Valjoux 72 chronograph, Ocean Pearl Interlagos very good – mint: € 10.000 – € your guess is as good as mineĪqua Graph / Jet Graph (MkI versions add 20%).I use Euro in my estimates and I also use a bandwidth. Condition is graded in three categories: Very good – mint, average – good and poor – fair. These represent the most popular Enicar models and the ones I get asked about frequently. Don’t burn your fingers on a faulty Enicar and always consult a forum or Enicar blog first before you spend your well earned cash.īack to my barometer: as always, I defined five categories. Another kind of threat is the rise of the fakes and frankenwatches. For the Enicar niche market, it is hard to predict what the long term consequences will be. World leading watch groups have seen sales drop with tens of percents. Key watch events were cancelled for at least a year and some are gone forever. I think it is safe to say that the (vintage) watch market has never before been so disrupted. THREATS: Covid-19 and other disastrous happenings that shake up the globe and stop people from spending money on their hobbies, or getting out of their houses for that matter. If you’re a collector on a budget (like me), it’s getting hard to buy a nice piece without having to loot your kids’ college savings. At the same time, Enicar is still somewhat affordable compared to other brands and therefor an interesting diamond in the rough with serious potential investment wise.
As a result, the Enicar collectors community is growing. Also, vintage watch experts like Eric Wind reach a huge audience with their love for the brand. Could it be ‘the book effect’? The book release has had great coverage by a number of websites, magazines, forums and socials and the reprint is now available. OPPORTUNITIES: I have seen an upward shift in prices for collectable Enicars since ‘Time for a change’ has been published. Vintage watch expert Eric Wind reaches a large audience with his love for alternative brands (Eric is in the photo that is taking away the view of that marvelous Jet Graph). I doubt if they would even bother (I am choosing my words carefully, don’t want to wake up any lawyers). The current brand name owners don’t supply any after sales service for the watches created before 1987. This is not a weakness of the watch, but of the brand in general. NOS dials and hands for a number of Sherpa models have been popping up on eBay, but these sources and sellers don’t offer any continuity. This goes for all 3 GMT movements (AR1126, AR1146, AR166). WEAKNESSES: Certain movement types, or vital parts, are getting very, very hard to find. Sure, they go up and come down, but they never have hit rock bottom, nor have they reached ridiculous bubble-like heights.
The Sherpa models have proven to be quite steady in terms of market prices. The in-house made movements are reliable and easy to service (according to the watchmakers I consulted), the EPSA made cases are both stylish and solid and the designs of the chrono’s, GMT’s and divers are distinctive and timeless. By now, it seems like the vintage watch community has widely accepted this. STRENGTHS: Vintage Enicar watches are high quality timekeepers. What are the consequences for us vintage watch collectors? Let’s take a closer look at the current Enicar market and use the good ol’ SWOT-tool to break it down. Since my last blog about Enicar price tags (or estimates), a few interruptions happened. Because there is more in life than covid-19. It’s time for another Enicar Watch Value Barometer. One day it is business as usual, and then you suddenly wake up in a world of a killer virus, rising unemployment, bankruptcies left and right and football matches with only a handful of fans, risking huge fines if they open their mouths and accidentally cheer for their team.
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