{"id":149879,"date":"2026-01-30T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sovietwatchstore.com\/?post_type=product&p=149879"},"modified":"2026-05-27T23:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:17:46","slug":"vympel-gold-plated-vintage-mechanical-wristwatch-the-1st-moskow-watch-factory","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sovietwatchstore.com\/index.php\/product\/vympel-gold-plated-vintage-mechanical-wristwatch-the-1st-moskow-watch-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Vympel gold-plated vintage mechanical wristwatch, the 1st Moskow Watch Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Slim Vympel gold-plated mechanical watch from the early 1960s – 23 jewels<\/p>\n

MADE IN USSR!<\/p>\n

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Beautiful vintage watch manufactured on 1st Moscow Watch Factory<\/p>\n

After World War II, the\u00a0First State Watch Factory<\/a>\u00a0focused heavily on wristwatch\u00a0production. This lead to a proliferation of discrete brands in the 1950s, all powered by First Moscow Watch Factory movements. These brands included Antarktida,\u00a0Kirovskie, Kosmos, Mayak, Moskva, Orbita, Pobeda, Poljus, Rodina, Signal, Sportivnie, Sputnik, Stolichnie, Strela, Sturmanskie, and Vympel.<\/p>\n

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The Vympel brand (\u0412\u044b\u043c\u043f\u0435\u043b, meaning “pennant”) was first introduced in 1961. The most notable feature of this watch was the movement, an ultra-thin shock-resistant\u00a0caliber 2209 with 23 jewels. At a mere 2.9mm thick, the caliber 2209 represented an enormous technical achievement as was one of the thinnest three-hand movements in the world. In 1963, the movement was awarded a gold medal at Leipzig Trade Fair. Even by today’s standards, the range of Vympel watches remain\u00a0impressively thin, measuring just 6.5mm from crystal to case-back.<\/p>\n

In 1964, the Vympel was retired, just three years after its inception. It was in this year that the First Moscow Watch Factory underwent major rebranding and began\u00a0marketing all subsequently-produced wathces\u00a0under the\u00a0Poljot<\/a>\u00a0tradmark. While the Vympel was a short-lived brand, it helped inspire\u00a0a long lineage of future dress watches produced by Poljot, Luch, Sekonda, and other foreign brands. The caliber 2209 continued to be manufactured in great numbers until the the fall of the USSR.<\/p>\n

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The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.<\/p>\n

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Original soviet “Vympel” has mechanical lever movement and manual winding.<\/p>\n

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YEARS early 1960s<\/p>\n

CASE SIZE 42x37mm<\/p>\n

THICKNESS 8mm<\/p>\n

LUG WIDTH 18mm<\/p>\n

TYPE\u00a0 Mechanical<\/p>\n

MOVEMENT 2209<\/p>\n

FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds
\nMechanical lever movement
\nManual winding<\/p>\n

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Watch has been fully serviced\u00a0by a professional watchmaker and keeps good time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Comes complete with new leather strap.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”139632″ img_size=”full” onclick=”zoom” css=””][vc_column_text css_animation=”bounceInLeft”]This watch ships out from<\/strong>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine with tracking number<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”139625″ img_size=”full” onclick=”zoom” css=””][vc_single_image image=”139623″ img_size=”full” onclick=”zoom” css=””][vc_single_image image=”139622″ img_size=”full” onclick=”zoom” css=””][vc_column_text]Modes of payment:<\/p>\n