takashi78,
Sure. The Benrus Type 1 reissue watch, reference Benrus BR763 Type 1 watch is a reissue of the Benrus Type 1 Class A watch. A bit of history. The Benrus Type 1 Class A dive watch was issued to members of the UDT-SEAL, Green Berets and Special Forces towards the end of the Vietnam conflict. These watches were very durable and some consider it to be the ultimate military dive watch, hence the Class A nomenclature.
You can read more about the original here:
http://www.50717.com/us/benrus-1-76.htmlBack to the reissued watch. The watch is currently available only in Japan and from my understanding stock is very limited. It is selling for unbelievable prices on the bay. It is made in Hong Kong. It comes with a mil type black strap. There is a Type II reissue as well but I understand it was sold off in just a couple of hours (collaboration with a Japanese fashion house, Beams if not mistaken). I was told (but not confirmed) that the Benrus name has been sold to a Japanese firm.
The differences between this watch and the original are as follows:
1. Quartz movement (Ronda 513) in the reissue and mechanical on the original (perhaps a modification is due....)
2. The Benrus signature on the dial on the reissued watch. The original is sterile.
3. The choice of luminous material on the hands of the reissued watch, being the Tritium tubes as opposed to applied on the original.
4. The case back can be opened on the reissued unlike the original where access is from the front (although the original was a 2 piece case design).
5. Fixed bars on the original and spring bars on the reissue.
6. Water resistance rating with the original tested to 1,200 feet while the reissue rated to 10 ATM.
7. The original is anti-magnetic, the reissued is not.
8. Military markings on the original and none on the reissue.
More pictures.
The case back.
It is a nice watch and maybe one day I will an original Type 1.
