SUPERB VINTAGE BENRUS FIELD WATCH MENS HANDWIND WATCH SERIAL NO 28005 GOOD WORKING ORDER THERE ARE SOME LIGHT MARKS ON THE FACE BUT FOR ITS AGE IT IS IN REMARKABLE CONDITION
IT HAS LUMINOUS HANDS AND HOUR MARKERS ALTHOUTH THE HANDS SHOW UP THE BEST
THE WATCH WINDS WINDS BEAUTIFULLY WITH A CRISP RACHET SOUND
I HAVE HAD THE WATCH ON TIMEKEEPING TEST FOR 24 HOURS AND IT HAS LOST LESS THAN A MINUTE IN THIS PERIOD
THE SCREWDOWN BACKCASE HAS THE FOLLOWING DETAILS
WATCH WRIST----GENERAL PURPOSE---MIL-W-46374---MFR. BENRUS---SERIAL #28005
i AM LED TO BELEIVE THIS IS A WATCH THAT WAS WAS ISSUED TO AMERICAN OFFICERS IN EITHER THE 2ND WORLD WAR OR THE LATE 60'S EARLY 70'S DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. I AM UNABLE TO VERIFY THIS AS NOTWITHSTANDING I HAVE THE SERIAL NUMBER ETC I CANNOT FOLLOW THE CORRECT LINKS PERHAPS SOMEONE WITH BETTER DETECTIVE SKILLS THAN ME CAN IDENTIFY THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND COMPLETE ITS REMARKABLE HISTORY
IF ANY OF THE EBAY COMMUNITY HAS ANY INFORMATION ON THIS WATCH I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR IT.
I AM PLEASED TO SAY ONE OF THE EBAY COMMUNITY HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE WATCH IS PROBABLY AN ISSUE FROM THE 1980'S HE SEEMS TO BE VERY WELL VERSED ON VIETNAM WATCHES FROM THAT ERA WHICH HE TELLS ME HAVE A PLASTIC BACKCASE NOT A STAINLESS STEEL ONE AS THIS HAS. I HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT HIM. IF THE BUYER IS UNSURE ABOUT ANY OF THE DETAIL PLEASE RESEARCH THE WATCH SERIAL NUMBERS QUOTED MANY EXAMPLES CAN BE FOUND VIA GOOGLE, EBAY ETC. (THANKS AGAIN TO TERRY FOR THE INFORMATION)
ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE EBAY COMMUNITY HAS INFORMED ME THIS IS AN ISSUE FROM 1994 TO MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY --- AS ABOVE I HAVE NO REASON TO DOUBT THESE PEOPLE BUT IT MAY BE WORTH RESEARCHING YOURSELF
I BUY AND SELL WATCHES AS A HOBBY. I FOUND THIS IN A CHARITY SHOP AND HAD NO IDEA OF THE VALUE UNTIL I GOOGLED "BENRUS WATCHES" I INTEND TO SELL THIS WATCH AND DONATE THE ENTIRE PROCEEDS BACK TO THE HOSPICE SHOP I BOUGHT IT FROM .