Not one to follow my own “no Enicar” rule (including an ATP in that rule-break, ho hum, still an unreliable narrator), this is a 30mm in a typical military-inspired format from the 1940s. Red sweep second is nice detail. Acrylic has seen better days with obvious stress fatigue, but I have not bothered to replace it as it is still legible. I always forget about the subtle geometry of the case. I think I paid £27 for this, which was surprising. There was clearly a couple of weeks in 2022 when Enicar prices were not ridiculous for obvious franken-watches, and I just happened to be browsing at the right time.
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Chris
You have woken me from a particularly good dream…
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7.50” / 19.05 cm
You had me at Red sweep secondhand😍
Lovely watch in a natural state, Chris. You have so inspired me to go small. 🤓
Lovely watch in a natural state, Chris. You have so inspired me to go small. 🤓
I have a 7 1/2” wrist, so it might seem odd for me to enjoy 28-34mm more, especially when I can comfortably wear a Piccard, Luminox or Corum Bubble without issue, but the simple answers are comfort and versatility.
I also like the classic style, and I guess I have always seen, with all of the men in my family from back in the day, absolute units wearing things like this on tree-trunks. It’s the norm. A wristwatch was smart, functional, hand-wound, and serviceable by the family-jeweller as and when required.
I started with vintage, and dabbled in modern, not the other way around. Going for stuff like this is just to prove a point: vintage is not hard.
Lovely piece
I can't wait to get my Enicar back. We are expecting 70 mph winds and rain today so the snap backs got the day off.