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Sherpa Guide MkIII

How to tell: Rally-style 24-hour hand, pencil lume in the minute hand and a lozenge lume in the hour hand, applied logo and thick crowns.

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Price guideSource: enicar.org, #7, December 2025

Sherpa Guide, long-lug and cushion case

Very good to mint: €2,200 to 3,500
Average to good: €1,200 to 2,200
Poor to fair: €600 to 1,200

Published for the 42 mm Guide; this record gives 43 mm.

Figures as published, never re-priced by us.1 Sherpa Guide sale, generation not stated

Produced: c. 1968 onward
Type: GMT
Movement: AR1126, AR1146, AR166
Case: Unknown
Diameter: 43 mm
Dial: Black, White
Hands: Baton, pencil lume in the minute hand and lozenge lume in the hour hand; rally-style 24-hour hand; lollipop or red triangle seconds hand
Bezel: Inner 24-hour bezel in several colours, some with a checkered chapter ring; red pointer ring
Crowns: Thick
Features: Two crowns, Inner bezel, Outer bezel, Red pointer ring
Factory refs: 148-35-01, 148-35-01A
References: Unknown

Specs from The Spring Bar

Sales and listings

Sherpa Guide sales, generation not stated

Date	Price	Where	Watch
2024-05-11	CHF 1,625	Antiquorum	Sherpa Guide, ref. 148-35-01, 43 mm, box and blank booklet

Prices in the currency of the sale. Auction prices are as the house publishes them, which may include its buyer's premium. Asking prices are what a seller wants, not what a watch sells for; each listing was open on the date checked.

Read the full story

Sherpa tool watch matrixenicar.org, Martijn van der VenThe full matrix of Sherpa tool watches from the Enicar book, free to download.
The many colors of the Enicar Sherpa Guide (and why it deserves more love)enicar.org, Martijn van der Ven
Enicar Sherpa Pilot (2 crown models), archived copyThe Spring Bar, JonDevThe Guide generation by generation, from the Mark I to the Mark IVA. The original page is gone.

Sherpa Guide generations compared

Spec	MkI	MkII	MkIII	MkIV	MkIVa
Years	1960 onward	—	1968 onward	1969 onward	—
Calibre	AR1126	AR1146	—	AR166	AR166
Case	—	—	—	Cushion (short-lug)	Cushion (short-lug) or long-lug
Factory refs	100/205	146/001, 148.35.01	148-35-01, 148-35-01A	166-35-04	166-35-04

Sources

Sherpa tool watch matrix, 1958+ models (Enicar book p. 262)enicar.org · read 2026-10-25
Enicar Sherpa Pilot (2 crown models), The Spring Bar (archived 10 December 2019)The Spring Bar · read 2026-10-25
The many colors of the Enicar Sherpa Guide (and why it deserves more love)enicar.org · read 2026-10-25
Watch Value Barometer #7, December 2025enicar.org · read 2026-10-25

Still missing

Production years for MkII and MkIVa
Serial ranges
Case material and lug width
Movement detail: AR166 in the cushion-case version
Photographs

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Credits for this pageResearch: enicar.org (Martijn van der Ven), The Spring Bar (JonDev). Photographs credited per image. Last reviewed 2026-10-25.

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