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FS: Rare Vintage Enicar Sherpa Divette World Time--huge & cool!

Up for sale is this ultra rare & funky late 60s/early 70s Enicar Sherpa Divette with GMT hand & World Time bezel in overall Excellent condition. This is one of the rarer configurations of Sherpas you will find with twin compressor-style crowns, inner rotating 24-hour bezel, red date and massive 42 x 50 mm water resistant case.

Just a super-nice and seldom seen Enicar--the pix don’t lie!

The price for this cool Sherpa Divette is $1100 USD OBRO shipped worldwide. Paypal is OK with split fees so add $20 unless paying by eCheck. Bank Wire or Cashier’s Check are also fine of course and if I know you I will take a personal check as well. Payment must be made in US DOLLARS. Watch will ship upon full clearance of the funds, as well as any necessary bank vetting.

CASE: Extra large (50mm from lug tip to lug tip, 42mm diameter not including crowns) compressor-style case with large polished faceted lugs. With only the most superficial of scratches, I conservatively rate the case at 92%+.

CASEBACK: Screw in water-resistant caseback with some tool marks in 88% external condition. The famous Seapearl logo and “Sherpa 600” are very crisp and the rest of the typically prolific text is perfectly legible if a little more worn.

DIAL & HANDS: Beautiful Mint black dial with applied SS markers and all original Tritium luminous. Inner rotating B&W 24-hour bezel is perfect and without discoloration. Red date at “3.” Original polished metal hour & minute hands are in perfect shape except for the loss of their luminous and the red GMT hand has some paint loss towards the tip.

CROWNS: Twin crowns with crosshatch pattern and signed with the famous Enicar “Saturn” logo. The crown at “2” rotates the inner 24-hour bezel and the crown at “4” winds the watch and sets the time. Both crowns operate as they should.

CRYSTAL: Acrylic crystal in excellent condition with just a few minor scuffs.

BEZEL: Bi-directional rotating World Time bezel with independent red pointer arrow. This ultra-functional bezel can be used to read the relative times at different points around the globe, from Karachi to Noumea. Usually these aluminum bezels are shot but this survivor has only a slight bit of paint loss around the edge and to the pointer.

MOVEMENT: I do not have the proper tools to open this Enicar, so I am including the previous owners pictures of the insides. The movement is a very robust 24-jewel A.R. automatic with additional 24-hour hand modification and semi-quickset date (by repeatedly moving the hands from 9 PM or so to midnight and then back again, you can rapidly advance the date). The previous owner said he had the watch serviced recently and the watch is running to time and all functions are working as they should.

BRACELET/BAND: This big Sherpa Divette comes on a lightly used and robust black oily leather cordovan strap with red contrast stitching. This Enicar takes 22mm straps.

I make NO guarantees for the water resistance of this watch in any way, shape or form.

This great Vintage Enicar is offered with a 3-day inspection period from the date of receipt and may be returned for a full refund (less any shipping costs incurred by the buyer). This refund is unconditional and once I get the watch back in exactly the same condition as it was sent to you, your money will be refunded. Of course, once the 3 days are over the sale will be considered FINAL.

Thanks for looking,
T.
tomvox1@hotmail.com

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