Most sources seem to attribute the first black watch case to the Porsche Design Chronograph 1 from the mind of the legendary Ferdinand
link Porsche. However Jeff Stein of OnTheDash seems to disagree with the crowd as he wrote in his 2021 Hodinkee article on the Heuer Black-Coated Monaco. Before the iconic 1972 introduction
link of the Chronograph 1 Enicar seemed to
link have beaten the brand by a few years when they introduced the Enicar Sherpa OPS in the late sixties.