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Two Quick Points

Must be quick now, but let me point out the following:

  • Heuer suggests that Fangio was an "ambassador", long before the days of Jim Clark. I believe that Heuer was also using motorsports in its advertising well before 1967.
  • Heuer's connection to motorsports went far beyond one racer wearing a particular watch; if you would have surveyed the pit or paddock in the 1960s, I believe that you would have seen Heuer as the dominant brand of stopwatch, dashboard timer, board-mounted timer, hand-held chronograph, etc. I don't believe that Enicar played in this market.
Interesting to see Jim Clark's watch, but this does not seem to evidence a full connection between motorsports and the Enicar brand.

Jeff

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

: Hello Andreas,

: thanks for the inforamtion. We can say 'Heureka', now. Jim Clarks
: watch mystery is solved.

: This leads us to the conclusion that Heuer wasn't the first
: watchcompany that used motorsports to advertise their product.

: But why was Enicar not successful? They had the best driver but
: they didn't manage to convince the rest of the fast guys. Would
: be interesting to know, what Jack Heuer knows about the
: activities of his former competitor...

: Kind regards,
: Manuel

: :

: :

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for me seems to be a Enicar sherpa Graph!!!
I agree...
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Top Time
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Breitling's new Transocean looks similar to Top Time - Pic
Here are two better pics of the new Transocean
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Would like to see a pic of the 3 reg
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Looks great for a beater!
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Another Pic...
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"Jim Clark and his Breitling Top Time"
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