1966 Benrus XZ73065 / MIL-W-38188

$22 from an estate sale, missing crown & male-half of the split stem. Not running at the time of purchase, but that was due to the seconds hand being fouled by the crystal. Started right up upon removing the crystal.




Was surprised that it did not set off the Geiger Counter, but I expect it has been (crudely) relumed at some point in the distant past. Glows under the UV, but I'll plan on cleaning this up & try & get it looking better.




None of the hands are looking real good



Benrus cal DR 2F2
(and wow are those bridges ever scratched up...)


First up sourcing new stem & crown (nice to have a project to look forward to... 😀

Mine needs the male half of the split stem. I can fabricate the missing part for the stem (so long as nobody's too picky about the finish quality), but I would like to find a correct crown. These are, unfortunately, the 1st parts to go missing...