The one that came out of left field

Looks great. Congrats!

Cool!  I kind of wish they'd kept the old logo, though.

might have been part of what actually was "sold" off 

The new company "Sherpa Watches" doesn't have anything to do with the the Chinese that own the name "Enecar" that exists today. Not sure about the legal stuff but parts have all been recreated down to details based on patent free blueprints from the swiss archives ..

i still need to get to the bottom of all that info too :)

Looks sooo sick. Vintage Enicar Sherpa have been a grail of mine for awhile, but I just can not stand the fact I would not actually use it for its intended purpose. Please let us know how you like it! Btw love the channel and hope to see more content from you

thanks man.. well this wasn't a blind buy.. I had handled the watches before and I'm really impressed with the build quality . it IS and feels like a premium watch, without the vintage fragility.

I hope to be doing a video about this one soon! 

Great dial! Look forward to seeing your photos as it gets more wrist time 

Hell yes.

Good to see that design back again. Striking watch. 

Hmm… I am in two minds about these. I appreciate the passion behind them, and I do think they look ok (not hard considering the point of reference), but the price is staggering. The Ultradive looks the nicer of the two, I think the dial is cleaner, less busy.

I understand that having a Euro-centric approach, and a small element of customisation of the Sellita SW200-1 movement is going to bump up the price, as is sourcing the materials “locally”, and the choice of materials and finishing, but at just shy of €6000 that is a huge amount of money to drop on something of this spec from an unknown quantity (no disrespect). 

It is unclear if the version of the Sellita the Mantramatic MM01 is building upon is the COSC rated chronometer (the specs and some articles say premium/top, but I’m not seeing the word chronometer, so that is a concern at the price). Perhaps customising the movement and keeping decent performance cannot be achieved with the chronometer grade movement? I’m also not one for exhibition casebacks, so when I think it could benefit from one to actually show off one of the key selling features, then I think something has gone wrong in the delivery. 

There are lots of positives though, and the donating of profits to good causes is also admirable, but €5800 for the OPS and €5900 for the Ultradive is a huge leap of faith. Maybe that is good value; I was not expecting such a figure at the start of my dive, and several hours later it’s still concerning me. Oh well… enjoy the watch.

Hi Man thanks for the reply, my focus isn't so much on the movement.. yet Idk what they did but if you set those hands it feels like a sellita from a different planet. (in a good way) The mvmt wasn't the selling argument for me tbh,  i rotate watches a lot and being certified  or that extra second isn't what keeps me awake.

It's not just a cheap look alike they created, they re-introduces bayonet-compressor technology that was hidden for 60+ years and brings this technique to an even higher level using the best in the market insights and materials. They manufactured the  case and crown .  The vintage models still sell at high prices, and for me personally I feel more secure in that case  with something newer & more robust ( i haven't really dipped into vintage collecting yet)

I think the only thing that might be missing to "justify" this price to the masses is (advertorial) hype that surround some other brands/watches where ppl don't even think twice about spending that much. My 2 cents. But I understand your view on it too.

Saw your review, go me interestEd in the watch. What is the lume like? Is it horrible? mediocre? Or a torch on your wrist?

i would call the lume sufficient. so not great not horrible. But that orange is so good to look at.