Benrus Type 1

The Benrus company was founded in 1921 by three brothers, Benjamin, Oscar, and S. Ralph Lazrus.  With offices at the landmark Hippodrome building in New York, a factory in La Coux de Fond in Switzerland, which
produced the movements for the company, as well as a factory in Connecticut that handled case production and assembly, Benrus quickly grew in popularity following advertising of their Benrus Tank model with Charles Lindbergh, as well as a campaign featuring Babe Ruth wearing one of their Sportsmen model timepieces.  The company facilitated a relationship with the US Military during World War II, contracting with them to manufacture timing elements for munitions and, later, tool watches for service members during the Vietnam War.

The Benrus Type 1 Class A features a 42.5mm bead-blasted stainless steel case with a double-domed sapphire crystal and a bidirectional rotating bezel.  The black dial features lumed hour markers, lumed pencil-shaped hour and minute hands, and a lumed arrow-tipped seconds hand.  Powered by a hacking automatic ETA 2861 movement, the Type 1 Class A features a 40-hour power movement and a water resistance rating of 300 meters.  

Included with this Benrus Type 1 Class A are the original Benrus olive green carrying pouch, the original hang tag, the owner’s warranty and operational manual, the quality control certificate, and the black Benrus nylon strap with stainless steel buckle.