Description
Poljot quartz watch – gold-plated, with a presidential inscription
MADE IN 🇺🇦 UKRAINE!
A commemorative Victory Day watch. The dial reads “Від Адміністрації Президента України” (“From the Administration of the President of Ukraine”) under a gold-and-red Order of the Patriotic War star, and the case back is engraved “З Святом Перемоги!” (“Happy Victory Day!”) and “З повагою та вдячністю, Президент України Л. Кучма” (“With respect and gratitude, President of Ukraine L. Kuchma”).
Leonid Kuchma was President of Ukraine from 1994 to January 2005, so a watch dated May 2004 comes from his final year in office. We cannot say how many of these were made or to whom they were handed out – the watch itself only tells us what is engraved on it.
The passport names the Kyiv watch company “ЧАС ЛТД” as the assembler and gives the assembly date as 2 May 2004 – a week before Victory Day (9 May). It also states a Miyota movement, but the movement in this watch is stamped S. Epson Corp., Japan, Y121E – a Seiko Epson quartz calibre. The passport lists the model as a ladies’ watch (“жіночий”).
The watch has a quartz movement and runs on a single 377 battery.
DATE OF ASSEMBLY: 2 May 2004 (per the passport)
BRAND: Poljot
CASE: Gold-plated (3 micron per the passport), steel-coloured engraved case back
CASE SIZE: 29x38mm (with crown)
LUG WIDTH: 18mm
CRYSTAL: Acrylic
TYPE: Quartz
MOVEMENT: S. Epson Corp. (Japan) Y121E, no jewels
FUNCTIONS: Hours, Minutes, Seconds
CONDITION: The dial is clean and bright, with the printed star and lettering intact, and the gold plating looks bright in the photos. There is some grime along the case sides under the lugs and fine brushing marks on the case back.
This watch has recently been serviced by a professional watchmaker and keeps good time.
Comes complete with its original green velvet gift box and original passport, on a tan leather strap.
This watch ships from 🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number
Why collectors want it
It is a small piece of Ukrainian state history on the wrist: an official Victory Day greeting carrying the name of a sitting president, still in its box with its passport. It is a modest quartz watch, not a rare one – the appeal is the inscription and the story around it.
Modes of payment:
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We guarantee the item you receive looks and works exactly as advertised — or your money back.
About the Poljot name
Poljot is the brand of the First Moscow Watch Factory, which began making watches in 1930 and adopted the Poljot name in 1964. In 1961 Yuri Gagarin flew into space wearing a watch from the First Moscow Watch Factory.
This particular watch is a different story: it is a quartz watch assembled in Kyiv in 2004, and its passport names the Kyiv company “ЧАС ЛТД” as the assembler rather than the Moscow factory.
