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I have hard time seeing how domed is the plexy... Well, it is very faithful ( with an interrogation on the domed plexy ), but it doesn't have the soul of the original. A bit cold.
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Does anyone have any opinion on the re-edition of the Benrus I?
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*** ...
A number of WPS memebers are quite fond of the original...
Hopefully they'll chime in about this one. www.benrus.com ...
Personally, I find the inexorable introduction of reissues and homages rather stale.
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...
I like it, a lot !! It is an almost carbon copy edition apart from the lume and sapphire crystal which add to practicality and makes it a True 30 atm watch. All you need to `unsee ` is that its new and we are all used to seeing a 30 -40 year old version
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.
You are right, sometimes a bright white lume makes sense
Fauxtina is a tricky exercise
Why does this leave some of you cold?
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....
I think it looks good.
I love the fact there is no text on the dial. But, the price in expensive for a Benrus.
I like that too
That's one of the reasons I bought a Stowa Flieger Classic Chrono - no text on the dial.
One element
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 ...
Thanks
The photo of the original on Hodinkee is a little darker than the reissue. I wasn't sure if that was due to the material or the lighting.
I have an opinion as I own the original...
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...
Haha, “the Rollin Clones”. Illustrates my point exactly!
Spot on, Art 😊👍 Im probably gonna have to borrow it from you at some point.
It's a nice minmalist diver
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...