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Poljot chronograph Cushion Case Civilian Style, late 1980s early 1990s. Made in the USSR. Movement : Poljot 3133 calibre with 23 jewel, waterproof and screwed down caseback. This calibre has been upgraded version of Valjoux 7734. Dial: White, telemeter feature and and rotating inner hour bezel which is set at 9 o'clock, chronograph subseconds and the dial houses a day date window at 6 o'clock. The dial inscribed Poljot and 23 jewels for export, it has metallic raised hour markers and gold tone hands. Case: Brushed mate  and shinny stainless steel.The calibre 3133 is now made by Maktime company. This chronograph watch was manufactured in the Plojot Factory (1st Moscow Watch Factory). The movement bears the serial numbers 48735. I recently made an attempt to defrankenize-bring back the watch to its original apparence-by replacing the centre stop second and sub stop minute hands with Valjoux 7736 hands, I painted the sub second hand in black. Click on the thumbnail to see the other pictures of the watch.
                                                    

 

Poljot military chronograph Sturmanskie, early 1980s . Made in the USSR. Movement : Poljot 3133 calibre with 23 jewel, waterproof and screwed down caseback. The movement has two piece reset lever which indicates this movement is an earlier model of its kind. This calibre has been upgraded version of Valjoux 7734. Dial: White, telemeter feature and rotating inner hour bezel which is set at 9 o'clock, chronograph subseconds and the dial houses a day date window at 6 o'clock. The dial bears the symbol of Soviet Air Forces which indicates the chronograph has been intended to military use, it has metallic raised hour markers and silver tone hands with sap green tone lume. Case: Brushed mate  and shinny stainless steel. This chronograph watch was manufactured in the Plojot Factory (1st Moscow Watch Factory). The movement bears the serial numbers 9227. Click on the thumbnail to view the other images of this watch.
                                                     

 

 

STURMANSKIE  Cushion Case Aviator Chronograph. Made in USSR, mid 1980s.
Movement : Poljot 3133 calibre with 23 jewel, waterproof and screwed down caseback. The movement has two piece reset lever which indicates this movement is an earlier model of its kind. This calibre has been upgraded version of Valjoux 7734. Dial: White, telemeter feature and black outer ring is adorned with the offwhite arabic hour numerals and a dot at 12 o'clock.  Chronograph subseconds and the dial houses a day date window at 6 o'clock. The dial bears the symbol of Soviet Air Forces which indicates the chronograph has been intended to military use, it has metallic raised hour markers and silver tone hands with sap green tone lume. Case: Cushion type, stainless steel. Caseback is adorned with sturmanskie inscription and the logo of USSR airforces. Click on the thumbnail to see the other images of the watch.
                                                                    

 

STURMANSKIE chronograph Cushion Case Military Style, Reissue 2009. Russian Federation/Germany.
History: The Soviets introduced a new chronograph caliber in 1976. Called the ОКЕАН, meaning Ocean, the watch was solely intended for use by the BMF, the naval branch of the military. Later, other official versions, such as the Sturmanskie, were introduced. Whether or not the 3133 was meant as a replacement for the Strela, it soon became clear that that was precisely what it was. Based on the Valjoux 7734 of which the soviets had purchased the machinery from the Swiss in 1974 to begin their own production of their new caliber. The new 31 mm movement was a less complex and more robust movement than the jewel-like 3017. A simple cam design replaced the earlier watches more complex, and costly to produce, column wheel activation. And for the first time in history a Russian chronograph was equipped with shock protection. At 38 mm wide and 12 mm high, with 18 mm sized lugs, the watch was equipped with unique crystal that protruded from the case a fairly steep 3 mm high. The watch came in both chrome plated and stainless steel cases. Stainless steel cases having stainless steel crowns and pushers and chrome cased watches chromed crowns and pushers. All early versions of the watch had a crown at nine that turned a bezel under that purposefully high crystal that had a second hour chapter ring printed on it, making keeping track of a second time zone effortless. Like the earlier Strela, many different versions of the 3133 made there way into space on various missions. The 3133 was for official-use only until 1983, when it became available to a larger public marketplace, including export varients. The 3133 is still in production today. A slight variation of the standard 3133 is the hacking 31659 caliber version Sturmanskie that was, like earlier Sturmanskies, an air force-only piece. The watch is essentially a standard 3133 that has been re-engineered with a small lever that applies pressure to the outside of the balance when the crown is pulled out, freezing the balance and hacking the watch. Interesting to note, in regard to this watch, is the lack of the rotating bezel and subsequently the crown at nine.Reference.
Case: Cushion type, stainless steel. Dial: Black outer ring is adorned with the offwhite arabic hour numerals and a triangle at 12 o'clock. The dial has white on black minute chapter and gray centre. It has raised metal hour markers end with luminious dots. Hour and minute hands are made of metal with luminious inserts. Red centre stop seconds has an arrow end resemblimg a fighter-jet. Sub second hand is at 9 0'clock in navy blue, and sub stop minute hand is at 3 o'clock in red. Date window is placed at 6 o'clock. Above the date window the coat of arms of Soviet airforces is placed and on the upper part of the dial the inscription Штурманские (which stands for Navigator) is seen. Movement: Calibre 31659, is the last derivative of 3133 developed by USSR in the late 1980s which has a hack lever to stop the watch to make a correct setting. The movement features a 23 jewel, shock proof balance, 21600 bph, 48 hours power reserve. The maker of the movement is Maktime Moscow, which is the inheritor of the Poljot watch makers, and the rest of the watch -case, dial, hands etc.-is manufactured in Germany in a limited number recently. This watch commemorates the Штурманские aeronautical chronographs which was developed to be employed by the Soviet Air Forces and Space Programs. Click on the thumbnail to view the other pictures of this chronograph.

 

                                                                   

 

STURMANSKIE chronograph Cushion Case Military Style, Early 1990s, Russia
Case: Cushion type, stainless steel. Dial: Black outer ring is adorned with the offwhite arabic hour numerals and a triangle at 12 o'clock. The dial has white on black minute chapter and gray centre. It has raised metal hour markers end with luminious dots. Hour and minute hands are made of metal with luminious inserts. Red centre stop seconds has an arrow end resemblimg a fighter-jet. Sub second hand is at 9 0'clock in navy blue, and sub stop minute hand is at 3 o'clock in red. Date window is placed at 6 o'clock. Above the date window the coat of arms of Soviet airforces is placed and on the upper part of the dial the inscription Штурманские (which stands for Navigator) is seen. Movement: Calibre 3133 is now made by Maktime company. This chronograph watch was manufactured in the Plojot Factory (1st Moscow Watch Factory). The movement bears the serial numbers 68635. Click on the thumbnail to see some more pictures of the watch.

                                                                                                              

 

Poljot Signal Alarm Wrist Watch 1960s. In 1959 famous and elite Soviet watch factory 1st Moscow Watch Factory (1 M ChZ) developed an alarm watch  inspiring from AS (Adolf Schild) calibre 1475.The factory named its very first model "Signal" and after Yuri Gagarin's famous space flight the factory changes its name to "Poljot" from 1961, because Y. Gagarin wore a Shturmanskie chronometer watch produced by the 1st Moscow Watch Factory. This watch bears calibre number 2612, and this calibre was renovated in 1978 and renumbered 2612.1. The movement is a manual wind 18 jewels with an anchor escapement and screwed balance wheel. A spring barrel reserved for the alarm which is wound from a winding crown at 2 o'clock and spring barrel activates a small hammer that bangs a pin welded to the inside of the caseback. This alarm watch has a 20microns gold plated round case. The dial is white with a mother of pearl gleams. It is adorned with hour markers and markers at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock stamped with corresponding numbers. Alarm chapter ring has blue numbers and minute markers. Hands are gold plated, alarm hand has an arrow shape end. Caseback is stainles steel and has a screw down ring. Please see the references : 1 , 2  Click on the thumbnail to view the other images of this alarm wrist watch.              

                                                                                                   

 

 

Vostok Amphibian "First Generation" Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR, ca.early 1980s. Round case Vostok amphibian watch is  the earliest of its kind. The case is stainless steel with bilateral turning bezel. The dial is dark olive green and has luminious aviator style markers. Hands and second hand are original to the watch. Markers and hands have been relumed by myself. The dial marked with "Wostok" and "18jewels". The watch has been powered with a Vostok 2209 calibre 18 jewel, glucydur balance wheel movement which is typical to this model and of the period. The movement stamped with serials 63422.The back case has been inscribed with  "Amphibian" , "Hermetic 200M", "2209, shockproof balance" which shows the watch once was aimed to sell in the Western market. This first amphibian design has been used by comonauts Gregoriy Grechko (in mission Soyuz 17, in 1975) and Juri Wiktorowitsch Romanenko (in Soyuz 38, 1980). See the reference here. Click on the thumbnail to see the pictures of this first generation amphibian.
              

 

Vostok Amphibian "Frogman" Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR, ca.1980s. The Vostok Company was founded in 1942 when one of the Moscow watch-making plants of the First Moscow Watch Factory was evacuated to Chistopol, a small town located on the Kama River in Tatarstan.[1] Only defense equipment was produced during the war years, but as soon as the war was over the company started making mechanical wrist watches. However, the Company did not begin using the "Vostok" brand name until the 1960s. *Presumable "Vostok" brand was named after the Vostok space program, which gave the initial advancement of the USSR in the Space race (as some others soviet watch brands, named to space topics in 1960s - Poljot and Raketa).The company was appointed an official supplier of watches for the Defense Department of the Soviet Union in 1965. This year also marks the creation of the well known Komandirskie ("Commander's") watch. The experience gained through development of the army watch led to the Amphibia, a stainless-steel watch able to withstand a 200 meter depth (20atm). By 1980, Vostok Watch Makers was producing 4.5 million timepieces per year. This watch is an Amphibia model made by Vostok Watch Factory. It has a bilateral rotating bezel. The golden brown dial has raised hour markers and date at 3 o'clock and centre sweep second hand. Famous image of a frogman and "vostok" logo is placed on the upper part of the dial and "antimagnetic" while "21 jewels" inscriptions are placed on the lower part. The case is stainless steel. The movement is 2416 automatic with 21 jewels. The watch is waterproof to 20 ATM.Reference.
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Vostok Kom-Amphibian Diver's wrist watch, made in Russia, ca.2008.  It has blue degrading komandirskie  dial on which "B" Vostok logo and under a submarine is placed; and it has arabic numerals, with luminious markers and amphibian hands,  and date function at three o'clock and with a bilateral turning bezel. The movement is a legendary 2416 Б, automatic, 31 jewels, 19800 bph with power reserve of 40 hours. This is a Russian reproduction of the Soviet era submariner komandirskie (command) wrist watch which has been manufactured with the Soviet era tools and craftsmanship at Vostok Watch Factory in Chistopol, Tatarstan(Russia).But the case if from USSR period antimagnetic amphibian and it has been converted to komamphibian at my home:) The case is stainless steel. The watch is waterproof to 20 ATM.Reference.

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Vostok Amphibian Diver's wrist watch, made in Russia, ca.1997s. This watch is an Amphibia model made by Vostok Watch Factory. It has a bilateral rotating bezel. The black dial has raised hour markers and roman numerals as well as "BOCTOK" logo, date at 3 o'clock and centre sweep second hand. The case is stainless steel. The movement is 2416 automatic with possibly 21 jewels. The watch is waterproof to 20 ATM.
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Vostok Amphibian Diver's wrist watch, made in Russia, on 24 November 2009. Round case Vostok amphibian watch has a stainless steel case with a turning bezel. The dial is white and numbered at 6-9-12 o'clock the rest is marked with hour markers . Hands and second hand are in spade shape rather than arrow style classic amphibian. At 3 o'clock there is a date window. In the centre of the dial a sail boat is placed and "Amphibia" logo is laying beneath. The back case is engraved with Amphibia, waterproof to 200M and automatic inscriptions. The case houses Vostok 2426b 31 jewel, glucydur balance wheel automatic movement. An unusual amphibia with a marine theme on the dial and spade hands and un-dotted second hand.
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Vostok Amphibian Tonneau Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR, ca.early 1970s. Tonneau case Vostok amphibian watch is one of the earliest of its kind. The case is stainless steel with bilateral turning bezel. The dial is black and has grey ring and luminious markers. Hands and second hand are original to the watch. Markers and hands have been relumed by myself. The watch has been powered with a Vostok 2209 calibre 18 jewel, glucydur balance wheel movement which is typical to this model and of the period. The back case has been inscribed with USSR quality symbol "k" and waterproof to 200M and serial numbers. 

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Vostok Amphibian Tonneau Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR, ca.early 1980s.  The tonneau case is stainless steel with bilateral turning bezel. The dial is black and has been divided into four arms by a grey color forming a Maltese cross . Apart from 3, 6 , 9, 12 o'clock dial is adorned with white hour markers.  Markers and hands have been relumed by myself. The watch has been powered with a Vostok 2209 calibre 18 jewel, glucydur balance wheel movement which is typical to this model and of the period. The back case has been inscribed with USSR quality symbol "k" and waterproof to 200M and serial numbers. 
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Vostok Amphibian Tonneau Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR, ca.late 1970s. Tonneau case Vostok amphibian watch is one of the earliest of its kind. The case is stainless steel with bilateral turning bezel. The dial is navy blue and has raised markers. Hands and second hand are original to the watch. The dots above the markers and hands have been relumed by myself. The watch has been powered with a Vostok 2209 calibre 18 jewel, glucydur balance wheel movement which is typical to this model and of the period. The back case has been inscribed with USSR quality symbol "k" and waterproof to 200M. 
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Vostok Amphibian Tonneau Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR, ca.late 1970s or early 1980s. Tonneau case Vostok amphibian watch is one of the earliest of its kind. The case is stainless steel with bilateral turning bezel. The dial is sap green which softens gradually at the center, and has luminious raised markers. Paddle hands and second hand are original to the watch. The dots above the markers and hands have been relumed by myself. The watch has been powered with a Vostok 2209 calibre 18 jewel, glucydur balance wheel movement which is typical to this model and of the period. Movement has been numbered 27644. This is the import version tonneau amphibian that is why the dial is inscribed "Wostok" and 18 jewels and backcase has inscriptions "Amphibian", waterproof 200m and shock proof balance. 

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Vostok Amphibian Tonneau Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR, ca.late 1970s or early 1980s. Tonneau case Vostok amphibian watch is one of the earliest of its kind. The case is stainless steel with bilateral turning bezel. The dial is black and has luminious raised markers. Paddle hands and second hand are original to the watch. The dots above the markers and hands have been relumed by myself. The watch has been powered with a Vostok 2209 calibre 18 jewel, glucydur balance wheel movement which is typical to this model and of the period.  This is the import version tonneau amphibian that is why the dial is inscribed "Wostok" and 18 jewels and backcase has inscriptions "Amphibian", waterproof 200m and shock proof balance. 
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        Vostok Amphibian Tonneau Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR, ca.late 1970s. Tonneau case Vostok amphibian watch is one of the earliest of its kind. The case is stainless steel with bilateral turning bezel. The dial is navy blue and adorned metal hour markers.  Hands and second hand are original to the watch. The dots above the markers and hands have been relumed by myself. The watch has been powered with a Vostok 2209 calibre 18 jewel, glucydur balance wheel movement which is typical to this model and of the period. The back case has been inscribed with USSR quality symbol "k" and waterproof to 200M. 
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Vostok Amphibian Frogman Diver's wrist watch, made in Russia, January 2010. Ministry case Vostok amphibian watch is a remake of an old model frogman diver's watch. Stainless steel ministry case has a turning bezel. The dial is black and numbered at 6-9-12 o'clock the rest is marked with lumed dots. Hands and second hand are lumed as well. At 3 o'clock there is a date window. On upper part of the dial classic frogman is placed and Vostok mark is placed on the left hand side of the frogman. The back case is engraved with Amphibia, waterproof to 200M and automatic inscriptions. The case houses Vostok 2426b 31 jewel, glucydur balance wheel automatic movement.
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Vostok Amphibian Round Case Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR,  1980s.  Stainless steel  case has a turning bezel. The dial is metallic beige and adorned with roman hour chapter  Hands and second hand are lumed as well. The dial is inscribed with "Vostok" , antimagnetic and 17 jewels inscriptions.  The back case is engraved with Amphibia, waterproof to 200M inscriptions and serials. The case houses Vostok 2409 17 jewel, glucydur balance wheel  movement which is typical to the time it was made. The movement is protected with an antimagnetic cap inside.
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Vostok Amphibian Round Case Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR,  1980s.  Stainless steel  case has a turning bezel. The dial is metallic brown and has teal ring and luminious markers.  Hands and second hand are lumed as well. The dial is inscribed with "Vostok" , antimagnetic and 17 jewels inscriptions.  The back case is engraved with Amphibia, waterproof to 200M inscriptions and serials. The case houses Vostok 2409A 17 jewel, glucydur balance wheel  movement which is typical to the time it was made. The movement is protected with an antimagnetic cap inside. The movement has inscribed with serial numbers 530983 and  reference numbers 213.

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Vostok Amphibian Octagonal Case Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR,  1980s.  Stainless steel octagonal case has a turning bezel. The dial is black and adorned with arabic hour chapter and has hour markers at 6-9-12 o'clock. Hands and second hand are lumed as well. The dial is decorated with a grey star in the center and on the upper part there is an amphibia inscription and on the lower part there is an image of an aircraft carrier.  The back case is engraved with Amphibia, waterproof to 200M inscriptions and serials. The case houses Vostok 2409 17 jewel, glucydur balance wheel  movement which is typical to the time it was made.
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Vostok Amphibian Octagonal Case Diver's wrist watch adorned with Aviator style dial, made in USSR,  1980s.  Stainless steel octagonal case has a turning bezel. The dial is black and adorned with arabic hour chapter and has hour markers at 6-9-12 o'clock. Hands and second hand are lumed as well.  The back case is engraved with Amphibia, waterproof to 200M inscriptions and serials. The case houses Vostok 2409 17 jewel, glucydur balance wheel  movement which is typical to the time it was made. I recently re-lumed the hands, second hand and the dots above the hour chapter. To see this please click here

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Vostok Amphibian Octagonal Case Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR,  1980s.  Stainless steel octagonal case has a turning bezel. The dial is off-white and adorned with arabic hour chapter. Hands and second hand are lumed as well. The dial is inscribed with Vostok, antimagnetic , 17 jewels and made in the USSR inscriptions.  The back case is engraved with Amphibia, waterproof to 200M inscriptions and serials. The case houses Vostok 2409 17 jewel, glucydur balance wheel  movement which is typical to the time it was made.

                              Face , Face2 , Face3, Face4, Caseback , Movement , Movement after servicing, Glowing in the dark

 


Vostok Amphibian Octagonal Case Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR,  1980s.  Stainless steel octagonal case has a turning bezel. The dial is off-white and adorned with arabic hour chapter. Hands and second hand are lumed as well. The dial is inscribed with Vostok, antimagnetic , 17 jewels and made in the USSR inscriptions.  The back case is engraved with Amphibia, waterproof to 200M inscriptions and serials. The case houses Vostok 2409 17 jewel, glucydur balance wheel  movement which is typical to the time it was made.
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Vostok Amphibian Albatros style Octagonal Case Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR,  1980s.  Stainless steel octagonal case has a turning bezel. The dial is defgrading blue to white and  adorned with a Soviet nuclear submarine in the centre. The dial has raised metal hour markers. Hands and second hand are lumed as well. The dial is inscribed with Amphibia and stamped a red star on upper half ,and made in the USSR inscription under 6 o'clock.  The back case is engraved with Amphibia, waterproof to 200M inscriptions The case houses Vostok 2409 17 jewel, glucydur balance wheel  movement which is typical to the time it was made.
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Vostok Amphibian Octagonal Case Diver's wrist watch, made in USSR,  1980s.  Stainless steel octagonal case has a turning bezel. The dial is navy blue and adorned with arabic hour chapter. Hands and second hand are lumed as well. The dial is inscribed with Vostok, antimagnetic , 17 jewels and made in the USSR inscriptions.  The back case is engraved with Amphibia, waterproof to 200M inscriptions and serials. The case houses Vostok 2409 17 jewel, glucydur balance wheel  movement which is typical to the time it was made. This watch is the same with the amphibian watch above in terms of the style and dial features except the dial colour.

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Vostok Europe Lunokhod. Vostok watches have been manufactured in Chistopol, Rebuplic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation. Vostok Europe is a recently established Lithuanian-Russian company, located in Vilnius, Lithuania, movements are cased in Koliz Vostok, Lithuania. Model Lunokhod is an inspiration of first Soviet moon rover of Lunokhod. Case: 38 mm wide Stainless steel, turning bezel with logharitmic scale and waterproof to 5 atm. Dial: Black, glowing arabic numerals and hands, day and night indicator, date function. Movement: calibre 2432, automatic, engraved rotor, 19800 bph,32 jewels. Click here to see the official site of the company: Vostok Europe
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Vostok military wrist watch, 2008. It has black dial and 24 hours arabic numerals, with luminious markers and hands, center sweep second and date function at three o'clock. The movement is legendary 24214 A, hand wound, 17 jewels, 19800 bph with power reserve of 38 hours.

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Vostok komandirskie wrist watch, 1970s. It has black dial and luminious hour markers, with  hands, center sweep second and date function at three o'clock. The movement is a  2234, hand wound, 18 jewels, 19800 bph with power reserve of 40 hours. The dial is adorned with a star, , Komandirskie and Chistopol inscriptions on the lower part. The watch has a 10 microns gilt case. On the back case is carved the name Josef Przewlocki , previous Polish owner of the watch.
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Vostok komandirskie wrist watch, late 1980s. It has brown degrading dial and hour markers, with  hands, center sweep second and date function at three o'clock and with a bilateral turning bezel. The movement is a legendary 2414, hand wound, 17 jewels, 19800 bph with power reserve of 40 hours. The dial is adorned with Red Army flags of Navy, Air Force and Ground Forces on the upper part, Vostok logo "B", Komandirskie and 17 jewels inscriptions on the lower part. The winding crown is located at 2 o'clock. The watch has a gilt case.

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Vostok komandirskie commemorating wrist watch, circa 1985. It has green dial and raised metal hour markers, with  hands, center sweep second and date function at three o'clock and with a bilateral turning bezel. The movement is a legendary 2414, hand wound, 17 jewels, 19800 bph with power reserve of 40 hours. The dial is adorned with Red Star, shield and a bayonet, on the three o'clock 1945 is placed commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. On the lower part of the dial, Vostok logo "B", and 17 jewels inscriptions take place.

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Kirowskie civilian wrist watch early 1960s. It has a black dial with arabic numerals  It has a longer red second hand which is a center sweeping. The case possibly stainless steel if not chrome plated, and the case has "crab" style lugs which is typical to this model. The movement is 2408 calibre witg 16 jewels and screwed balance wheel. The movement is stamped with the serials 2224297. This watch was produced in the 1st Moscow Watch Factoryand branded "Kirowskie" and once the factory before being named "Poljot", the name Kirowa was employed to address the 1st Moscow Watch Factory and this name is also stamped on the dial.

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Vostok Precision wrist watch, calibre 2809A, first half of 1960. It has black dial. The dial has marked with arabic numerals at 12 and 6 o'oclock, and the rest of hours are marked with hour markers (doubled at 9 and 3 o'clock). Arabic numerals and hour markers are luminious . It has a longer red second hand which is a center sweeping. This calibre has been produced between late 1950s to late 1960s and inspired by Zenith chronometre calibre 135. This movement was manufactured in Chistopolsky Watch Factory. These movements were improved by making its jewel count up to 22 (4 additional cap jewels in bearings of anchor and 4th wheels) and breguet hairspring and bigger screwed balance wheel to improve accuracy. And the factory tested movements for accuracy, a similar test to COSC. Movements passed the tests installed in Vostok and partly Volna brand cases and dialed with these brand names. The Chistopolsky Watch Factory (ччз) changed its name to Vostok (BOCTOK) in the early 1960s and employed "B" for Vostok on the movements it produced from that date onwards. Thus this watch has "B" symbol stamped on its back plate shows that the watch was manufactured right after the company had employed its new name : Vostok and the serial numbers inscribed on the back plate indicates the factory after it's been re-named began to put new serials on the movements it produced. 

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Majak Wrist Watch, 4th quarter of 1956, made in the USSR. Majak (stands for Light house) was the brand employed by 1st Moscow Watch Factory. The dial is black and adorned with once luminious arabic hour chapter. The sunken seconds dial with glold tone second hand is at 6 o'clock. Hands are chromed and has luminious fittings. The case is chromed and caseback is screwed down type and s/steel. The movement is decorated with Geneva stripes. It has an anchor escapement, screwed balance wheel and breguet type hair spring. The movement has 16 jewels and anti-shock protection. It is stamped "16 jewels, !st Moscow Watch Factory initials:1мчз and serials 707687 and production date:4-56(1956, 4th quarter). According to the 1960 catalog this movement was named Calibre чн-39K and produced in the 1st Moscow Watch Factory (later named Poljot).

                              Face2, Caseback, Movement, This watch was listed in 1960 USSR Watch Catalog

 

Raketa wrist watch, calibre 2628H, late1970s or early 1980s. It has a dark brown degrading dial. The dial has marked with raised metal  hour markers. The day and date windows are at 3 o'clock.  It has metal gilt hands and centre sweep second hand. This watch has a black oval case housing a 2628H calibre movement with glycidur balance wheel. It has 19 jewels. The watch was produced in Petrodvorets Watch Factory in Saint Petersburg (formerly known as Leningrad), in the USSR. The Raketa brand first launched in 1962.   

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Molnija Pocket watch, second half of 1960, made in USSR. Molnija pocket watches were produced in Chelyabinsk Watch Factory. This pocket watch has an arabic hour chapter, sunken sub seconds dial and blued hands. The movement is 3602 calibre, has these features: 18 jewels, screwed balance wheel, breguet over coil, micrometric regulator. This pocket watch is a high quality and rare pocket watch.  Serial numbers: 123021. Case: chromed.

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Tank board clock, made in USSR, 1958. The clock was produced in Chelyabinsk Watch Factory.The dail has raised arabic hour chapter and raised minute markers. It has a red centre sweep second hand. It is woud from the outer bezel and set by pulling and turning the outer bezel. It has a 57128 calibre movement with screwed balance wheel, breguet overcoil, anchor escapement. Jewel count is not indicated on the movement, but it likely has 15 jewels. The plates have Geneva stripes whic are only applied to the higher quality watches.The movement incribed with the initials of the Chelyabinsk Watch Factory : ччз and serial numbers: 11505. The clock is housed with a bacalite case for the domestic use. On the back cover it reads: гост 3309-58 and кпасс I. These must refer to the date of production and quality range-in this case 1. The clock works for five days once it is wound.

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