Molnija pocket watch – Great Patriotic War with Red dial

$124.95

Original Soviet mechanical vintage Molnija watch with manual winding

MADE IN USSR!

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Description

Molnija MOLNIYA pocket watch, 18 jewels
MADE IN USSR!

 

Manufactured on Chelyabinsk Watch Factory “Molnija”, USSR.

Commemorative Molnija marking the Victory in the Great Patriotic war 1945-1995.

Beautifully designed pocket watch, with soviet propaganda on both front and rear covers.

 

Seen on the back “Великая Отечественная Война” – Great Patriotic War(that’s what part of WW2 was called in USSR) and soviet emblem of hammer & sickle inside a star.

 

The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.

 

Original soviet “Molnija” has mechanical lever movement and manual winding.

 

YEARS 1980s

CASE SIZE 50mm

CASE LENGTH 61mm(incl. the crown)

THICKNESS 12mm

TYPE  Mechanical

MOVEMENT 3602

FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds

 

Separate seconds arm is in 9 o’clock position.

 

Watch went through a complete service by a professional watch tech and keeps good time.

 

Comes with chain!

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About the watch factory

The Molnija clock and watch factory was opened on November 17, 1947. The company’s main customer was then the Soviet Union Department of Defense, providing them with wrist watches, pocket watches and table clocks.
Unique clocks were also produced specifically for use in Soviet tanks, fighter aircraft, submarines and, eventually, spacecraft.
The company ceased production in October 2007.
Other famous brand produced by the factory are: Molnija, Ural, Iskra, Kristal.