Enicar Sherpa Guide GMT

Enicar is a brand with a great history and some fab watches. Enicar was based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Geneve, the epicentre of the Swiss watch making industry. Enicar made watches from 1913 to 1987, when the company went bankrupt. See the thorough history lesson here and even more here.

I'm particularly in love with the Enicar Sherpa Guide from the late 60s / early 70s. It has both an inner and outer bezel. It has nice red design elements to lighten up the black.

Update: The model seem to have developed over time. Dial design comes in several varieties, hands has become more solid and the case has changed to a more bulky version. Excellent overview here.

Vintage ad. (source)

Enicar Sherpa Guide. (source)

The Enicar Sherpa Guide uses a Super Compressor case from EPSA and has the trademark characteristics: cross-marks on the crowns and helmet-logo inside the case-back.

A rather unique look for a Super Compressor due to the extra external bezel. (source)

Typically the Enicar Sherpa Guide is described as having a width of 42 mm, heigth of 51 mm, 13 mm thick and 22 mm lugs. However this shows the model to have a width of 43 mm:

Enicar Sherpa Guide - 42 mm or 43 mm? (source)

Larger than the Zodiac Seawolf. Seems only a little larger than the
Omega Seamaster 120M which is a mediocre 39 mm...? Hmmmm. (source)

The Enicar Sherpa Guide was made with varying dial designs.

Wristshots galore:

Unfortunately the outer bezel was made out of soft aluminium and it seems all specimens for sale have very scratched and worn bezels.