Benrus Yellow Gold Filled Art

Creator: Benrus
Case Material: Gold-filled
Movement: Manual Wind
Place of Origin: Switzerland
Period: 1950-1959
Date of Manufacture: 1960s
Condition: Excellent Wear consistent with age and use. It is worth noting that this watch only had a 12-month warranty when it was new. However, we are so confident of our workmanship and team that we offer an 18-month warranty on all our watches, even those over 100 years old.


FACTORY / HOUSE: Benrus Watch Company
STYLE / REFERENCE:
METAL / MATERIAL: Yellow Gold Filled
CIRCA / YEAR: 1940s
DIMENSIONS / SIZE: 38mm Length X 26mm Width
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual Winding / 17 Jewels / Caliber BA4
DIAL / HANDS: Silver Patinated Dial with Applied Markers / Gilt Baton Hands
ATTACHMENT / LENGTH: Leather with Original Bracelet, 16mm / Regular Length
WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement
The Benrus watch company was founded by the Lazarus Brothers and Ben Was one of the brothers. They specialized in high quality watches which were either Swiss or American made. They had great styling and were very dependable.
The tortue, meaning tortoise was an original design by Louis Cartier. He based it on stylized tortoise he saw in a Greek Temple 3000 years old. The tortue is still in the Cartier line today.

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