The prizes of the Benrus catalog are the ones we will not feature here on the bargain thread as they will never be bargains- the Sky Chief, the Type I & II military divers, the Deep Sea Super compressor, the 3061 "Bullit", and the Mil-spec field watch upon which the Bullit was based which was made through the Vietnam conflict era. There are a few more esoteric models but those are the big ones for any Benrus collector.
What I find amusing about the aforementied watches, it that they weren't collectible when they were made, Benrus didn't put higher grades in these watches thinking they were "special", they were just watches they made-some on spec as a mil contractor and considered disposable. These watches (aside of the chrono and the SC) were no different that the ones we show in this thread in terms of quailty and construction. It's just dumb luck that these have become grail watches for collectors...if Benrus had only known
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