Soviet RAKETA Olympic mechanical watch

RAKETA soviet mechanical watch

MADE IN USSR!

Manufactured on Petrodvortsovsky watch factory, USSR

The trade mark ‘RAKETA’ is on the dial as well as 1980 Olympic logo and “ОЛИМПИЙСКИЕ” (Olympic) inscription.

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

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

YEARS 1980

CASE DIAMETER  43mm

THICKNESS 11mm

LUG WIDTH 18mm

TYPE  Mechanical

MOVEMENT 2609.HA

FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds

Watch been through a recent service by a professional watch tech and keeps good time.

Comes with NAGATA / MODENO leather strap for free!

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The Petrodvorets Watch Factory «Raketa» was founded by Peter the Great in 1721. Factory was producing wide range of items, including jewels for watches since 1930.
Factory was devastated during World War 2, restored in 1949 and was making “Pobeda”(Victory) and “Zvezda” watches. In 1954 renamed into Petrodvorets Watch Factory.
Since 1962 “Raketa” watches are produced which became the trade mark of the factory.

The Petrodvorets Watch Factory is one of the rare watch factories in the world that fully manufactures its own movements from A to Z, including hairspring and escapement.

Other band names produced on the factory include Baltika, Leningrad, Mayak, Neva, Pobeda, Raketa, Rossiya, Svet, Start.

Read more about on of few surviving soviet watch factories on factory’s website.