Difference between revisions of "Enicar Sherpa Jet"

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[[File:Enicar Sherpa Jet Collage large.jpg|thumb|Sherpa Jet Variations]]
 
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The other models in the two crown Pilot Watch range are the Jet and the Super Jet. The outer rotating bezel was removed.
 
The other models in the two crown Pilot Watch range are the Jet and the Super Jet. The outer rotating bezel was removed.
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===MARK I JET===
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The early Jet models coincided with the Mark IIB Guide models and had baton hands with inverted T lumes at the tip, a second hand with a yellow lollipop dot, and indexes with dot lumes on 6, 9, and 12 and rectangular lumes on the 5 minute indexes.  The GMT hand was a thin yellow tipped pointer. Early models had an applied Saturn logo and T or Swiss T on the dial. Later models had automatic lower on the dial with T < 25 mc and T Swiss Made T on the dial.
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===MARK II JET===
  
The early Jet models coincided with the Mark IIB Guide models and had baton hands with inverted T lumes at the tip, a second hand with a yellow lollipop dot, and indexes with dot lumes on 6, 9, and 12 and rectangular lumes on the 5 minute indexes.  The GMT hand was a thin yellow tipped pointer. Early models had an applied Saturn logo and T or Swiss T on the dial.
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About 1969 a new model Jet was released coinciding with the Mark III Guide.
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The baton hands have a thin pencil central lume on the minute hand and a lozenge lume on the hour hand, and the 24h hand is rallye style. The lume dots are reversed from the prior version. Thicker crowns were used.  The case became a Supercompressor Sherpa 600, with model number 148.35.02 engraved.
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==

Revision as of 15:55, 10 May 2021

Enicar Sherpa Jet

Sherpa Jet and SuperJet

Sherpa Jet Variations

The other models in the two crown Pilot Watch range are the Jet and the Super Jet. The outer rotating bezel was removed.

MARK I JET

The early Jet models coincided with the Mark IIB Guide models and had baton hands with inverted T lumes at the tip, a second hand with a yellow lollipop dot, and indexes with dot lumes on 6, 9, and 12 and rectangular lumes on the 5 minute indexes. The GMT hand was a thin yellow tipped pointer. Early models had an applied Saturn logo and T or Swiss T on the dial. Later models had automatic lower on the dial with T < 25 mc and T Swiss Made T on the dial.

MARK II JET

About 1969 a new model Jet was released coinciding with the Mark III Guide.

The baton hands have a thin pencil central lume on the minute hand and a lozenge lume on the hour hand, and the 24h hand is rallye style. The lume dots are reversed from the prior version. Thicker crowns were used. The case became a Supercompressor Sherpa 600, with model number 148.35.02 engraved.

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Notable Models