Benzinger unique “Chinese Dragon”

Collecting · · by Christian Bissener


Benzinger Chinese Dragon watch with a coloured dragon on a mother-of-pearl dial, diamond-set bezel and white alligator strap

The eye-catcher of this unique Benzinger is the legendary Chinese dragon. Worshipped as a god and as the symbol of the Chinese emperors, whose throne was called the dragon throne, the dragon still stands for potent and auspicious powers, above all control over water, rainfall, hurricanes and floods. China celebrated the Year of the Dragon in 2012.

Skeletonised and engraved movement of the Benzinger Chinese Dragon with gold-toned wheels and bridges
The hand-engraved, hand-skeletonised movement

Specification

  • 750/000 18kt gold case made in Pforzheim; bezel and screwed-in strap lugs set with 80 diamonds
  • Unitas 6498 hand-wound movement, hand-engraved, hand-guilloché and hand-skeletonised
  • Dragon motif hand-engraved and hand-skeletonised in four colours, mounted onto the mother-of-pearl dial
  • Flame-blued hands in the shape of leaves
  • Hand-sewn white alligator leather strap with 750/000 18kt gold pin buckle