Molnija vintage mechanical table clock – featured in HBO’s Chernobyl mini series

$139.95

The same Molnija table clock model that appears in HBO’s mini-series CHERNOBYL

Vintage Soviet mechanical clock in faceted orange acrylic, MADE IN USSR between the mid-1970s and 1986

Runs about 7 days on a full wind, no batteries. Serviced and keeping good time

Ships from 🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number

 

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Description

Vintage Soviet Molnija table clock – the same model that appears in HBO’s mini-series “Chernobyl”

MADE IN USSR!

 

Faceted amber-orange acrylic, a ribbed black ring with twelve spokes and a gold textured dial signed «Молния» in flowing script: this is the Molnija table clock seen on screen in HBO’s 2019 mini-series Chernobyl. A still from the series appears further down the page for comparison.

 

Made by the Chelyabinsk Watch Factory “Molnija” in the USSR. The back is stamped ГОСТ 3309-75 КЛАСС I. That is the Soviet standard for balance-wheel table and wall clocks, superseded by a new edition in 1986, so this clock was made between the mid-1970s and the mid-1980s.

 

Fully mechanical, no batteries: one full wind keeps it running for about 7 days. It is wound and set from the back.

 

This example stands on its black V-shaped foot. The acrylic is bright and clear, with only light surface marks from age.

 

DIMENSIONS 130mm(width) x 140mm(height) x 60mm(depth) – 5.1 x 5.5 x 2.4 inches

CASE Faceted orange acrylic, black ribbed bezel ring

TYPE Mechanical, manual wind

POWER RESERVE About 7 days

FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds

STANDARD ГОСТ 3309-75, Class I

 

This watch has recently been serviced by a professional watchmaker and keeps good time.

This watch ships from 🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number

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as featured in HBO's "Chernobyl" series

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 factory stopped making consumer watches in October 2007 but carried on building aviation and technical clocks; pocket watch production resumed in 2015, and the company still operates in Chelyabinsk.

Besides the Molnija pocket watches, the factory also made the Ural wristwatch from 1956.