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SUCCESSFUL: Kickstarter: Time for a change: a book about the lost watch brand Enicar

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SUCCESSFUL: Kickstarter: Time for a change: a book about the lost watch brand Enicar

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This one is a little different from most of the Kickstarter projects I share.

This is a campaign for a book about the vintage watch brand Enicar, called Time For A Change by Martijn van der Ven, who started the website www.enicar.org and shares his passion for the brand on Instagram (@vandervenus).
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Not familiar with the guy, but always good to support a fellow vintage watch fanatic in keeping some near forgotten brands alive.

Lots of different pledge levels, but basically for $75 you get the book.
There's even on high dollar pledge ($3,400ish), where you get a vintage Sherpa Super-Dive MkIII watch!
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This is what the book will contain:

• 250 pages of great photos and stories.
• A newly discovered interview with Enicar founder Ariste Racine from 1954.
• 5 special photographic remakes of Enicar watches with a remarkable story, courtesy of Verse Beeldwaren (www.versebeeldwaren.nl, including the Enicar Kaleidoscope and military models from 1915 and 1944.
• New interviews taken in Biel and Lengnau, photographed by Maarten Coolen (www.maartencoolen.nl).
• The complete story on Enicar and sports: newly found photos and interview with Stirling Moss! Also featuring Jim Clark, Ken Rosewall, Gerhard Mitter, the Swiss gymnastics team, the Tokio Olympic team, iconic cyclist Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil and many more.
• Inside the factory in Lengnau and the many faces of Enicar employees through the ages.
• A professional look at the three best known Enicar calibers.
• Sold worldwide: background stories of how Enicar conquered 90 countries.
• Old advertisements, brochures and catalogs from all over the planet.
• This, and much, much more!
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Re: Preorder: Kickstarter: Time for a change: a book about the lost watch brand Enicar

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I LOVE that day window on that watch. Never seen a vertical one before. Never heard of the brand either so maybe I'll find the book. Lately I've been trying to get a collection of watch related books together
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Re: Preorder: Kickstarter: Time for a change: a book about the lost watch brand Enicar

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To follow up, this Kickstarter campaign was...

SUCCESSFUL

09 backers pledged €31,259 to help bring this project to life.

Follow along on the progress at http://www.enicar.org/
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