Benrus Vintage Sky Chief Valjoux 72 SS

Benrus Vintage Sky Chief, stainless steel case on a shell cordovan strap, manual wind movement, Valjoux 72, three register chronograph, original gilt dial, markers have original radium lume, original hands may have been touched up at some point, case is very sharp, small seconds at 9 o'clock, diameter: 35mm, thickness: 13.8mm, Good Condition with European Watch Company Pouch and 6 Month Warranty.

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Reference:

Movement:

Manual

Material:

Stainless Steel

Diameter:

35MM

Thickness:

13.8MM

Condition:

Like New

EWC#:

24379

More about Vintage Sky Chief Valjoux 72 SS

This is a vintage c. late 1940's/early-1950's stainless steel Benrus Sky Chief. It has a shell cordovan strap a stainless steel tang buckle, and a domed acrylic crystal. It has rectangular chronograph pushbuttons, and there is a solid snap-on case back with a coded serial number, inside of which is anti-magnetic, engine-turned, and stamped with "BENRUS WATCH CO. INC. – SWISS – STAINLESS STEEL." The 35mm diameter solid three-body case, downturned lugs, and angled bezel are polished. The original black dial has the original syringe hands with radium lume inserts, a needle center sweep chronograph hand, applied steel Arabic numeral hour indexes, and an outer gilt minute/seconds scale with Arabic numerals every five minutes. There are three recessed subsidiary dials, including a running seconds register at 9 o'clock, a 12-hour totalizer at 6 o'clock, and there is a 30-minute sub dial at 3 o'clock. The 13.8mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. This mechanical manual winding Benrus Sky Chief has a Valjoux 72 column wheel chronograph movement that's rhodium-plated. It's constructed with 17 jewels, a shock absorber device, and a straight- line lever escapement. It includes an antimagnetic monometallic balance, and a self-compensating blued Breguet balance spring. The Benrus Sky Chief was officially issued to many commercial pilots from the post-war 1940’s to the 1960’s.

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