The 24-hour bezel with the rotating marker is easily recognizable. If it’s not perfect, it makes the watch look very poor. If you want an Enicar Jet Graph, you want it with the marker as well preserved as possible. It often comes heavily beaten, and finding a replacement isn’t easy some even say that it’s impossible today. It isn’t flat red, but rather, it sits somewhere between red, pink, and magenta. Most sources simply refer to its color as “red”, but in reality, the color is way richer, deeper, and more mysterious. The rim around the domed crystal on which the pointer sits is made of red anodized aluminum. To aid legibility, I guess, Enicar changed it from a triangular pointer to a slightly larger “house-shaped” marker. The change also affected the amusing rotating marker that moves independently of the bezel to track another timezone or minutes. This version is characterized by its baton hands with a white stripe, which replaced the iconic paddle-style hands. “Įnicar produced the third-generation Jet Graph from mid-1967 to mid-1969. A close look into the serial table shows that the Jet Graph was the last produced chronograph with the famous ‘Graph’ in the name.

, a fantastic knowledge base on all major Enicar chronographs, suggests that “ the Jet Graph was built from 1963 to at least 1969 in four different versions. With help from Enicar enthusiast and expert Nico Henke, we can better understand today’s specific reference of the Enicar Jet Graph. Considering that this watch is from the mid-1960s, the 40mm case diameter is quite something. The entire watch case has quite spectacular specs. They are so massive that they make the rather large chronograph pushers look pretty tiny. The thing is, on this watch, they are twice the width and height of what we usually call lugs. Actually, I’m not even sure that I should call them lugs at all. I can’t imagine bending the lugs of an Enicar Jet Graph. What could have easily ended up as an unwearable, ugly watch case was turned into a unique, charismatic, and functional design signature. Seriously, the lug shaping deserves admiration. And if it didn’t have that shape, the tip of the lugs would be taller than most of the dress watches in your collection. That triangular beveled edge is so high that you could balance a book on it. You can recognize the case from miles away. After no more than a couple of minutes in your hands, you can feel how well built it is. Not a bad rating for a ’60s chronograph, I’d say. It has a famous EPSA “Compressor” case by Ervin Piquerez that was water-resistant to 300 feet.

You see, the Jet Graph is like a steel fortress with fences so high that you get tired just looking at them. If I were a raindrop, I would rather freeze and break into million pieces than face a quest to penetrate its case. When it comes to mass and muscularity, there is hardly any vintage chronograph that can beat the Enicar Jet Graph.

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