www.benrus.com Whilst I like the original, this one seems to fall a little flat, and I was expecting the price to be 30-40% lower. Would love to try it on though I might hold off and see what comes up with the Benrus II credit Hodin*** ...
And the only argument for them that makes sense is that limited availability of the original, plus the cost and practicality of those rare pieces, means few collectors can enjoy them. I'm still not sure though that that's reason enough to keep producing c...
of this one. So even if it may a bit flat i am sure in real life you will like it a lot better. And no fake pati nova lume ;-) This is how it would have come out of the box 40 years ago i think.
I know nothing about this or the original watch, but from the photo in the Hodinkee article, it seems like a dead ringer for the original. I like minimalistic designs (I'm wearing a Unimatic U1-DW as I type this), so this Benrus scratches me where I itch....
that bugs me is the steel itself: the originals seem to use a very special kind of steel which makes it look very industrial photo: Benrus II, credit Mostra Store ...
I think this one has the look of a reedition. Hands are too white. colors of the lume (orange and green) is not visible. I have doubt about the wieght of the font on the bezel. In general, I have an issue with re-editions. I dont like them! Make a new wat...
the name Benrus is not recognized by 99.8% of buyers/ collectors... so what you have here is a an ultra-super-extra mini-niche watch that is very cool, but will likely never be recognized without years of effective marketing and new references that are de...