Benrus relaunches its Type I-C dive and field watch with a new series that recreates the look and feel of the original pioneering 1960s-era Benrus Type I military watches.
The historic U.S.-based brand is recreating the Type I-C with a design faithful to the original asymmetric-cased model, including its spare, logo-free dial, full 300-meter water resistance, big indexes and large luminous hands.
Benrus offers a choice of three dial colors, white, blue and black, each cased in a 42.5mm by 47.5mm bead-blasted steel case with a screw-in textured crown, bidirectional rotating hour bezel and double-domed sapphire crystal.
Inside Benrus fits a Soprod P024 automatic movement with a 38-hour power reserve.
Benrus offers the black-dialed model with two bezel and strap options. One features a matching black bezel, a direct echo of the original design. That watch comes with a black two-piece rubber tropic strap. The second black-dialed model comes with a red bezel and is available on a red two-piece rubber tropic strap.
Other variations include a white dial with black bezel on a white two-piece rubber tropic strap and an all-blue model featuring a blue dial with matching blue bezel and blue two-piece rubber tropic strap.
Each Swiss-made Benrus Type I-C watch benefits from a healthy dollop of white Super-LumiNova markers and hands. On the back of each watch you’ll also find an image of an American flag.
Benrus was the first watchmaker to land a U.S. military watch contract during the Vietnam war. Its Mil-Spec MIL-W-50717 watches were used by soldiers in the various branches, including the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the Green Berets and the CIA.
Price: $1,495.
Specifications: Benrus Type I-C
• Case Diameter: 42.5mm (without crown)
• Case Length: 47.5mm (top lug to bottom lug)
• Case Height: 15mm
• Lug Width: 20mm
• Bead blasted 316L stainless steel case w/ screw-in high-grip textured crown
• Double domed sapphire crystal
• BW G9 Super-LumiNova on dial markers and hands
• Soprod P024 w/ 38-hour power reserve
• 30ATM water resistance
• Quick release two-piece rubber tropic strap
• Special American Flag case back
• Swiss Made
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