Benrus GI Watch American and had already left Earth's

and had already left Earth's atmosphere on the wrist of American astronaut Scott Carpenter during his historic space-flight on May 24

the Turn-O-Graph is a contemporary of the Submariner

Dating to the late 1950s

The luminous elements on the hands and indices have developed a warm even patina

these are the rarer ones

Benrus GI Watch American and had already left Earth'sWhy We Love It True military watches exude a kind of toughness that's hard to replicate. These watches with their black dials, easy to read indices, and luminescent hands pack a punch in a deceptively compact package. No watches exemplify this toughness more than the General Issue watches manufactured from the Vietnam War to the early 1980s. The Department of Defense first ordered General Issue (GI) watches in 1964, to outfit soldiers in the years