Draft record. We're still checking this one against its sources, so it may be incomplete. What's missing is listed at the bottom.
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Cockpit Chronograph 817 CH
A 75 mm dashboard chronograph for aircraft, shown in Enicar's 1960 catalogue; Enicar advertised itself as a supplier of DC-8 and Caravelle cockpit chronographs.
Draft- Produced
- c. 1960 onward
- Type
- Other
- Movement
- Unknown
- Case
- Unknown
- Material
- Antikorodal aluminium alloy, sandblasted and black oxidised
- Diameter
- 75 mm
- Dial
- Black, with black Enicar lettering, large Arabic numerals and a 15-minute counter at 12; no lume, lit from behind in red. Rotating bezel with a white triangle; the chronograph runs from a crown pusher at 12.
- References
- 817 CH
Read the full story
- The Jet Age Enicar Ref. 817 CHEnicar 101Newspaper adverts, the 1960 catalogue entry and a search for the clock in DC-8 cockpits.
Sources
- Enicar catalogue, Germany, 1960 (scan on Enicar 101)Enicar 101 · read 2026-10-27
- The Jet Age Enicar Ref. 817 CHEnicar 101 · read 2026-10-27
Still missing
- Movement: Enicar 101 names a Minerva 19/9CH; no second source yet
- Production years
- Which airlines used it: Enicar 101 matches it to Swiss DC-8 and Caravelle cockpit photos; others unknown
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Credits for this pageResearch: Enicar 101. Photographs credited per image. Last reviewed 2026-10-27.
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