Description
Soviet RAKETA quartz watch
Manufactured on Petrodvortsovsky watch factory
The trade mark ‘RAKETA’ is on the dial.
The watch has automatic quartz movement and operates on a single battery.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE September 17, 1992
CASE SIZE 42x38mm (with crown)
THICKNESS 10mm
TYPE Mechanical
LUG WIDTH 18mm
MOVEMENT 2356
FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds
Watch been through a recent service by a professional watch tech and keeps good time.
Comes with box, passport and black nylon NATO strap included.
This watch ships out from🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number
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The few watches labeled “Made in russia” in our inventory were purchased in Ukraine at some point in the past.
100% of sales revenue from russian made watches will be donated to Ukrainian Armed Forces
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About the watch factory
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.
