Description
Sputnik mechanical watch – 17 jewels
MADE IN USSR!
Manufactured by the Chistopol Watch Factory, USSR.
Named after Sputnik, the Soviet satellite launched on 4 October 1957 – the world’s first artificial satellite.
This watch is all about the small seconds at 6 o’clock: instead of a seconds hand, a rotating disc printed with the Earth and the satellite trailing its signal lines turns once a minute. The dial is signed “Спутник” in script, with “Сделано в СССР” (Made in USSR) above the disc and the Chistopol factory signature below it.
The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.
Soviet “Sputnik” has mechanical lever movement and manual winding.
YEARS 1959 (movement stamped 1-59)
CASE SIZE 42.5mm x 36.5mm (with crown)
THICKNESS 8mm
LUG WIDTH 16mm
TYPE Mechanical
MOVEMENT 2603 (17 jewels)
FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds (rotating disc)
This watch has recently been serviced by a professional watchmaker and keeps good time.
Comes complete with a new NATO Commander genuine leather strap.
This watch ships from 🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number
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We guarantee the item you receive looks and works exactly as advertised — or your money back.
About the watch factory
Watch Factory “Vostok” – began as the “2nd State Watch Factory” was evacuated during World War 2 to Chistopol in 1941.
In 1943 began producing Kirovskie watch – first Soviet man’s wrist watch earlier made on 1st Moscow Watch Factory. From 1949 famous “Pobeda” watches were made here.
From 1965 “Commander’s” watch Vostok were made on the factory.
Since 1965 factory was official supplier of Ministry of Defence, all watches produced were branded as “Vostok”
Other brands produced: Albatros, Amphibia, Buran, Chaika, General’s, Kama, Kolos, Komandirskie, Mir, Pobeda, Saturn, Sekonda, Sputnik, Svet, Uran, Vostok
