AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BENRUS SQUARE GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

BRAND: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BENRUS SQUARE GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN: SWISS

CIRCA: 1950's

MODEL: DRESS WATCH

CRYSTAL: ACRYLIC VERY CLEAN, NO CRACKS NO SCRATCHES

MOVEMENT: BENRUS 17JEWELS MANUAL MOVEMENT CAL.BB4 (ETA 930)

DIAL COLOR: GOLD TONE DIAL

FUNCTIONS: HOUR and MINUTE SUBSECOND AT 6:00

HANDS: GOLD TONE 

MARKERS: RAISED GOLD TONE ARABIC MARKERS

CASING : GOLD PLATED 20 Micron Casing

LUGS: 18mm 

MEASUREMENT: 28mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 32mm LUG TO LUG

BEZEL: GOLD PLATED BEZEL

CASEBACK INSCRIPTION: BENRUS 20 MICRON GOLD ELECTROPLATED

CROWN: ORIGINAL UNIGNED BENRUS CROWNS

STRAP: GP FLEXIBLE STRECH BAND

SIZE STRAP: 9.5" FULL LENGHT

DISCONTINUED MODEL & EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME, NO BOX and NO PAPER but GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC

PRICE: USD120 (NEGOTIABLE)
LISTING USD120 SOLD RM

A BRIEF HISTORY OF BENRUS 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.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE WALTHAM ARTDECO GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

VINTAGE WALTHAM ARTDECO TANK GENTS WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1940'S

SHINNING GOLD TONE DIAL

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN WITH NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

THE 17 JEWEL WALTHAM USA WATCH CO. MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT CAL.750-B

GOLD TONE STICK HANDS

GOLD RAISED ARABIC MARKER

10K GOLD FILLED BY WADWORTH CASE MAKER MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 30mm W/O CROWN AND 32mm LUG TO LUG 

SPECIAL STEPPED CASE AND LUGS

UNSIGNED CROWN

BROWN LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... VERY RARE MINT CONDITION!

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE: (SOLD TO MR DICKSON FROM PJ)

RM1,000

BRIEF HISTORY OF WALTHAM WATCHES

American Waltham Watch Company, founded in 1850, were one of the largest watch makers of the 19th Century. The company was founded on a relationship between three men, in Massachusetts USA.
Mr David Davis, a Mr Dension and a Mr Howard. It was based on a dream that they could produce watches that were of good quality, yet were not made from some of the more expensive materials usually found on watches of the era.

By 1851, the trio had there own production house, and the name 'American Horology Company' was adopted.

In 1852 the company had renamed themselves and watches were being produced with the signature 'The Warran Mfg. Co.' after a Revolutionary War Hero.
Watches 1 - 17, the first from the production line, were not placed on the market but were instead given to the company officials, and executives.
From then on the company went through a number of name changes, with watches #18 - 110 being engraved with "Warren Boston", the next 800 were marked "Samuel Curtis" (The Main Financial Backer of the Company) and a few were marked "Fellows and Schel" and were sold for $40.

In September 1853 the name was changed yet again to 'Boston Watch Company' an d a factory was erected in Waltham, Massachusetts in October 1854. The movements produced at this building are marked #1,001 to #5,000 and were marked with the engraving of "Dennison, Howard & Davis,", "C.T.Parker", and "P.S. Bartlett".
Times were hard and the Boston Watch Company failed in 1857, and was subsequently sold at Auction to Royal E Robbins.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BEAUVILLE ARTDECO GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BEAUVILLE ARTDECO TANK GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1940's

MODEL: ARTDECO

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: 15 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT DUROWE CAL. F

DIAL COLOR: GOLD CHAMPAGNE 

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE & SUB SECONDS

HANDS/JARUM: BLACK STEEL HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU:   BLACK ARABIC INDEXES

BEZEL:  STAINLESS STEEL

CASING : ALL STAINLESS STEEL 

LUGS: 16mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 32mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 39mm LUG TO LUG

ENGRAVED BACKCASE : S/N AGIER INOXIBLE

CROWN: UNSIGNED SS CROWN

STRAP/TALI:  VINTAGE BROWN LEATHER STRAP 

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

PRICE: USD250 (NEGOTIABLE)

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

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE PENN TANK GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

BRAND: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE PENN TANK GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN: SWISS BY ELOGA WATCH CO

CIRCA: 1940's

MODEL: DRESS

CRYSTAL: ACRYLIC CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT: 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT AS CAL.970 III

DIAL COLOR: GOLD CHAMPAGNE

FUNCTIONS: HOUR, MINUTES AND SUB SECOND AT 6:00

HANDS: GOLD TONE SWORD HOUR & MINUTE HANDS AND GOLD TONE CENTER SWIPE SUB SECOND HANDS

MARKERS: NO INDEXES PLAIN DIAL

CASING : GOLD TOP PLATED AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK

LUGS: 18mm 

MEASUREMENT: 25mm DIAMETER without CROWN and 38mm LUG TO LUG

BEZEL: -

 CASE BACK INSCRIPTION: - STAINLESS STEEL BACK-SWISS

CROWN: ORIGINAL UNSIGNED  GP CROWN

STRAP: GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND

STRAP SIZE: 8" FULL LENGHT

DISCONTINUED MODEL, NO BOX AND NO PAPER BUT GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC

EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE: USD220 (NEGOTIABLE)

SOLD: RM3100

Brief Information Eloga Watch 

Founded around 1920–1925 in Lengnau/Biel (Bernese Jura), Switzerland. The company was registered as Eloga Watch Co. SA, with the name reportedly derived from the first letters of the founders’ or investors’ names (exact origin is debated; one common story links it to “E. Locher – Lo.gel – "