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a simple, plain jane version but nice....handwound it the other day and it started up right away and kept good accuracy for 10 hours.....then put it away haha!

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good looking watch, cool lugs and a nice used but enjoyed wear on it.
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How is SHOCK ABSORPTION handled?

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Anomaly wrote:
How is SHOCK ABSORPTION handled?

Here is a post explaining it.......

Hi -

Benrus had something caled the Endurable shock absorbing system: it used a an assembly that held the cap jewel in a spring form. The form itself looks like an o inside of a C with the link betweeen the o and the C opposite from the attachement screw.

It is an early shock resistance method that has a couple of disadvantages: the jewel was a two-piece assembly with a hole jewel and an endstone; further, the assembly instructions contains no less than 4 warnings about not pushing down too hard, being very careful in the disassembly, don't let the bushings jump around, never press on the head when re-assembling.

The spring assembly that holds the two jewels together and provides the anti-shock protection is rather fragile when not mounted, and pales in comparison to a incabloc assembly, which while more complex is, I think, a lot less damageable during maintenance.

It does, however, provide a floating balance staff and can absorb both vertical and lateral shocks. The Benrus Endurable system exceeded the requirement of the Federal Trade Commision that governed whether a watch could be called shock resistant or not.
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That's a neat one Thian ! A nice, and simple dial, with some
amazing skeleton hands, classic case, and cool bracelet ! And another oldie...1950s Benrus handwinder....Shock Absorber model... Icon_cool
That shock absorbing system is VERY impressive by the way
too. Thanks !

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