Fratello On Air: Talking To Martin Klocke From Sherpa Watches

Bringing a passion project to life

March 01, 2022

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Fratello On Air returns and this week, Mike talks to Martin Klocke from Sherpa Watches. If you’re a watch lover and want to hear a tale about an incredible passion project, this episode is definitely for you!

Martin Klocke is someone I “met” well over a year ago via Instagram. He had aired his intentions to bring back highly faithful yet modern renditions of vintage Enicar models. Sherpa Watches was born and, now, production of the Sherpa OPS and Ultradive models is about to begin.

Handgelenks Kontrolle

Martin is from Germany, so you’ll get to hear “Handgelenks Kontrolle” pronounced correctly! Martin is wearing one of his watches and I’m sporting my Enicar Sherpa Super Jet. After some pleasantries, we dive into how Martin became interested in vintage and the story of Sherpa Watches.

Sherpa Watches

In our discussion, we walk through the painstaking research that Martin did on EPSA, the engineering behind the cases, crowns, and all the details. Next, we talk about how challenging this project was to ensure sourcing from Europe.

Again, you won’t want to miss this! It’s an honest and open story that sheds a lot of new light on a subject all of us truly enjoy — watches! Huge thanks to Martin for his time. Look out for an upcoming full review of the new Sherpa Watches!

(Mike here: if you downloaded the episode earlier, try again – the little metronome noise is gone – that was a Mike error!)

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Fratello On Air: Talking To Martin Klocke From Sherpa Watches

Great listen as always but just to let you know not as a complaint but as a heads up there’s some sort of funky beat going on in the background you may want to sort out for the next recording cheers keep up the good work

Mike Stockton says:

Mar 01, 2022 at 11:28

Thanks! It’s fixed now – this is what happens when mix master Balazs isn’t handling the controls.

Great Talk, thanks for sharing. All the best for Martin and his little brand!

That was very in-depth folks. I think it’s safe to say Martin is the worldwide EPSA authority now, even if he didn’t aspired it initially. I applaud Martin’s no-compromise approach and I truly believe working with European suppliers only will make a difference in the end. I’m thankful to be a part of this remarkable brandstory.

Such a great story about the big achievement making a Sherpa OPS and UD with the famous EPSA technology. Very interesting to hear and learn about the EPSA bayonet and EPSA crown system. The Mantra signs at the movement, really the finisching touch.