Description
Legendary Strela mechanical chronograph watch
MADE IN USSR!
Beautiful vintage watch manufactured on 1st Moscow Watch Factory “Poljot”
The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.
Original Soviet Poljot has mechanical lever movement and manual winding.
YEARS 1950-60s
CASE SIZE 45x38mm (with crown)
THICKNESS 11mm
LUG WIDTH 16mm
TYPE Mechanical
MOVEMENT 19 jewels
FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds; 12-Hour Dial, Central Second, Chronograph
Mechanical lever movement with manual winding
This watch has recently been serviced by a professional watchmaker and keeps good time.
Comes with NATO Commander v2 handmade genuine leather strap
Sekonda 3017 "Strela" chronograph worn by Aleksey Aleksandrovich Gubarev on the Sojus 28 mission in march 1978
This watch ships from 🇺🇦Ukraine with tracking number
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About the watch factory
1st Moscow Watch Factory (1.MWF, renamed to Poljot after 1964) – the biggest and oldest of Soviet watch factories.
Russian watches have a rich and interesting history dating back over 80 years with the creation of the First Moscow Watch Factory, which today manufactures Poljot watches.
A highlight of Russia’s watch history came in 1961 when cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin took the first ever flight into space with a watch from the First Moscow Watch Factory.
Poljot Brand History
Poljot watches are manufactured by the First Moscow Watch Factory. The factory began producing watches in 1930, and started using the Poljot brand name in 1961.
Poljot watches are higher-end Russian watches and cost more than most Russian watch brands. An average Poljot watch costs around $300. Some gold President-series Poljot watches sell for upwards of $10,000.
The Sturmanskie watch manufactured by the First Moscow Watch Factory has the distinction of being the first watch in space.
In 1966 the First Moscow Watch Factory was awarded the highest Soviet award, the Order of Lenin, for developing the national watch industry.
In 1992 the administration of the Russian president selected Poljot to be the rewarding watch from the President of the Russian Federation.
In recent years, the First Moscow Watch Factory scaled back production. Some of its equipment was purchased by Volmax, a Russian watch company launched by ex-Poljot employees. Volmax now uses the term “Poljot” for some of its watch movements.
