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Presented for sale is a stunning gentlemans' gold plated Benrus alarm watch dating to around the late 1950's. This fabulous timepiece is in great original condition with no restoration having been carried out whatsoever other than a new crystal and strap. It is VERY collectable. It has a great classic case and the dial has a sweep seconds hand and an alarm arrow marker to set the alarm. The manual movement is running strongly, keeping time and the alarm is working perfectly. The watch is signed in five places, on the dial, case, two crowns and movement. As with all of my watches, authenticity is backed by a full money back guarantee.
The dial is in superb original, unrestored condition. There is hardly a mark on it and no obvious signs of ageing, even when looking at the dial with a jeweller's loupe. It is marked “Benrus Wrist Alarm Swiss Made” and has a starburst satin silver finish with the hours marked by applied gold coloured batons and Arabic numerals. There is an outer minutes chapter and the gold hands are in excellent shape. Having recently been replaced, the crystal is clean and clear, Commensurate with other high end watches, the case is 20 microns gold plated with a stainless steel back and measures approximately 35 mm across, excluding the crown and 42 mm in length. It is signed Benrus and the signed crowns both match. There are,of course, the expected light marks from use over the last fifty years or so, but no obvious signs of wear; in fact the condition is quite remarkable for a watch of this age. The 17 jewelled shock protected manual movement runs strongly and keeps time. The watch is wound and set by the lower crown and the alarm is wound and set by the upper crown. Both functions operate correctly. The watch is fitted with a lightly used Speidel genuine leather strap. This is a fabulous watch in original, fully working condition, highly collectable as well as suitable for wear. Do not miss the opportunity to bid on this great vintage watch.
Benrus History For those who like to know a little of the history of famous watch manufacturers, the Benrus Watch Company was founded in New York in 1921 by three brothers Benjamin, Ralph and Oscar Lazrus, who were Romanian immigrants. The name Benrus was coined by combining the first syllable of Benjamin with the last syllable of Lazrus. The company initially manufactured and assembled the bulk of their watches in Switzerland, where Benrus had a factory. Having produced fairly standard and unexciting contemporary watches up to the start of the Second World War, after it ended Benrus designed and produced many beautiful and unusual designs of watches with fancy bezels and lugs. They are now very collectable. At the beginning of the 1950's Benrus was the third largest watchmaker in the USA, second only to Hamilton, who at one time they nearly acquired. Benrus is remembered for its pioneering and state of the art calendar watch, produced in the 1940's, and later for a range of waterproof watches as well as military watches produced for servicemen fighting in Vietnam. The company was sold to Victor Kiam of Remington Razors in 1967 and sadly, along with other famous names, lost market share due to the advent of the quartz watch and so in 1977 filed for bankruptcy.
     
POSTAGE AND PAYMENT DETAILS Postage within the The charge will be £6.95 by Royal Mail Special Delivery which will insure your watch against loss or damage in transit. It also guarantees next day delivery. Postage Overseas. The charge will be 10.95 GBP by Royal Mail International Signed For. This provides a maximum insurance value of up to 500 GBP subject to Royal Mail conditions. If you are purchasing an item at a price above this figure we do not accept the risk of loss or damage in transit beyond the insured value. A causa di problemi con il servizio postale italiano dobbiamo invii in Italia tramite corriere, completamente monitorati per un costo di 29.95 sterline, se si utilizza Paypal. Ciò è necessario per conformarsi con la politica di Paypal. Siamo in grado di inviare per la consegna da Royal Mail Firmato Per al costo di GBP 10.95, assicurati fino a 500GBP se pagare con bonifico bancario e di accettare il rischio di perdere l'oggetto. In caso di perdita faremo un credito di assicurazione e di effettuare il pagamento sul successo di regolamento Payment All buyers may pay using Paypal Overseas buyers: We prefer PAYPAL please. At our discretion we will accept other forms of payment but accept Terms of We have all of our watches professionally inspected and tested before sale and have them serviced or carry out other work that is required if they are not running smoothly and keeping reasonable time. We warrant that the watch you purchase will, when you receive it, be as described in the listing. We pack our watches very well to avoid damage but very occasionally a problem may occur due to rough treatment in transit. We will provide you with a no quibble full refund, including postage or we will undertake any repairs that are necessary, if the watch is damaged or if in any other way differs significantly from the description. If we have not stated that the watch has been serviced you may wish to have this work done particularly if you intend to wear the watch on a daily basis. On request, we can provide you with details of independent watchmakers to whom you can send your watch for servicing. We provide comprehensive details of our watches, including very clear photographs taken with a high resolution macro lens which shows detail not visible to the naked eye. We also invite you to ask questions if there is anything else you need to know. If you are buying at auction we cannot provide a refund if you decide your watch is too small or you do not like it for some other reason. Please take care to consider the dimensions of the watch case as if it is a gentlemens’ Art Deco rectangular vintage watch; they were made smaller than contemporary watches. Do also please bear in mind that your watch has been used so will not be as new and a fault can develop unexpectedly as with any vintage item. When sending internationally we must declare the full value of the watch as it is against the law to do otherwise.
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