The brand itself goes back to 1790 when it was founded by Abraham-Louis Juillard, who opened a small shop in Cortébert, Switzerland. Enicar to me is the embodiment of the mid-century sports watch, particularly the Super Compressor models.Ĭortébert is not a particularly well-known brand today, but before it went out of business in the 1970s, it was a fairly popular premium Swiss brand.
Unfortunately, by the late 1980s, Enicar went under, only to be revived later on by its old Chinese distributors, albeit with different designs and models.
This list includes: the Enicar Sherpa GMT, the Enicar Sherpa World Time, the Enicar Sherpa Super Jet, and the Enicar Sherpa-Graph (which notably shared the Valjoux 72 movement with the Rolex Daytona). Over 100 models of the Sherpa were released over the next few decades, some of their most famous models, including dive watches, are a part of this series. Thus, Enicar changed the name of their Seapearl to ‘Sherpa’, in honour of the 22 sherpas that were a part of the expedition, and banking on the new publicity. The Enicar Seapearl had only been released the year before and got a lot of publicity from being involved in Eggler’s expedition, just like the Rolex Explorer did before it. This expedition was led by Albert Eggler. The Seapearl is remembered for being part of the second expedition of Everest, that also included an ascent of Lhoste, in May 1956. In the mid-20th century, when the brand especially popular, it became known for its Sherpa line of timepieces, sporty watches that were originally known as the Enicar Seapearl. Enicar was founded in 1913 by Ariste Racine, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
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