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I only knew Enicar by name. The famous brand created by the Racine family, whose name is simply theirs spelled backward.

I just happened to stumble across this one on an auction site. No box or papers, but that didn't matter, I really liked it. And I was lucky enough to win the auction because it wasn't all that popular.
I had the watch serviced as soon as I got it, and it ran like clockwork. Apart from being a bit stiff when winding it, it keeps good time, reads well, and has a little piece of history on it. I was thinking of reselling it, but in the end, I grew attached to it.

The legendary Sherpa D 600 from Enicar

I've known about Eska for over a year, and their watches have always caught my eye.

But it did take me a while to make up my mind. Actually, the simplicity and understated elegance of this watch appealed to me, and then the conversations with one of its new owners (Sinicha) sealed the deal.

Because for me, it's not just about the watch or the price; it's also about the story behind it. So, it's a historic brand, somewhat forgotten and then revived by two bold entrepreneurs, and that... that really resonated with me because it takes courage to take over a brand, just as much as it takes courage to create one.

An engaging diver's watch, and like a tool watch

When I landed on the Venezianico website, I was looking for an Italian watch.

Not so much out of curiosity, but because of a part of my heritage. And then, bam! It turns out it's a Venetian brand, where my grandparents are from. So I jumped at the chance, browsed their website, and was pleasantly surprised. More than just watches, they're true works of art. They sometimes release special dials that nod to Venice's history with China. But the one that really caught my eye, especially because of its depth, is the Ultra Black. Incredibly understated (it only has three hands and the brand logo), and with a dial treatment that creates a deep black, this model also gives off subtle bluish reflections with its crystal. A gem to have in your collection and to wear out in the evening.

A sober and very elegant Italian woman

Last year, I wanted to buy a watch from my birth year: 1975.
I didn't have a specific brand in mind, but I wondered which ones had made their mark during that period. SEIKO seemed like the obvious choice. I mentioned it to a friend who recommended another watchmaker specializing in that brand. After that, it was almost like a game. He offered me four watches from my birth year. I chose this one immediately (even though the others were very beautiful). Its teal dial, its compact size, and the fact that it was already a technological advancement for its time. This 23-jewel LM Special captivated me. The watchmaker who sold it to me even gave it a little restoration.
I don't wear it every day, but when I do, it gets quite a reaction, especially when I mention its age and the fact that it's as well-preserved (or better) than I am. :)

A pure beauty that has not aged over time

For a long time, I'd wanted to own a pre-owned Yema. The brand holds a special place in my heart. On the one hand, its origins and longevity, but also the initials of my wife, my daughters, and myself.

I was specifically looking for a Rallygraf. When I came across the ad for this one, I was instantly captivated. Its almost pearly white dial and red stripes truly reminded me of racing cars from years past.
This chronograph runs beautifully and looks fantastic with its black racing leather strap. The icing on the cake is that this model seems to be quite rare.

A Rallygraf representative of races from yesteryear

I discovered SYE at Time Fest in Bordeaux in 2025. There were many other brands with watches, each as beautiful as the next. But I was truly captivated by SYE and Arnaud, its creator.

It was primarily the innovative design of the strap that won me over. It blends seamlessly with the watch, is comfortable, and practical.

Moreover, it's easy to change. I chose the Bullitt Titanium and added a strap. The dial offers stunning reflections, and the hour markers and hands stand out beautifully.

This Bullitt is incredible, I've fallen in love with it

The brand SYE [Start Your Engine] was created in 2020 by Arnaud Pezeron near Paris in France. The brand is introducing Sport Tailoring on the wrist. It offers sporty-chic watches with character, reliability, fun and affordability inspired by the world of car and motorcycle mechanics. The range includes two distinct models, the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/sye/mot1on_automatic_24"> SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24</a> and the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/sye/mot1on_chronograph"> SYE MOT1ON Chronograph</a>.
This brand has an innovation in changing the bracelet available in steel or leather. The watch offers no space between the bracelet and the case due to the absence of lugs, which improves its comfort and portability.
<h2 dir="ltr">How much does a SYE watch cost?</h2>
The SYE range includes two models available on the brand's website: The SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 is offered from &euro; 750. The SYE MOT1ON Chronograph is offered from &euro; 599.
SYE is independent and produces several hundred watches per year, all models combined. To choose an SYE that best suits you, the Dialicious owners' reviews are a valuable resource for evaluating each of the different models through real customer experience.
Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_french_watch_brands">Ranking of the best French watch brands</a>, including SYE.
(Updated November 2023)

La SYE MOT1ON Chronograph Panda est l'une des 5 d&eacute;clinaisons de la collection&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/sye/mot1on_chronograph">SYE MOT1ON Chronograph</a> lanc&eacute;e en 2020. Le bo&icirc;tier de cette version Panda est fabriqu&eacute; en acier 316L inoxydable. Il donne un sentiment robustesse et un &eacute;clat qui n&rsquo;a rien &agrave; envier aux grandes maisons horlog&egrave;res. La finition alternant surfaces bross&eacute;es et polies souligne la qu&ecirc;te de SYE avec cette Panda, comme avec les autres d&eacute;clinaisons <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/sye/mot1on_chronograph/estoril">Estoril</a> ou <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/sye/mot1on_chronograph/bullitt_titanium">Bullitt</a> notamment, d&rsquo;une esth&eacute;tique singuli&egrave;re, circulaire et d&eacute;pourvue de anses.
Le cadran de SYE MOT1ON Panda est subtilement stri&eacute; verticalement d&rsquo;une couleur blanche. Les deux sous-cadrans sont noirs rappelant ainsi la t&ecirc;te du c&eacute;l&egrave;bre Panda. Le moteur de la m&eacute;canique SYE MOT1ON Chronograph est un mouvement &agrave; Meca-quartz Seiko VK64, reconnu pour sa fiabilit&eacute; sans faille et fonctionnement hybrique &agrave; quartz pour proposer l'heure et m&eacute;canique pour la fonction chronographe. Le bracelet de la SYE MOT1ON Chronograph Panda est au choix en acier ou en cuir parmi 13 coloris diff&eacute;rents.
Avec un diam&egrave;tre de 40,5 mm, la SYE MOT1ON Chronograph Panda se positionne comme une montre originale, id&eacute;ale pour le quotidien et se d&eacute;marquant des designs plus conventionnels, vus et revus. La SYE MOT1ON Panda est propos&eacute;e &agrave; 599 &euro; TTC sur bracelet acier et 650 &euro; TTC sur bracelet cuir.
Avant de choisir une SYE MOT1ON Chronograph Panda, les&nbsp;avis clients Dialicious sont une pr&eacute;cieuse ressource pour &eacute;valuer l'exp&eacute;rience r&eacute;elle des clients et comprendre ils ont choisi la Panda plut&ocirc;t que l&rsquo;un des autres mod&egrave;les de la collection Chronograph.
(Mise &agrave; jour D&eacute;cembre 2023)

La SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Pebble est la derni&egrave;re en date des 4 d&eacute;clinaisons de la collection <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/sye/mot1on_automatic_24">SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24</a> lanc&eacute;e en 2020. Le bo&icirc;tier de cette version Pebble est fabriqu&eacute; en acier 316L inoxydable. Il donne un sentiment robustesse et un &eacute;clat qui n&rsquo;a rien &agrave; envier aux grandes marques horlog&egrave;res. La finition alternant surfaces bross&eacute;es et polies souligne la qu&ecirc;te de SYE avec cette Pebble, comme avec les autres d&eacute;clinaisons <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/sye/mot1on_automatic_24/estoril">Estoril</a> ou <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/sye/mot1on_automatic_24/bullitt_titanium">Bullitt</a> notamment, d&rsquo;une esth&eacute;tique singuli&egrave;re, circulaire et d&eacute;pourvue de anses.
Le cadran de SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Pebble est subtilement stri&eacute; verticalement d&rsquo;une couleur grise. SYE continue avec le nom Pebble, c&eacute;l&egrave;bre pour les ventes aux ench&egrave;res de voitures anciennes &agrave; Pebble Beach aux Etats-Unis, &agrave; ancrer ses collections ans l&rsquo;imaginaire des sports m&eacute;caniques. Le moteur de la m&eacute;canique SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Pebble est un mouvement automatique Miyota 8217, reconnu pour sa fiabilit&eacute; et sans faille. Le bracelet de la SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Pebble est au choix en acier ou en cuir parmi 13 coloris diff&eacute;rents.
Avec un diam&egrave;tre de 40,5 mm, la SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Pebble se positionne comme une montre originale, id&eacute;ale pour le quotidien et se d&eacute;marquant des designs plus conventionnels, vus et revus. La SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Pebble est propos&eacute;e &agrave; 750 &euro; TTC sur bracelet acier et 799 &euro; TTC sur bracelet cuir.
Avant de choisir une SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Pebble, les avis clients Dialicious sont une pr&eacute;cieuse ressource pour &eacute;valuer l'exp&eacute;rience r&eacute;elle des clients et comprendre ils ont choisi la Pebble plut&ocirc;t que l&rsquo;un des autres mod&egrave;les de la collection Automatic 24.
(Mise &agrave; jour D&eacute;cembre 2023)

La SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Estoril est la derni&egrave;re en date des 4 d&eacute;clinaisons de la collection <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/sye/mot1on_automatic_24">SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24</a> lanc&eacute;e en 2020. Le bo&icirc;tier de cette version Estoril est fabriqu&eacute; en acier 316L inoxydable. Il donne un sentiment robustesse et un &eacute;clat qui n&rsquo;a rien &agrave; envier aux grandes marques horlog&egrave;res. La finition alternant surfaces bross&eacute;es et polies souligne la qu&ecirc;te de SYE avec cette Estoril, comme avec les autres d&eacute;clinaisons <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/sye/mot1on_automatic_24/pebble">Pebble</a> ou <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/sye/mot1on_automatic_24/bullitt_titanium">Bullitt</a> notamment, d&rsquo;une esth&eacute;tique singuli&egrave;re, circulaire et d&eacute;pourvue de anses.
Le cadran de SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Estoril est subtilement stri&eacute; verticalement d&rsquo;une couleur bleu Estoril rappelant la couleur devenue mythique des BMW M3. SYE continue ainsi &agrave; ancrer ses collections dans l&rsquo;imaginaire des sports m&eacute;caniques.&nbsp;Le moteur de la m&eacute;canique SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Estoril est un mouvement automatique Miyota 8217, reconnu pour sa fiabilit&eacute; et sans faille. Le bracelet de la SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Estoril est au choix en acier ou en cuir parmi 13 coloris diff&eacute;rents.
Avec un diam&egrave;tre de 40,5 mm, la SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Estoril se positionne comme une montre originale, id&eacute;ale pour le quotidien et se d&eacute;marquant des designs plus conventionnels, vus et revus. La SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Estoril est propos&eacute;e &agrave; 750 &euro; TTC sur bracelet acier et 799 &euro; TTC sur bracelet cuir. La finition Estoril avec son cadran bleu stri&eacute; est &eacute;galement propos&eacute;e au sein de la collection <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/sye/mot1on_chronograph/estoril">SYE MOT1ON Chronograph</a>.
Avant de choisir une SYE MOT1ON Automatic 24 Estoril, les avis clients Dialicious sont une pr&eacute;cieuse ressource pour &eacute;valuer l'exp&eacute;rience r&eacute;elle des clients et comprendre ils ont choisi la Estoril plut&ocirc;t que l&rsquo;un des autres mod&egrave;les de la collection Automatic 24.
(Mise &agrave; jour D&eacute;cembre 2023)

ZRC est une maison horlog&egrave;re fond&eacute;e en 1904 &agrave; Gen&egrave;ve (Suisse) par Edmond Zuccolo et Joseph Rochet. N&eacute;e dans l&rsquo;univers des cha&icirc;nes de gousset puis des bracelets m&eacute;talliques extensibles, la marque s&rsquo;adresse aujourd&rsquo;hui aux amateurs de plongeuses-outils iconiques, rendue c&eacute;l&egrave;bre par sa Grands Fonds d&eacute;velopp&eacute;e pour la Marine nationale &agrave; partir des ann&eacute;es 1960.
<h3>Couronne &agrave; 6 h, bo&icirc;tier monobloc et esprit Marine nationale</h3>
Con&ccedil;ue pour r&eacute;pondre aux contraintes op&eacute;rationnelles des plongeurs-d&eacute;mineurs fran&ccedil;ais, la Grands Fonds adopte la couronne &agrave; 6 h, un bo&icirc;tier monobloc et des solutions maison comme l&rsquo;ECS (Easy Clean System) et le CPS (Crown Protection System). Dans la pratique, la couronne &agrave; 6 h et le CPS emp&ecirc;chent de porter la montre si la couronne n&rsquo;est pas parfaitement viss&eacute;e, limitant ainsi les risques d&rsquo;erreur avant immersion ; l&rsquo;ECS facilite le rin&ccedil;age pour &eacute;viter la cristallisation du sel sous la lunette.
<h3>Grands Fonds et d&eacute;clinaisons contemporaines</h3>
La collection actuelle d&eacute;cline l&rsquo;ADN historique (lisibilit&eacute;, ergonomie de terrain, silhouette &laquo; outil &raquo;) en plusieurs tailles et niveaux de performance. Quel que soit le mod&egrave;le, l&rsquo;architecture et la signature &agrave; 6 h rendent la lecture imm&eacute;diate et l&rsquo;identit&eacute; instantan&eacute;ment reconnaissable.
<ul>
<li>ZRC Grands Fonds MN64 &mdash; Hommage aux sp&eacute;cifications Marine nationale, codes historiques de cadran et de lunette.</li>
<li>ZRC Grands Fonds Heritage&nbsp;&mdash; Gabarit plus contenu (38 mm) conservant la signature de couronne &agrave; 6 h pour les poignets fins.</li>
<li>ZRC Securicode &mdash; R&eacute;interpr&eacute;tation d&rsquo;un th&egrave;me de la fin des ann&eacute;es 1950/1960, avec &eacute;l&eacute;ments de style historiques.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Positionnement : outil pro, prix et distribution</h3>
La marque revendique un positionnement &laquo; instrument de plong&eacute;e &raquo; au sein de l&rsquo;horlogerie ind&eacute;pendante suisse, avec volumes de production non communiqu&eacute; et diffusion s&eacute;lective (d&eacute;taillants sp&eacute;cialis&eacute;s et vente directe). &Agrave; titre indicatif, de nombreuses r&eacute;f&eacute;rences acier se situent autour de 2 500&ndash;3 000 &euro;, tandis que des versions techniques en titane d&eacute;passent 4 000 &euro; ; certaines &eacute;ditions sp&eacute;ciales ou m&eacute;taux nobles s&rsquo;&eacute;tablissent nettement au-del&agrave;. Pr&eacute;sence confirm&eacute;e en France avec des &eacute;taillants comme <a href="https://www.bijouterie-clouzeau.fr/fr/marques/zrc-1904">Clouzeau</a> ou <a href="https://www.berenger.fr/fr/horlogerie-berenger/marques/zrc-1904">Berenger</a>, et sur quelques march&eacute;s Asie/Moyen-Orient via un r&eacute;seau resserr&eacute;.
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
ZRC s&rsquo;adresse aux amateurs de montres-outils au style imm&eacute;diatement identifiable, qui privil&eacute;gient la fonctionnalit&eacute;, la lisibilit&eacute; et une signature de design forte. Le choix se fera entre un usage polyvalent quotidien (Grands Fonds 300/38), une filiation historique appuy&eacute;e (MN64, Securicode) ou une approche plus technique et extr&ecirc;me (Grands Fonds 3000 Titanium). Les acheteurs sensibles &agrave; l&rsquo;ergonomie appr&eacute;cieront la couronne &agrave; 6 h et la s&eacute;curit&eacute; du CPS ; les puristes salueront la coh&eacute;rence d&rsquo;ensemble. Pour &eacute;clairer votre d&eacute;cision au-del&agrave; de la fiche technique, fiez-vous&nbsp;aux avis clients Dialicious, utiles pour comprendre confort, lisibilit&eacute; r&eacute;elle et ressenti au port&eacute;.
(Mise &agrave; jour Ao&ucirc;t 2025)

ZRC is a watch brand founded in 1904 in Geneva, Switzerland, by Edmond Zuccolo and Joseph Rochet. Born in the field of pocket-watch chains and later expandable metal bracelets, the brand now caters to enthusiasts of iconic tool divers, made famous by its Grands Fonds developed for the French Navy from the 1960s onward.
<h3>6 o&rsquo;clock crown, monobloc case and French Navy spirit</h3>
Engineered to meet the operational demands of French Navy mine-clearance divers, the Grands Fonds features a 6 o&rsquo;clock crown, a monobloc case and in-house solutions such as ECS (Easy Clean System) and CPS (Crown Protection System). In practice, the 6 o&rsquo;clock crown and CPS prevent the watch from being worn unless the crown is fully screwed down, reducing user error prior to immersion; ECS helps flush out salt to prevent crystallization under the bezel.
<h3>Grands Fonds and contemporary variants</h3>
The current collection translates the historical DNA (legibility, field ergonomics, tool-watch silhouette) into multiple sizes and performance levels. Whichever the model, the 6 o&rsquo;clock signature ensures instant readability and an immediately recognisable identity.
<ul>
<li>ZRC Grands Fonds MN64 &mdash; Core diver inspired by 1964, 300 m, bold legibility for versatile daily wear.</li>
<li>ZRC Grands Fonds Hertiage &mdash; Smaller 38 mm option retaining the 6 o&rsquo;clock crown signature for slimmer wrists.</li>
<li>ZRC Securicode &mdash; Reinterpretation of a late-1950s/1960s theme with historical design elements.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Positioning: pro tool, pricing and distribution</h3>
The brand&rsquo;s stance is that of an independent Swiss &ldquo;diving instrument,&rdquo; with production volumes not disclosed and selective distribution (specialist retailers and direct sales). As a guide, many steel references sit around &euro;2,500&ndash;3,000, while technical titanium pieces exceed &euro;4,000; special editions or precious-metal variants are significantly higher. Presence is established in Europe such as <a href="https://www.soprana.com/zrc-1904/?lang=en">Soprana</a> in Italy or <a href="https://junod-lausanne.ch/fr/collections/zrc">Junod</a> in Switzerland, and selected Asian/Middle-Eastern markets through a tight retail network.
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
ZRC speaks to those who value immediately recognisable tool-watch design with functional clarity and a strong signature. Your choice will likely fall between versatile daily wear (Grands Fonds 300/38), an emphatic historical link (MN64, Securicode), or a more technical, extreme approach (Grands Fonds 3000 Titanium). Ergonomics benefit from the 6 o&rsquo;clock crown and CPS safety; purists will appreciate the overall coherence. To refine your decision beyond the spec sheet, rely on Dialicious customer reviews to understand comfort, real-world legibility and on-wrist feel.
(Updated August 2025)

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