph houses a Valjoux 72 movement, the same as would have been found in numerous Heuers or the early Rolex Daytona. The brands racing credentials were equally as good being worn by the double world F1 champion Jim Clark. Although he did wear other brands such as Galet and Breitling, he appears on advertisements for the 1967 Singapore Grand Prix promoting the Enicar brand. Sadly, Enicar did not survive the æquartz crisisÆ going bankrupt in 1988.

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