BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BENRUS LARGE DRESS GENTS WRISTWATCH
MADE IN/BUATAN: GERMANY
CIRCA/TAHUN: 1970's
MODEL: CASUAL
CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC
MOVEMENT/ENJIN: BENRUS 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT FE CAL.140
DIAL COLOR: SHINNING GOLD TONE
FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE, SWIPE CENTER SECOND
HANDS/JARUM: GOLD TONE SWORD HANDS
MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: SILVERRAISED GOLD TONE ARABIC MARKER
BEZEL: NONE
CASING : GOLD PLATED TOP AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK
LUGS: 18mm
MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 35mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 40mm LUG TO LUG
DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: BENRUS ~STAINLESS STEEL BACK~BASE METAL BEZEL
CROWN: BENRUS GP CROWN
STRAP/TALI: NEW BLACK LEATHER BAND
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 SO AVOID FROM DIRECT CONTACT WITH WATER
PRICE: USD150.00 (NEGOTIABLE)
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.
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