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Tik-Tok of Oz
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This was obtained in the early 1990's in Prague. As noted above, everything was for sale. I wanted a backfire bomber but all my mom got me was this stupid watch 😁 that I wore daily for years and years.
Post your Russian vintage watches
This was obtained in the early 1990's in Prague. As noted above, everything was for sale. I wanted a backfire bomber but all my mom got me was this stupid watch 😁 that I wore daily for years and years.
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zimmerit5
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SpeedyPhill
·@RCAFBuster if I may, from my knowledge Sekonda brand was launched in 1966 http://www.sekonda.co.uk/index.php?fuseaction=Static.history
interesting ressource regarding Russian watches worn in space : http://www.netgrafik.ch/russian_space_watches.htm
I had valuable resources myself - including pics from Leonov wearing his watch during his EVA - but lost them all in a hard drive crash :/
Anyway, back to OP topic, mine, from 1966 actually
Subdials hands have been repainted red on previous owner request ... not a so bad combination so I let them that way
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It looks like both Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev wore their Strela wristwatches underneath the Berkut space suit as video footage doesn't show the watch during the spacewalk but the watches can clearly be seen on the wrist of both cosmonauts during recovery operations...
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Rometx
·@RCAFBuster if I may, from my knowledge Sekonda brand was launched in 1966 http://www.sekonda.co.uk/index.php?fuseaction=Static.history
interesting ressource regarding Russian watches worn in space : http://www.netgrafik.ch/russian_space_watches.htm
I had valuable resources myself - including pics from Leonov wearing his watch during his EVA - but lost them all in a hard drive crash :/
Anyway, back to OP topic, mine, from 1966 actually
Subdials hands have been repainted red on previous owner request ... not a so bad combination so I let them that way
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CajunTiger
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This was obtained in the early 1990's in Prague. As noted above, everything was for sale. I wanted a backfire bomber but all my mom got me was this stupid watch 😁 that I wore daily for years and years.
I have a very similar model, bought in the late 80's and never wore it.
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sxl2004
·A Strela
And Slavs. I did not know that the Slava rat trap ante was in space
And Slavs. I did not know that the Slava rat trap ante was in space
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Rometx
·~Vintage Pobeda~
Belonged to my great great uncle. Slightly a millitaristic feel in my opinion, hence the photography. Very suiting since he was drafted when he was 18 years old and served in the Soviet army during WWII, was captured In Saaremaa by the germans in ~1940, and then sent off to a work camp in Tallinn. Still running, still keeping good time. Manual wind.
Belonged to my great great uncle. Slightly a millitaristic feel in my opinion, hence the photography. Very suiting since he was drafted when he was 18 years old and served in the Soviet army during WWII, was captured In Saaremaa by the germans in ~1940, and then sent off to a work camp in Tallinn. Still running, still keeping good time. Manual wind.
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CajunTiger
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I bought one of these new back in the late 80's early 90's...still have it. Its made by Gruen, not sure its actually Russian, but made to look Russian. If I recall the oversized crown cover was advertised as a compartment to store your cyanid pill 😀
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Found this info on another forum:
The story goes that the head of Gruen was in Moscow around the time of the 1st Gorbachev/Reagan summit. A street-corner vendor offered him a 'genuine Red Army watch' (where have we heard that before? :-D ) for US$100. I'm guessing it was more likely a Zlatoust than a Vostok. Anyway he bought it and smuggled it home because he liked the style of it. He commissioned an Italian firm to design a similarly styled watch of more useful dimensions, suitable for a quartz movement. And here's the cool bit: not content to cash in on the new 'Soviet chic' thing by appearances alone, he sourced the movements for his watches from the USSR. Mostly they're fitted with Raketa 2356, but some with the identical Slava, and I think Michele has one with a Poljot 2456.
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Private_Doberman
·I quite like the seagull touch!
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Sgt_Bilko
·I'm not sure this is strictly a Russian watch. It was presented to my father in law who was involved in the clean up operation of Chernobyl in Ukraine and that was a dangerous job by anybody's standards. At the base of the dial it shows CCCP, which is the Russian abbreviation for Soviet Union.
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GordonL
·I think there will always be confusion or conjecture on this one.
The movement in the Strela was Poljot caliber 3017, a 19 jewel based on the Venus 150 chronograph movement. The movements made around 1965 have the following serial numbers:
- 1959 - 1963 Strela, Sekonda, up to 19000
- 1964 - 1965 Strela, Sekonda, Poljot 19000 to 31000
- 1966 - 1967 Sekonda, Poljot 31000 to 42000
- (Movement number divided by 5000, then add 1959 to get year of production).
I always stand to be corrected.
Cheers,
Buster
hi Buster, I was wondering where you got the above info? There are Strelas on Ebay with 2XXXX serial numbers where the sellers are claiming 1970s - your data would suggest that they are actually 1960s watches.
cheers
Gordon
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Sgt_Bilko
·Since this thread has been resurrected it may interest some to know there is a Russian watchmaker producing quite high end pieces and building his own movements, which may go some way towards changing the perception of Russian watches http://www.chaykin.ru/landing?lang=En
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RCAFBuster
·hi Buster, I was wondering where you got the above info? There are Strelas on Ebay with 2XXXX serial numbers where the sellers are claiming 1970s - your data would suggest that they are actually 1960s watches.
cheers
Gordon
When I was into these, I got this information from numerous sources including online research, Russian watch sites and talking with a few Russian collectors. Thus, if I saw a 20,000 serial movement, I'd believe it to be about 1963.
Cheers,
Buster
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GordonL
·Hi Gordon,
When I was into these, I got this information from numerous sources including online research, Russian watch sites and talking with a few Russian collectors. Thus, if I saw a 20,000 serial movement, I'd believe it to be about 1963.
Cheers,
Buster
thanks Buster. I have a couple of 1990s 3133 Sturmanskies and am now thinking of getting a vintage 3017.I like the Russian space connection.
cheers
Gordon
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SpeedyPhill
·Just a remark... try to go for Cyrillic text dial watches, not the English text dial 👍
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Professor
·My modest collection of Russkie time pieces.
The First Pobeda needs work, the second is in NOS condition and works perfectly, the Slava is a post Soviet build and was also in NOS condition and works like a charm.
The image of the ZIM movement was the only clear seller photo, I didn't bother saving the others. Externally its a bit worse for wear but keeps time to within a minute or less per week. There's some serious slack in the central second hand drive train, but it doesn't effect the hour and minute hands.
I put the NOS Pobeda on a grey NATO strap for now, Grey nylon with silver keepers sets off the silver and grey retro dial in high fashion. I'll look for a good grey leather strap later on.
The First Pobeda needs work, the second is in NOS condition and works perfectly, the Slava is a post Soviet build and was also in NOS condition and works like a charm.
The image of the ZIM movement was the only clear seller photo, I didn't bother saving the others. Externally its a bit worse for wear but keeps time to within a minute or less per week. There's some serious slack in the central second hand drive train, but it doesn't effect the hour and minute hands.
I put the NOS Pobeda on a grey NATO strap for now, Grey nylon with silver keepers sets off the silver and grey retro dial in high fashion. I'll look for a good grey leather strap later on.
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GordonL
·Start from 1961/62. Produced at the Petrodvorets Watch Factory with a 16 jewel caliber 2603 movement. After 1962 or thereabouts, the brand name was changed to Raketa.
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Professor
·These Russian watches often have very fine looking movements. Its odd how with the attention to detail everywhere else many have such crudely ground scallops to allow a case back removal tool to fit in.
The scallops usually look to have been cut before the case was plated.
The scallops usually look to have been cut before the case was plated.
