Vintage soviet LUCH automatic quartz watch – 1937 Soviet Transpolar Flight!

Soviet mechanical LUCH quartz watch

MADE IN USSR!

This is a classic wristwatch “RAY” (LUCH).

Vintage mechanical watch made by “LUCH” factory, USSR.

This watch dial commemorates the historic 1937 Soviet Transpolar Flight—the world’s first successful, non-stop flight from Moscow, USSR, over the North Pole to the United States.

The key details of the flight and what is shown on the dial include:

• The Aviator: The text “V.P. CHKALOV” honors Valery Pavlovich Chkalov, the legendary Soviet test pilot who commanded the mission. He flew alongside co-pilot Georgy Baidukov and navigator Alexander Belyakov.

• The Dates: The inscription “17-20.07.1937” represents the timeline of the flight (though the departure from Moscow actually began on June 18 local time, the dates on these late-Soviet commemorative watch dials sometimes signify the celebratory period, international validation dates, or specific mission milestones).

• The Route: The dial features an azimuthal equidistant map projection looking straight down at the North Pole. You can see a solid red line tracing the historic path from the CCCP (USSR) directly over the North Pole and down into North America.

• The Achievement: Flying a single-engine Tupolev ANT-25 aircraft, the crew braved grueling sub-zero temperatures, dense fog, oxygen deprivation, and wing icing for over 63 hours. While their original destination was California, a drop in oil pressure and low fuel forced them to touch down safely at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington on June 20, 1937, cementing their place in global aviation history.

Original soviet LUCH watch has automatic quartz lever movement and operates on a single battery.

YEARS 1980s

CASE SIZE 42mm x 37.5mm(with crown)

THICKNESS 8mm

TYPE Quartz

MOVEMENT 2356

LUG WIDTH 18mm

FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds

Watch went through a complete service by a professional watch tech and keeps good time.

Comes with new Nagata leather strap included

Modes of payment:

• PayPal
• Credit Cards (VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover)

We guarantee that the item in this ad looks and works as advertised and offer money back guarantee on this.