Benzinger Choptank

Edition & Ownership

• Reference — E250-SS
• Edition — Special edition, built in small numbers since 2020
• Availability — Available to order online; ships in 2–4 weeks
• Serial number — Engraved on the caseback; personal engraving by request
• Warranty — Two years from date of purchase, covering service and repair through Baltimore Watch Company, Baltimore, MD; a pre-owned watch can be registered to a new owner for a fee, restarting the two years
• Shipping — Ships in 2–4 weeks · insured FedEx Priority, signature required, worldwide
• Returns — Accepted within 14 days of delivery, unworn and complete; engraved or custom pieces are final sale

Movement

• Caliber — Swiss Valjoux 7751 automatic chronograph, about 46-hour reserve
• Functions — Chronograph; full calendar (day, date, month); moonphase
• Regulation — Regulated and finished in Baltimore
• Decoration — Geneva stripes, perlage, heat-blued screws; rotor engraving by Benzinger on request

Case

• Material and size — Stainless steel tonneau · 40 × 44 mm · 13.4 mm thick
• Finish — Satin-brushed mid-section, polished bezel and cushion-style pushers; day corrector in the case side
• Crystal — Sapphire front and sapphire exhibition back
• Water resistance — 50 m (5 ATM)
• Made in — Dial engraved in Pforzheim, Germany; regulated, decorated and cased in Baltimore

Dial & Hands

• Dial — Solid sterling silver, hand-guillochéd by Jochen Benzinger on vintage rose engines, more than 60 hours per dial; frosted patterns; platinum-plated sub-dial frames
• Markers — Roman numerals
• Hands — Heat-blued steel cathedral hands; 14k rose-gold, yellow-gold and platinum hand sets separate chronograph, calendar and time functions

Strap

• Options — Strap by request