Enicar. A fine and rare stainless steel automatic diver’s two-crown wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date and Enicar bracelet
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Enicar. A fine and rare stainless steel automatic diver’s two-crown wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date and Enicar bracelet

Signed Enicar, Automatic, Seapearl Sherpa Ultradive model, ref. 144/35/03, case no. 720103, circa 1969

Closed15 May 2017

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CHF 3,000

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Enicar. A fine and rare stainless steel automatic diver’s two-crown wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date and Enicar bracelet
Signed Enicar, Automatic, Seapearl Sherpa Ultradive model, ref. 144/35/03, case no. 720103, circa 1969
Movement: automatic, cal. AR1144, jewelled
Dial: black with applied numerals, luminous dots, outer silvered revolving scale for the decompression times, date window, luminous baton hands, luminous “double lollipop” seconds hand
Case: screw-down back, two protected crowns
Signed: case, dial and movement
Dimensions: 43 mm. diam. Overall length of bracelet 200 mm.
With: a stainless steel Enicar link bracelet with deployant clasp

Specialist note

Enicar was founded in 1914 in La Chaux-de-Fonds by Ariste Racine who named his manufacture by reversing his last name. The production of the two-crown Sherpa chronographs started in 1964 and soon became very popular for their quality, design and safety features. They were meant to be tool watches and were originally used as such by competitive race drivers. The “waterproof” case was named “Seapearl Supercompressor”.