A Final Indulgence.
Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 07 February 2010
I am seriously considering this. No comments on VFM. It will come for a lot less than a Burndy!
A 1939 Benson Hunter. The end of an era in watchmaking, and sublime in its grace and understatement, whilst being literally the last word in the art of watch making. Good for Weddings, Funerals, and Concerts, and Mass if one is that way inclined.
ATB from George
A 1939 Benson Hunter. The end of an era in watchmaking, and sublime in its grace and understatement, whilst being literally the last word in the art of watch making. Good for Weddings, Funerals, and Concerts, and Mass if one is that way inclined.
ATB from George
Closed:
I do not like gold, and cannot see the point of plating. This is graceful and "solid."
ATB from George
I do not like gold, and cannot see the point of plating. This is graceful and "solid."
ATB from George
Precious!!
I thought George said no pictures! 
Beautiful watch BTW, enjoy.
Beautiful watch BTW, enjoy.
Needless to say my days in Spain were even nicer than my hopes!
And the Eterna enjoyed the time as well! I know this because since being in Spain, the tendency to gain a minute a week has been followed by the most remarkable time keeping since I reset GMT at Bristol Airport. It is still ten seconds fast, and this means it has kept perfect time since!
One cannot quite expect this sort of time keeping to be absolutely consistent from a 105 year old watch, but it is pleasing when it happens! Regulating the movement is simplicity itself, but regulating accurately is pure luck as every person will effect the way a watch runs in a different way. I slow them down, and if I do not wear it, then it runs slightly fast in any case ... Setting them on the bench is the starting point.
Once day I will get a Sunday best Hunter by Benson, but I never get into a rush these days!
ATB from George
And the Eterna enjoyed the time as well! I know this because since being in Spain, the tendency to gain a minute a week has been followed by the most remarkable time keeping since I reset GMT at Bristol Airport. It is still ten seconds fast, and this means it has kept perfect time since!
One cannot quite expect this sort of time keeping to be absolutely consistent from a 105 year old watch, but it is pleasing when it happens! Regulating the movement is simplicity itself, but regulating accurately is pure luck as every person will effect the way a watch runs in a different way. I slow them down, and if I do not wear it, then it runs slightly fast in any case ... Setting them on the bench is the starting point.
Once day I will get a Sunday best Hunter by Benson, but I never get into a rush these days!
ATB from George
Oh well antiques are not quite perfect!
The [British military specified] Eterna on the right here [c. 1905, and a mere 2 inches across] had to be adjusted forward a minute a few minutes ago after a clean run since the 17th. March!
The Benson Ludgate [Sunday best watch weighng nearly four ounces, c. 1884, and clearly even bigger in the face] requires a bit more help in that it needs adjusting forward a minute every couple of days.
The Eterna runs for more than forty hours, and the Benson for thirty six! These give me immense satisfaction in a simple sort of way!
Like me they are striking reminders of a time long since past!
ATB from George
PS: Photos taken at the same time as the Carlton series over the weekend. Normally the Nickel Eterna lives in my pocket apart from Sundays. Note that the Eterna is crown wound with a correct single Nickel Albert chain, and the Silver Benson is keywound and has the correct Silver "double" Albert chain with the key on the other half! Great fun as a pure indulgence!