+Richard Burns "Balance" a great way to describe the dial/watch. Too many redos/reissues/reimaginings of vintage watches are ruined by the addition of a date window. Longines is an example of this. Virtually every time they release a homage to one of their great vintage watches they screw it up by adding a date window (which was not on the original). As an aside my MMT is one of my most accurate watches gaining less than 1 sec/day.
The originals had acrylic crystals and fixed lugs. The Type II had a solid back meaning the inner workings had to be accessed through the face of the watch. Not sure about the Type I. Thanks for sharing this. A supply officer buddy of mine when I was with SDVT-1 way back in 1993 looked these watches up for me as they were still in a supply catalog he had. The price the government paid for them back in the day was less than twenty bucks. You can find a beat up original today for $900-$1100 bucks.
I just picked up the new Benrus Type one on Hodinkee website. Hurry it's a limited run 1,000 pieces. I love it, only wished the bezel would have a clicking sound. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this watch, nice work it's greatly appreciated.
I did look into this. The reason that I didn't go for it thus far is that the MMT looks too much like the Benrus so if I got the latter it would look like I have a duplicate watch (yes I know the Benrus IS Benrus)
It's decent looking but homage watches with a blank dial are really boring. Kind of like a car before it's painted and detailed. These dials need their own identity to shine.
So balanced and so beautiful
+Richard Burns "Balance" a great way to describe the dial/watch. Too many redos/reissues/reimaginings of vintage watches are ruined by the addition of a date window. Longines is an example of this. Virtually every time they release a homage to one of their great vintage watches they screw it up by adding a date window (which was not on the original). As an aside my MMT is one of my most accurate watches gaining less than 1 sec/day.
The originals had acrylic crystals and fixed lugs. The Type II had a solid back meaning the inner workings had to be accessed through the face of the watch. Not sure about the Type I. Thanks for sharing this. A supply officer buddy of mine when I was with SDVT-1 way back in 1993 looked these watches up for me as they were still in a supply catalog he had. The price the government paid for them back in the day was less than twenty bucks. You can find a beat up original today for $900-$1100 bucks.
Do you have any scans of those old supply catalogs?
the real Benrus Type I had a blank dial. thanks for watching
I just picked up the new Benrus Type one on Hodinkee website. Hurry it's a limited run 1,000 pieces. I love it, only wished the bezel would have a clicking sound. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this watch, nice work it's greatly appreciated.
I did look into this. The reason that I didn't go for it thus far is that the MMT looks too much like the Benrus so if I got the latter it would look like I have a duplicate watch (yes I know the Benrus IS Benrus)
I like how simple it is with no wording on the dial and the domed crystal
+1. thanks for watching !
yes, sometimes less is more :)
hi do you still have the watch?
Sure do
@@369168 you want to part it?
It'd be "Mark Two," wouldn't it? (Mark Eleven would be "MK XI")
yikes! my bad. it is indeed "Mark two" and NOT "Mark Eleven"...thanks for pointing that out.
MKII (Mark Two) not MK11 (Mark Eleven)
+Beeny Roy thanks for correcting me on that. I do tend to get the "II" mixed up thinking it's either a "two" or an "eleven"
Great in depth and honest review too btw
thanks so much!
It's decent looking but homage watches with a blank dial are really boring. Kind of like a car before it's painted and detailed. These dials need their own identity to shine.
Matt Stevens not to mention those white triangles, so booooooooring...