Vintage mechanical watch RAKETA “big zero”, excellent condition!

$299.95

Original mechanical vintage RAKETA watch with manual winding

This watch ships out from🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number

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Description

RAKETA ZERO mechanical watch – 19 jewels

 

Manufactured on Petrodvortsovsky watch factory.

 

There’s a famous story about the RAKETA Big Zero watch being worn by Mikhail Gorbachev in the 80s.

While in an official visit to Italy, he was asked by local journalists what perestroika meant for Russia. Gorbachev replied that Russians decided to start their lives from zero and showed them his own Raketa wristwatch which read 0 in lieu of the 12 mark.

 

The mark ‘Raketa’ is on the dial.

 

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

 

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

 

CASE SIZE 41x41mm(with crown)

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 box and passport + will include one leather strap for free.

This watch ships out from🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number

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About the watch factory

Watch Factory “VOSTOK” – began as the “2nd State Watch Factory” was evacuated during World War 2 to Chistopol in 1941.
In 1943 began producing Kirovskie watch – first soviet man’s wrist watch earlier made on 1st Moscow Watch Factory. From 1949 famous “Podeba” watches were made here.
From 1962 “Commander’s” watch Vostok were made on the factory.
Since 1969 factory was official supplier of Ministry of Defence, all watches produced were branded as “Vostok”
Other brands produced: Albatros, Amphibia, Buran, Chaika, General’s, Kama, Kolos, Comandirskie, Mir, Pobeda, Saturn, Sekonda, Sputnik, Svet, Uran, Vostok