In the 1920’s “three Romanian immigrant brothers, Benjamin, Oscar, and Ralph, launched watch company Benrus in New York with their combined $5,000 savings. Benrus imported Swiss movements to the United States and put them into cases in New York. They soon

I can name Paco de Lucia: considered the greatest Flamenco guitarrist and one of the greatest guitarrist in the world. And a few other idols including George Harrison: And… Here my watches for this weekend: two watches hunted in the past few days: Modern

Just thought i would share a couple shots comparing the Original Benrus Type I to the te edition of 2020. On the surface a very true representation of the original considering they no longer have the same materials available to reproduce the dial and poss

Re edition Benrus Type I

Benrus Type I reissue 2020 LE 1000 pieces. Patek 5070

With the experience gained through the beginning of the Vietnam War and the increasing use of covert and specialized military teams such as, the US Navy UDT/SEALs, US Navy EOD, US Navy Divers, Army Rangers, Green Berets, and CIA operatives, the Department

. . . the only American wristwatch of the modern era that can lay claim to being one. Even if it has a Swiss movement.

I really like the design. Weird, for sure. Looks good though in a non-classical beauty way. The 12-hour bezel makes sense in that at the time (late 60s and early 70s) US military issued watches included the Benrus Type I and Type II Class A dive watches w

Just one shot of this watch which I used to own. Sterile, because there was not writing on the dial NOR on the case back. A pedestrian movement ( ETA ) but a strong looking military watch. A last detail, this is one of these few watches which uses Prometh

It seens that along the way owners wanted to put straps on so the modified the spring bars to accept the leather straps. As there was never really a civilian version the canvas strap was standard just a long strip not what we now call nato eith the double