Benrus Sky Chief

The Benrus Sky Chief was launched in the 1940s by a New York company as a driver watch.

Benrus, thanks to this model, will become the official supplier of several airlines.

Benrus is founded by the Benjamin brothers, Ralph and Oscar Lazrus in 1923. Benrus is the contraction of Benjamin and Lazrus.

The Sky Chief is intended for aircraft pilots of the Two -based crews, Northwest Airlines, Delta Airlines and KLM from 1940 to 1950.

It is a magnificent chronograph well known to collectors.

A round steel box 36 minutes in diameter.

A very beautiful black dial with the wonderful egg shell patina, the Arabic figures go perfectly with skeleton needles.

It is a 3 meters with totalizer 30mn at 3 a.m., 12 p.m. to 6 a.m. and a permanent second at 9 a.m.

The movement is mechanical with manual reassembly, the fabulous Valjoux 72 caliber, which equips the most beautiful timepieces of the largest watchmaking houses.

Here is a historic watch in perfect condition of conservation. She greatly participates in the epic of aviation pilots around the world.