Benzinger unique – Guards Polo Club

Collecting · · by Christian Bissener


Rose gold Benzinger with dark blue dial, club emblem at the centre, Roman numerals and small seconds, black strap

The 2010 Queen’s Cup Final of the Guards Polo Club, played in the setting of Windsor Great Park, was reason enough to build another Benzinger Atelier watch. At the 50th anniversary of the tournament, Benzinger’s UK distributor wore a watch with the club’s logo on the dial and a tiny hand-skeletonised polo player in the movement.

The man of the match was the world number one, the Argentinian Adolfo Cambiaso, who won his fifth Final with the Dubai team and received the congratulations of Her Majesty The Queen.

Rose gold Benzinger caseback with a skeletonised movement, gold wheels, purple jewels and blue screws
The skeletonised movement with its polo player

Specification

  • 18kt 750/000 rose gold case made in Pforzheim, 42mm, screwed-in strap lugs
  • Hand-engraved, hand-guilloché and hand-skeletonised Unitas hand-winding movement
  • Hand-engraved, hand-skeletonised polo player in the going-train bridge
  • Hand-guilloché dial in two parts: the lower part in Sterling silver plated with black PVD, the upper part in rose gold
  • Hand-sewn alligator strap with hand-made 750/000 rose gold buckle