https://www.adamlassner.com/home daily 1.0 2025-08-26 https://www.adamlassner.com/newsletter daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://www.adamlassner.com/fulbright daily 0.75 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1631664837905-KLJ43QH177R22FGOHFYE/IMG_3780.jpg My Fulbright Experience - ¿Cómo los aficionados al fútbol recuerdan las marcas del mismo sector? How do Spanish soccer fans recall brand sponsors from the same sector? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1631664902146-GYDE3AOWF06OZEJJIWEQ/IMG_4211.jpg My Fulbright Experience - Los fans del fútbol ven a sus clubes como entidades socioculturales locales y negocios globales Spanish soccer fans see their clubs as both local sociocultural entities and global businesses https://www.adamlassner.com/benedict-watch daily 0.75 2024-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1633986606580-OTQOJWZ36B9MMVEMH9LJ/Musuem%2Bof%2BHorology.jpg Benedict Watch Co. - International Museum of Horology, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, August 2021 “Man and time” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1633632164901-5VD69PTSR4ZQO2DU643V/Me+%2B+gyro+tour+smaller.jpg Benedict Watch Co. - Le Sentier, Switzerland, August 2021 Me wearing a Jaeger-LeCoultre Hybris Mechanica Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 Jubilee watch in ultra-white platinum. August 2021, Le Sentier, Switzerland, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1633633509408-C3WL6AITDLUCJ2GP7MU6/boruch_reinin_large.jpg Benedict Watch Co. - Likely Moscow, circa 1890s Baruch Reinin: my great-great-great-grandfather and my namesake’s namesake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1633987099522-ZCY10CTEWN2ZDWSSVD0U/benedict+ad.jpeg Benedict Watch Co. - Benedict Advertisement, c. 1960s An old Benedict advertisement promoting the Benedict Incabloc models. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1633634131703-0R3M8W5R1O52GTZSD6T4/boris+in+factory+office.jpg Benedict Watch Co. - Benedict Watch Factory, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, circa 1950s Boris Z. can be seen on the left working in the factory’s office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1633634599752-PDHG1Z3RTBO43PR3ZS8N/Me+in+LCdF.jpeg Benedict Watch Co. - La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, August 2021 The main grid of La Chaux-de-Fonds is quite easy to navigate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1633634830025-90571SMJAESXX6JAMZ3L/leon+%2B+boruch+at+desk.jpg Benedict Watch Co. - Benedict Watch Factory, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, circa 1950s Leon Zuckermann sitting at his desk in the factory, with a photo of his grandfather, Baruch Reinin, over his shoulder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1633635614186-YKOGIJ6TFPDTTOTOIMV6/BR+Receipt.jpg Benedict Watch Co. - A receipt from B. Reinin Trading House, Moscow, August 1914 “Invoice to the Naro-Fominsk hospital of the All-Russian Union "Help for the wounded." for five large clocks for a price of 90 kopecks…. the money was received in full by B. Reinin.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1633987767428-0XJOZY8DAZHDJRFW8V9W/Boris+%2B+Park.jpeg Benedict Watch Co. - Geneva, Switzerland, August 2021 After another three more hours spent with Boris Z. on the last day of my trip, he graciously gifted me a steel Park-O-Phon, which "we only produced a few hundred of," he added. Boris Z. and the watch are pictured here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1633636383208-LUBQM8NVXSTGGVWLNOJN/workers+in+factory.jpg Benedict Watch Co. - Benedict Watch Factory, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, circa 1950s Workers in the factory utilizing the natural light pouring through the large windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1633640756477-S98LMQ1PPCEMHRPW3SIY/Wide+shot+of+cemetary.JPG Benedict Watch Co. - Make it stand out La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, August 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/2d09c21d-6373-4d1f-abb8-3667db479917/Benedict+Gold.jpeg Benedict Watch Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/36b4164e-9eeb-40a5-8710-f982add073f2/%24_57.JPG Benedict Watch Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/321faea7-89ce-4a1e-b35d-973b1e7ba245/Dorado+1960s.JPG Benedict Watch Co. Benedict 'Dorado' diving watch from the 1960s, previously sold by a vintage watch seller in Cyprus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/82225752-a771-4d31-bdd2-eb2359f4f0ef/benedict+factory+bw.jpeg Benedict Watch Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/d8014439-e4a1-4e81-a15c-79570740f499/BR+on+sode.jpg Benedict Watch Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1d04c322-eeb7-4fa1-89c1-5f67fa64c4ab/Incabloc+1950s.jpg Benedict Watch Co. Benedict Incabloc (a system that protects the balance wheel from damage if the watch is dropped) from the 1950s with a bumper movement and a radium-painted dial. I purchased this one through an auction in Turkey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/1f983cb9-4b4a-45ca-a2dc-c02bb24388b1/benedict+factory+color+crop.jpg Benedict Watch Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/36e3b775-d51e-4d9b-9dc1-7db7f7dee6c7/Gold+benedict.jpg Benedict Watch Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/62789552-16fe-4288-bce8-60f916b785b2/BR+Long+.jpg Benedict Watch Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/b998979a-b699-45ea-a7ae-c00f3bdd76cf/Art+Deco.jpg Benedict Watch Co. After an older woman in Florida, I am the second owner of this art-deco style 1960s hand-wound dress watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/780d2cd0-76dd-44b5-abc3-889eb2cab7d8/Full+Calendar.jpg Benedict Watch Co. The most complicated Benedict I have found is this one with a full-calendar complication. It is likely, based on the logo, from the 1960s. The auction house never sold it. If you come across this watch in the wild, let me know! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe531a0051bcf7e17364059/8d61be54-68c2-4131-85f8-936edaac5499/10980.jpg Benedict Watch Co. Benedict Park-O-Phon, from the 1960s, seemingly came in this gold plated version as well as my steel circular version.