1940's BENRUS Wristwatch Model BO 1 Cal. ETA 1220 Longines was a "fictitious company"

was a "fictitious company"

For a century -1873 to 1973- Langendorf Watch Company was well known for its fine craftsmanship and great attention to detail

A true blast from the past

but it is in new condition with the original plastic still on the case back

1940's BENRUS Wristwatch Model BO 1 Cal. ETA 1220 Longines was a "fictitious company"BENRUS "Official Watch of Famous Airlines" In the early 1920's worldwide pocketwatch manufacture and sales were on the decline, it was then that three young brothers saw an opportunity to begin a wristwatch company, to produce moderately priced watches for the common man, BENRUS. Benrus Watch Company, an American company, founded in New York City in 1921 by three brothers: Oscar, Benjamin and Ralph; Romanian immigrants. But it was until 1929 when the