AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BENRUS SKINDIVER GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BENRUS SKINDIVER GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960's

MODEL: SKINDIVER

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC 

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: BENRUS 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT CAL.11U4B8

DIAL COLOR: MATTE BLACK

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTES AND SWIPE SECOND

HANDS/JARUM: SILVER TONE (LUMINOUS-NO LONGER LUMED)

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUMINOUS STICKS MARKERS

BEZEL: STEEL DIVER BEZEL

CASING : ALL STAINLESS STEEL 

LUGS: 18mm 

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 36mm DIAMETER W/O CROWN and 38mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: BENRUS LOGO~OPEN THROUGH CRYSTAL~ WATERPROOF~DUST PROOF- SERIES 7

CROWN: STAINLESS STEEL BENRUS CROWN

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE BLACK LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & HARD TO FIND.

NOTICE: VINTAGE WATCHES AGED 30YRS IS NO LONGER GUANRANTEED IT'S WATERPROOF AND WATER RESISTANT, AVOID FROM DIRECT CONTACT WITH WATER

PRICE/HARGA: USD250 (NEGOTIABLE)

BRIEF HISTORY OF BENRUS, SOVEREIGN AND BELFORTE WATCHES

Although the company went out of business in 1977, large numbers of their well made and dependable fine Benrus watches are available as vintage collectors’ items.

Way back in 1921 three brothers called Oscar, Ralph and Benjamin Lazrus founded the Benrus Watch Company. History doesn’t tell us why Benjamin was the brothers’ name that was chosen but the company name, Benrus, is a combination of the first syllable of his name and the second syllable of their family name. Benrus watches is sometimes mistaken for a Swiss watch making company because early in its history the American owned and operated company leased one floor of factory space from a Swiss owned watch making company that was located in La Chaux de Fonds in Switzerland. Their reason for doing this was to help to circumvent the draconian regulations against the use of Swiss watch movements in foreign time pieces. The earliest models of Benrus watches featured precision movements made by the Schild Company, a well known and established Swiss watch maker. The first watch casings from the Benrus Watch Company are not marked with their brand name due to the Swiss regulations discussed previously.

In the decade of the 1930’s the innovative and creative styling of Benrus watches started to attract quite a following. Their chic designs featured such innovations as cushion watches and rectangular shaped watch casings. It was during this period of time that the Benrus Watch Company first became well known to the American consumer market. The company continued to be known as a leader in style and design in the watch making industry. During the 1940’s they made a range of fine time pieces that are avidly sought after by vintage watch collectors today. Perhaps the most famous of these was the manually winding calendar watch.

Other brands that sold under the Benrus name were 

SOVEREIGN
BELFORTE