Description
ℹ️ Collector’s note: this watch combines a genuine vintage Soviet movement with a modern replacement dial in the style of the legendary 1950s Sputnik design. It is priced and described as what it is, not as a factory original — see our Authenticity & Servicing standards and browse all custom builds & marriage watches.
SPUTNIK mechanical watch – 16 jewels
Manufactured on 1st Moscow Watch Factory
Commemorates the successful launch of Russia’s Sputnik spacecraft, the world’s first artificial satellite that was launched on 4 October 1957.
This watch is all about the dial: the Earth displayed in the center of the dial with the Soviet Union in red. The seconds hand could represent Sputnik herself orbiting around the Earth, her path marked by the thin red circle. You can see there are rocket ships marking off the hour increments. The movement is an early edition Legendary Soviet brand trademark POLJOT.
The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.
Soviet “SPUTNIK” has mechanical lever movement and manual winding.
MOVEMENT PERIOD 1957-1960
CASE SIZE 44x37mm (with crown)
THICKNESS 10mm
LUG WIDTH 18mm
TYPE Mechanical
MOVEMENT 2408
FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds
Watch been through a recent service by a professional watch tech and keeps good time.
Note: dial on this watch has been replaced with modern equivalent
Comes with new Nagata leather strap included
This watch ships from 🇺🇦Ukraine with tracking number
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About the watch factory
1st Moscow Watch Factory (1.MWF, renamed to POLJOT after 1964) – the biggest and oldest of soviet watch factories.
Russian watches have a rich and interesting history dating back over 80 years with the creation of the First Moscow Watch Factory, which today manufactures Poljot watches.
A highlight of Russia’s watch history came in 1961 when cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin took the first ever flight into space with a watch from the First Moscow Watch Factory.
