The table below focus mostly on the models imported to China at the time. There are two ways to ID a caliber, on the case back, or on the base plate of the movement just under the balance wheel. This guide will focus on the manufacture movements only. (Some pre 70s models were also fitted with AS movements.) In the case of 3 rd party movements used, the caliber usually starts with a 2, ie. Although Enicar was a movement manufacture, in order to cut down cost and to meet demands in the late 70s and 80s, they did buy movements from other movement manufactures, notably FHF and ETA. This change in numbering had no impact on the actual movement, but could help you narrow down the date of the watch more accurately. First a little background on their caliber numbering system: Enicar used 4 digits system at first, then later dropped the first digit for some movements, the most common of these are: 11, later became 140 and 160. I thought I’d post a Enicar Movement Reference guide, mostly the data copied from, so people can identify the watches they have or will purchase. Looking at the design it could be early 80ies. But the finish is typical for late Enicars. I can not tell which movement this is (is there any number under the balance?). Next, most later watches have a 'quick set', You don't actually wind a full 24 h to set the date, but just go back and forth between 10 and 2, try that once it is fixed. Go to a watchmaker, it will take him only few seconds to fix that! The crown of a watch is actually 'glued' to the stem, that means some special stuff is applied to the winding of the stem, before the crown is screwed on. There seems to be no way to screw it on tightly enough ( when the stem is pulled out it adjusts the time backwards, and when its pushed in it winds the watch. I screwed it back on but now when i try to adjust the time forward the crown simply screws back off the stem. When i was halfway done, the crown screwed off into my hand.
The crown only comes out one step, so the only way i to adjust the date (as far as i can tell) was to adjust the time forward 19 days. The date came set on 3rd, so i had a lot of adjusting to do to get it on todays date. Also, i quickly ran into my first problem with the watch. The back says incabloc, and the numbers are 112-22-23. I have not been able to find the same watch or movement online, and am not sure what the numbers on the back mean if anything. Hey, so I just purchased my first enicar (thanks to this thread!) off ebay, i'm hoping someone can help me learn more about my watch. Anything might do, and frankly, anything probably did happen - except those reference numbers, which are the only guide they would have for parts. Enicar went bankrupt and watch repairmen were faced with obtaining parts. The serial number denotes the actual manufacture date. Lots of people ask about dating watches so I thought it might be a good idea to.
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