Watch Repair
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kshapero
South Florida Man
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
I like that one. I've seen others like it, but they always had badly beaten up cases; yours looks much nicer. There are a huge variety of Benrus Sea Lord watches with different dials and case shapes; it was their line of water resistant watches. Yours will probably need serviced; every one I have bought has needed it because of their age. I'd have to see the movement to be certain, but yours probably dates from the mid to late 1960s.
Wenge
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yes I think it's from early 60s. it looks good now but if needs service will send it on if you're doing that for a paid service. so far in 10 hours it has needed full wind, since full wind (never forced) 10 hours ago, and after 9-10 hours it's 30 minutes off. A safe guess you're right and it may need looking at.
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Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
I've found that all these old Benruses from the 60s have movements gummed up by dried lubricants, and they need new mainsprings. Cleaning and relubricating, and replacing the mainspring brings them back to life and makes it possible to adjust them to give accurate timekeeping. Unfortunately, you can't adjust one that is off 30 minutes after less than half a day; its too far outside the adjustment range. I was going to send you a PM about sending the watch to me, but your profile doesn't have a button to send a message, so you must have disabled it. Send me one if you want to have me work on it 🙂
