AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BENRUS GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BENRUS GENTS DRESS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960's

MODEL: DRESS

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: BENRUS 17 JEWELS AUTMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT ETA  CAL. 2450

DIAL COLOR: CHAMPAGNE GOLD

FUNCTION/FUNGSI:HOUR, MINUTUES AND SWIPE SECOND

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD TONE DAUPHNE HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: RAISED GOLD STICKS

BEZEL: 20 MICRON GOLD PLATED

CASING : GOLD PLATED TOP CASE, STAINLESS STEEL BACK. OPEN FROM TOP CRYSTAL

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 34mm DIAMETER W/O CROWN and 38mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: BENRUS LOGO~20 MICRON GOLD PLATED BEZEL~OPEN THROUGH CRYSTAL~ WATERPROOF~DUST PROOF- SERIES #3021 

CROWN: UNSIGNED GP CROWN 

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE 10K PLATED SPIEDEL STRECH BAND FITS 10.5" WRIST

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 10.5"

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: USD200 (NEGOTIABLE)

LIST RM1500 SOLD RM950

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