Draft record. We're still checking this one against its sources, so it may be incomplete. What's missing is listed at the bottom.
Sherpa · Other
Sherpa World Time
A 1967 world-time prototype on the AR 1145 automatic, with six small dials for six time zones and an inner ring of 64 cities. It was shown at the 1967 Swiss watch fair but never went into production.
Draft- Produced
- c. 1967 onward
- Type
- Other
- Movement
- AR1145 · automatic
- Case
- 40 x 45 mm case with no reference number on the back
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Diameter
- 40 mm
- Lug width
- 18 mm
- Thickness
- 10 mm
- Dial
- Six small dials, one per time zone, each with its own hand and arrow disc, around the main hands; 64 city names on the inner ring.
- Features
- Inner bezel
- Nicknames
- Kaleidoscope
- References
- Unknown
Read the full story
- The discovery of the Enicar Sherpa World Time 'Kaleidoscope' from 1967enicar.org, Martijn van der VenHow Martijn van der Ven found the watch.
- Exploring the Enicar Sherpa World Time 'Kaleidoscope'enicar.org, Martijn van der VenThe watch taken apart by a watchmaker, with the case, dial and movement in detail.
History
Enicar presented it at the 1967 Swiss watch fair. The Musée international d'horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds has one in its collection and, according to the museum, it was one of a series of three prototypes. The seller of Martijn van der Ven's example said ten were made. enicar.org@vandervenus (Martijn van der Ven)@vandervenus (Martijn van der Ven)
Sources
- Exploring the Enicar Sherpa World Time 'Kaleidoscope'enicar.org · read 2026-10-27
- The discovery of the Enicar Sherpa World Time 'Kaleidoscope' from 1967enicar.org · read 2026-10-27
- @vandervenus post: the MIH acquires an Enicar World Timer, a prototype in a series of three@vandervenus (Martijn van der Ven) · read 2026-10-27
- @vandervenus post: the 1967 Sherpa World Time on show at the MIH@vandervenus (Martijn van der Ven) · read 2026-10-27
Still missing
- Reference number: the caseback carries none
- How many were made: the museum says three, the seller of one said ten
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Credits for this pageResearch: enicar.org (Martijn van der Ven), @vandervenus (Martijn van der Ven) (Martijn van der Ven). Photographs credited per image. Last reviewed 2026-10-27.
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