Description
Raketa Baker mechanical watch – 18 jewels
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Manufactured on Petrodvortsovsky watch factory, USSR
The trade mark ‘Raketa’ is on the dial.
The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.
Original Soviet “Raketa” has mechanical lever movement and manual winding.
YEARS 1980s
CASE SIZE 42x38mm (with crown)
THICKNESS 11mm
LUG WIDTH 18mm
TYPE Mechanical
MOVEMENT 2609.HA
FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds
This watch has recently been serviced by a professional watchmaker and keeps good time.
Comes with Nagata leather strap included!
This watch ships from 🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number!
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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.
